Reiji Ikeda (Offender Rehabilitation Support Manager, Ministry of Justice Japan, and former Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Government Outcomes Lab), reflects upon the lessons and challenges for criminal justice social impact bonds.
Last updated 14 Mar 2023, 11:19 a.m.
In this blog, Srinithya Nagarajan shares the key insights from a recent INDIGO peer learning session on the topic of data ownership and access.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 5 p.m.
In this blog, Michael Gibson, Research and Policy Associate at the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) highlights some of our key questions around trust and relationships in pursuit of better social outcomes, and how we might explore these at SOC23.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 10:37 a.m.
We recently partnered with Ecorys to undertake a global systematic review to explore whether, when, and where (and if possible, how) outcomes-based contracting approaches deliver improved impact. Read the highlights of the first session here.
Last updated 14 Jan 2021, 5:54 p.m.
2021 promises a real chance of putting Covid-19 behind us. For many of us, our work gives us the privilege of being part of the effort to ‘build back better’. What does that mean for what the GO Lab focuses on in 2021 and beyond?
Last updated 3 Dec 2020, 1:24 p.m.
Sam Magne, Knowledge and Learning Manager at The National Lottery Community Fund, reflects on the first in-depth report on Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Zero HIV SIB.
Last updated 3 Dec 2020, 10:32 a.m.
In this blog, Ruby Dickson summarises the GO Lab's response to the British Standards Institution's proposed codification of social value.
Last updated 24 Nov 2020, 5:28 p.m.
Our Executive Director Nigel Ball discusses the multiple interpretations of "citizen participation" and explores why it can feel hard to do in practice
Last updated 11 Nov 2020, 11:24 p.m.
In this piece we share highlights from the 'Contracting for Risk Transfer and Innovation' panel session at SOC20. We explore how the Covid crisis has affected our understanding of risk transfer in SIBs, and what this implies for the future of SIBs.
Last updated 23 Oct 2020, 4:22 p.m.
We talked with Mark Lovell about the lessons that have emerged so far from his social investor perspective.
Last updated 13 Oct 2020, 2:15 p.m.
Aman Johal reflects on how socially-motivated investors in the UK have responded to the crisis and the emergent thinking around the role of impact investment in post-Covid19 recovery
Last updated 9 Oct 2020, 6 a.m.
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