A piece for Compass & carried by Arguably on what it should mean to be progressive in the late 2020s (the fears, potential pathways & patterns from history), at root about how to win the future without losing the present. www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

The Progressive Puzzle - Compass

A paper, authored by former Director Policy at Number 10, Geoff Mulgan, aims to answers what it means to be a 'progressive'.

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A piece on lifelong learning: why it matters more than ever and what can be done to support it. This is a version of a talk given as part of Denmark's EU Presidency last week at Copenhagen University. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/learning-f...

Learning for Long Lives in the age of AI

(and why this should be a strategic imperative for many countries)

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I've done a piece on Eric Morecambe and the challenges of UK government now - possibly the right people but not necessarily in the right roles geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/eric-morec...

V impressed (and lucky) to see Pope Leo in action (with Arnold S & a melting block of ice) talking about Laudate Si ten years on. The world sometimes looks a moral desert - so refreshing to hear of the moral imperative of caring for our common home & looking after the most fragile and vulnerable.

Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I? Join us tomorrow at 4pm for the first in a new UCL-STEaPP seminar series with @geoffmulgan.bsky.social, followed by a discussion with @anjahuja.bsky.social & @williamcb.bsky.social. Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/do-we-need...

Do we need a new generation of public institutions for ST&I?

Is science stuck in the past? Join us to explore how rethinking public institutions could transform science, technology and innovation.

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This is my piece on "Strength Without Weight" - a vision for what a high-capacity state should look like - neither chainsaw destruction nor status quo conservatism - using ideas from literature, architecture & materials science. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/strength-w...

Strength without weight

Seeking lightness in the design of new institutions and reform of old ones

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Governments are seeking 'strength without weight' - options for making government work better that fall between mindless chainsaw destruction on the one hand, and unimaginative defense of the status quo on the other. Here are ideas on how to do it. geoffmulgan.substack.com/publish/post...

Geoff’s Substack | Geoff Mulgan | Substack

My personal Substack. Click to read Geoff’s Substack, by Geoff Mulgan, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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An excellent and important new piece by Leo Quattrucci on how to rethink public procurement - which amounts to 12% of GDP in the OECD countries but is often run badly and in anachronistic ways. tial.org/publications...

The Institutional Architecture Lab

TIAL seeks to improve the global practice and theory of designing institutions better able to address the great challenges of our times.

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My piece on why institutional innovation is set to be one of the great issues of the late 2020s, & why we need to find a path between destruction (chainsaws & woodcutters) and conservative defense of the status quo. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...

Building the Next Generation of Public Institutions | by Geoff Mulgan - Project Syndicate

Geoff Mulgan touts new thinking about how to design agile, flexible, and trustworthy governance mechanisms.

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A new paper from Ales Cap and me sets out how to design new 'Electoral Integrity Institutions' to protect against the threat of disruption by deepfakes and misinformation - filling a crucial cap in the defense of democracy. tial.org/publications...

A new paper out today from Ales Cap and me setting out how to design new 'Electoral Integrity Institutions' to protect against deepfakes and misinformation. In place of hand-wringing this is a practical response: far better to act before disaster strikes rather than after. tial.org/publications...

White paper #001: Safeguarding elections in the age of AI and synthetic content – TIAL

This white paper introduces a six-step framework for establishing Electoral Integrity Institutions (EIIs)—specialised bodies designed to safeguard elections from synthetic disinformation.

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Final call! Submit your Expression of Interest for UNDP’s Istanbul Innovation Days 2025 (March 25 -26) by February 7th, which will be all about designing the next generation of public institutions. Apply now at istanbulinnovationdays.org/participate/

Winner takes all, might is right, billionaires rule! My essay explores the primordial roots & present fuel of the winner cult (which had fun this month), and looks at its future instability. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/winner-wor...

Winner worship and the new kow-tow

... or why losers (sometimes) love winners and the implications for politics

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I've written a piece on winner worship, the revival of the 'kow-tow' (v visible with Trump, Musk etc) and the implications for politics, international affairs and many other things, including AI. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/winner-wor...

Winner worship and the new kow-tow

... or why losers (sometimes) love winners and the implications for politics

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The UNDP's Istanbul Innovation Days will be held 25-26 March focused on designing the next generation of public purpose institutions across the world - a hugely important topic, relevant to cities, national governments, to global challenges & to all of us as citizens. istanbulinnovationdays.org

In this blog I argue that Trump and his acolytes assume the world is very resilient - able to bounce back from any shock or disruption. Others - like President Xi and most scientists - assume the opposite: that the world is fragile. We'll soon find out who's right. geoffmulgan.com/post/how-res...

With colleagues at TIAL (Jessica Seddon and Arvind Kumar) I've written a paper on future international governance - we'll be following up with much more in 2025 but all comments/thoughts are welcome now tial.org/publications...

Institutional architecture and future global governance – TIAL

This short paper summarises ways to think about the design of new institutions for global and transnational governance over the next decade, drawing on the work of TIAL.

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As new cities are built around the world, from Neom to Nusantara - what explains why some new cities succeed and others fail (from Magnitogorsk and Ordos to Fordlandia). My latest blog can be found here: geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/the-secret...

The secret sauce of new cities

Why some succeed and others fail?

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