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Articles from IPPO

  1. Social Capital: How Can Cities Cultivate It?

    Social Capital: How Can Cities Cultivate It?

    IPPO Cities events bring together policymakers, experts, innovators, and practitioners to share knowledge and best practice about the key issues facing city officials and leaders.  Our final event of 2022 tackles the initiatives and interventions that cities can take to encourage and enhance social capital.  Our expert panel will provide their insights on mechanisms to promote volunteering, mainstreaming social capital at a strategic level, the benefits of social action, social innovation, and more. What is Social Capital? Although sometimes hard to define, social capital can be understood at a basic level as...

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  2. IPPO Newsletter No 16: ESRC Funding Announcement 2023-2024, How Governments Used Intelligence During Pandemic, Misinformation & Social Capital in Cities

    IPPO Newsletter No 16: ESRC Funding Announcement 2023-2024, How Governments Used Intelligence During Pandemic, Misinformation & Social Capital in Cities

    Welcome to the latest newsletter from the International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO). Please join our upcoming events on how governments organised and used intelligence during the pandemic and strategies to tackle the negative effects of public health misinformation. Our IPPO Cities team will also be holding an event on how cities can better cultivate social capital. Events How Governments Used Intelligence for Decision-making During COVID-19 (Tuesday, December 6th, 13:00-14:00 GMT) This event will mark the release of the International Public Policy Observatory’s report on how governments across the world used intelligence to make decisions during the...

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