Brendan Arnold
@brendanjarnold
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Creative Technologist @PolicyLabUK - Interested in policy innovation through creativity and tech - Cleethorpes/Bristol/Dublin/London
Bristol, UK
Joined August 2009
Been working on this explainer of my role :D - so proud to be working with such a brilliant team of people @PolicyLabUK as #CreativeTechnologist #WerkSpielen
What can a #creativetechnologist offer to policymakers? @brendanjarnold reflects on a year of working in the civil service as part of @PolicyLabUK, on #civictech, digital products and material exhibitions https://t.co/ym9n1AtGpB
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Then and now, @sdf_pubnix meet up with @karamoon at Tokyo Maker Faire - maybe 20 years after the original UK one(??!)
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How to #Text2Image for policywerk? Answers here 👇
We used generative AI to visualise science & policy ideas for the future of the subsurface. Read about our experimental work for the Foresight team of @uksciencechief here: https://t.co/Sl3jgJDEdG
@CelynBricker @SRGBennett @aemathers2
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The richest kind of government evidence?
Launching a new film showcasing ethnography in policymaking! Today, we are releasing a short film marking 10 years of our pioneering work using ethnography with policy teams across government. Watch and read more below:
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Launching a new film showcasing ethnography in policymaking! Today, we are releasing a short film marking 10 years of our pioneering work using ethnography with policy teams across government. Watch and read more below:
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The team that brought designers into policymaking, then video ethnographers and now #CreativeTechnology. So proud to be part of the cross government team that’s been pushing innovation in policymaking for a decade now.
Policy Lab is turning 10! Our new blog reflects on: 10 years at the forefront of government innovation; 10 years of collaborating with thousands of members of the public; and, 10 years of running a multidisciplinary unit at the heart of government. https://t.co/yxkEDM0fiU Read
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What if we made decisions taking a more-than-human perspective post 2043? From Interspecies Councils to AI powered departments, we've explored possible ways to govern natural systems. https://t.co/YdcgoN8sWf
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Thanks @PMStudioUK for hosting my talk on 'Creative Technology and Policy' - some really lively discussion at the end - watch back in full here including our aspirations for a digital #CitizenAssembly and how we make space for #Imagination
https://t.co/am3wnl2tK0
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our Senior Producer role will be an engine for delivering Lab's hugely diverse portfolio of work. You'll be working at the cutting edge of policy innovation and enabling a wide range of people to participate in policy processes. We encourage candidates from
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What if houses were free? @DarkMatter_Labs exhibit at the #FutureObservatory @DesignMuseum opening night has a cameo from @UsePolis ... loving the 'kiosk mode'
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I'm hiring! Come work as a producer on my team: looking for someone interested in testing early stage creative tech work, as well as keeping on top of partnerships with academia and industry. Fun inclusive work environment, lots of varied projects, beautiful harbourside location
Come join our team! We're looking for a Network Producer (Maternity Cover) to support us to make our R&D community more visible with more accessible opportunities to participate. Full time until April 2025, £34,364pa, hybrid working available:
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Day 2 of the AI for Government hackathon… presenting team Vibrant Vervets🐒 on our mission to use AI for public good 😍
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@UsePolis @compdem … thanks too to @nwspk and @edsaperia for making the space for me, @patcon_, @sirodoht and @aelcenganda to get this moving ❤️
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@UsePolis has been a key part of our #CollectiveIntelligence work at Policy Lab - it’s been great working with the @compdem team and community to bring the project forward 😍
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So great to have been part of the #collectiveintelligence work here - such a vital debate through @UsePolis
We combined #ethnography, #CollectiveIntelligence & scenario-testing to co-design Seabass regulations - shaping @DefraGovUK & @WelshGovernment's current consultation! Learn more in our latest blog: https://t.co/wYwltKhdLO
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So great to meet with Minister Takashi and his team to discuss user centred policy design, prototyping with digital and working with open-source civic hackers 😍
We were delighted to host Vice-Minister Takashi Asanuma (@takashi_asa) and his brilliant staff from the Japanese Governments Digital Agency to talk about transforming government and building a user centred design mindset across the civil service. #PSILabs @digital_jpn
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Setting some agendas for civic action in the first Bristol Urban Forum in the old Marks & Spencer’s #SPARKS
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1/5🧵 Our new blog previews artwork produced in our MANIFEST programme supported by @ahrcpress. Artists explored role of art in 3 policy areas: science & foresight; multiple disadvantage; community ownership. https://t.co/SfRJwwfDQH
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