Learning what works in building integrated communities

...to evaluate using an RCT approach, but we considered it to be exactly the right type of project to undergo this kind of robust inquiry. Its results may not seem...
Maria O’Beirne is a senior analyst in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government providing analytical support for policy areas of integration, faith and equalities, as well as community rights.
Maria has worked as a social researcher in government for over 15 years working at the Home Office, Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Work and Pensions and prior to that as an academic researcher at Royal Holloway University of London.
...to evaluate using an RCT approach, but we considered it to be exactly the right type of project to undergo this kind of robust inquiry. Its results may not seem...
What Works is about bringing better evidence and experimental techniques to bear on public policy.
The Cabinet Office What Works Team coordinates the What Works Network and the Cross Government Trial Advice Panel, and we work within government to improve policy through evidence use and experimentation.
In this blog, we bring together examples of best practice and resources for civil servants who want to find out what works and put robust evidence to good use.