Explorations of insights, questions, and experiments that inspire and spark our imagination when it comes to designing institutions for the 21st century.
DOGE Done Better, a new paper written by TIAL’s Geoff Mulgan and published by Demos (UK), offers a model for redesigning government that balances efficiency with intelligence, legitimacy, and long-term purpose.
DOGE done better? The case for progressive efficiency and a streamlined state Read more
This white paper proposes a Well-Architected Framework for Public Procurement, inspired by software architecture, to make procurement more adaptive, responsive, and purpose-driven.
White paper #002: A Well-Architected Framework for public procurement Read more
This white paper introduces a six-step framework for establishing Electoral Integrity Institutions (EIIs)—specialised bodies designed to safeguard elections from synthetic disinformation.
White paper #001: Safeguarding elections in the age of AI and synthetic content Read more
What does it truly mean for an institution to be legitimate? This publication delves into legitimacy as both a practical asset and a dynamic process, offering institutional entrepreneurs the tools to understand, build, and sustain it over time.
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.
Institutional architecture and future global governance Read more
Around the world, there is growing interest in how governments and democracies can better reflect the interests of future generations in today’s decisions. The obvious prompt is concern that today’s citizens are leaving a legacy of climate disaster and debt. But how to make this real? What lessons can be learned from recent experiments, like
How to reflect the interests of future generations in today’s decisions Read more
TIAL collaborated on an event looking at future institutions for the UK on Tuesday, 14th of May. The event is co-hosted by Geoff Mulgan and Nick Pearce from Bath University, and is being held at the British Academy. This is a background paper drafted by Geoff Mulgan. We will add links to other papers linked to the event in
Designing new public institutions for the UK in the 2020s and beyond Read more
This paper describes how new institutions can be designed, proposing elements of a discipline that, like buildings architecture, can bring together theory, practice, interdisciplinarity and critical thought. Its premise is that the world badly needs new institutions to fill crucial governance gaps – from decarbonisation to mental health, data to AI. These gaps have grown
Designing new institutions: Ideas and tools for an emergent discipline Read more
