Policy-Making as Designing: The Added Value of Design Thinking for Public Administration and Public Policy

Editors: Arwin van Buuren, Jenny M. Lewis and B. Guy Peters

Publisher: Bristol University Press, 2024

This book offers original critical reflections on the value of design approaches in relation to the classical concept of public administration as a design science. The contributors explore the potential, challenges, and applications of design approaches, differentiating between three key methods currently shaping the discipline: design as optimization, design as exploration, and design as co-creation.