Realising Art and Design Research in Policy Making Decisions

The All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group (APDIG) and the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) invited Dr Rhiannon Jones to speak to the closed round table about her research into designing dialogue through S.H.E.D a creative placemaking through art and design research and innovation.

At this closed roundtable the policy workshop created a series of recommendations based on the presentations and discussion.

S.H.E.D was published in the police briefing as an example of best practice by the Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) to create solutions for how government and the creative industries can better realise art and design research in policymaking.

This briefing document summarises the key messages from the roundtables and policy workshop, with three main recommendations:

Recommendation 1: Funding bodies need to recognise interdisciplinary value better. Funding bodies need to recognise fully the value of working across disciplines and industry, and the importance of community focus at a local level to produce sustainable outcomes.
Recommendation 2: Adapting governmental policy frameworks. Government should adapt its existing policy framework to embed art and design expertise, as well as diversity of thought, through embedding artists and designers in policy processes, from conception to completion.
Recommendation 3: Place-based engagement and solutions with the community and education providers. Appoint Chief Art and Chief Design Officers at a local level to work alongside local enterprise partnerships and local authorities to engage closely with education providers and the community to tackle challenges locally.