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{{Infobox organization
| name = Policy Network
| image = Policy_Network_Logo.png
| motto = Providing progressive solutions to the political challenges of the 21st Century.
| type = [[Think tank]]
| headquarters = [[Westminster]], [[London]], [[England]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.policynetwork.org}}
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'''Policy Network''' iswas an international [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[think tank]] based in [[London]]. The President of Policy Network iswas former [[UK]] [[First Secretary of State]] and [[EU Trade Commissioner]] [[Peter Mandelson|Lord Mandelson]]; [[Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle|Lord Liddle]] (former Special Adviser to President of the European Commission [[José Manuel Barroso]]) iswas Chairperson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://policynetwork.org/who-we-are/the-board/ |title=People|accessdate=2018-05-17|publisher=Policy Network}}</ref>
 
Policy Network sought to promote strategic thinking on [[Progressivism|progressive]] solutions to the challenges of the 21st century and the future of [[social democracy]]. It organized debates and conducted research on policy and political challenges.
==About==
Policy Network seeks to promote strategic thinking on [[Progressivism|progressive]] solutions to the challenges of the 21st century and the future of [[social democracy]]. It organises debates and conducts research on policy and political challenges.
 
In May 2021, Policy Network merged with Progress to form [[Progressive Britain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://progressivebritain.org/|title=Home|website=Progressive Britain}}</ref>
Policy Network's work has been featured in media outlets such as ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/21526777 |title=Migration after the crash |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=The Economist|date=2011-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2012/06/britain-and-eu |title=Britain and the EU |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=The Economist|date=2012-06-01}}</ref> the ''[[Financial Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2e2102de-9c8b-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F2e2102de-9c8b-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FB2SViTWetR#axzz2PW6ti0It |title=Spend and borrow will not save the left |accessdate=2013-04-15| work =Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/36297676-413f-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F36297676-413f-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.policy-network.net%2Fcontent%2F341%2FIn-the-media#axzz1jtTfpM9S |title=Leaders who generate diminishing returns |accessdate=2012-08-17| work =Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/36297676-413f-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F36297676-413f-11e1-8c33-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.policy-network.net%2Fcontent%2F341%2FIn-the-media#axzz1jtTfpM9S |title=Immigration: tensions unveiled |accessdate=2012-08-17| work =Financial Times}}</ref> the [[BBC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h7msg |title=Newsnight |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017x691 |title=The Politics Show |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9654000/9654171.stm |title=The Today Programme |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=BBC|date=2011-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s624 |title=The Westminster Hour |accessdate=2012-09-03|publisher=BBC}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/24/banks-must-learn-rebuild-economies |title=Banks must learn to reward the good risks |accessdate=2012-08-17| work =The Guardian|location=London|first=Mariana|last=Mazzucato|date=2012-06-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/may/20/help-britain-make-stuff |title=Help Britain do what it does best: Make stuff |accessdate=2012-08-17| publisher=The Guardian | location=London|first=Pat | last=McFadden|date=2012-05-20}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100121297/labours-secret-army-has-turned-on-ed-balls-vive-le-resistance |title=Labour's secret army has turned on Ed Balls. Vive la résistance! |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=The Telegraph |location=London|date=2011-12-02}}</ref> ''[[Le Monde]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2011/10/19/une-nouvelle-voie-sociale-democrate-s-esquisse-t-elle-en-angleterre_1589962_3232.html |title=Une nouvelle voie sociale-démocrate s'esquisse-t-elle en Angleterre? |accessdate=2012-08-17|publisher=Le Monde}}</ref> ''[[Die Zeit]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2011-09/labour-miliband-parteitag |title=Ed Miliband kann seine Partei nicht retten |accessdate=2012-08-17| work =Die Zeit}}</ref> the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-europe-leftbre93b0uw-20130412,0,7350359.story |title=Europe's center left defends welfare amid austerity |accessdate=2013-04-12| work =Chicago Tribune}}</ref> and ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.policy-network.net/content/341/In-the-media |title=In the Media Us|accessdate=2012-08-17| work =Policy Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/09/eurozone-crisis-cameron-isolated-britain-leave-eu_n_1138579.html |title=Eurozone Crisis: Cameron's Gambit May Fail, Leaving Britain Isolated |accessdate=2012-08-17| work =The Huffington Post}}</ref>
 
==Website==
Policy Network's website hostshosted the Policy Network Observatory, a forum for ideas and policy debate. The Policy Network Observatory also hostshosted a monthly insight bulletin, The State of the Left, which includesincluded insider analyses of the political climate in a number of countries around the world. In 2010, Policy Network launched its [[opinion poll]] tracker, which trackstracked the fortunes of Europe's social democratic parties on a cross-comparative basis. Many articles on the Policy Network Observatory havehad been re-published by the ''[[New Statesman]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'' and some are alsowere translated into French at [[Toute L’Europe]] and Spanish at [[Agenda Pública]] and promoted by Policy Network's partner organisations in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, and Italy. Significant figures who have contributed commissioned articles for the Policy Network Observatory include: [[Enrico Letta]], [[Lodewijk Asscher]], [[Thomas Piketty]], [[Jason Furman]], [[Julian Priestley|Sir Julian Priestley]], [[Andrew Duff]], [[Richard Corbett]], [[Andrés Velasco]], [[Lawrence Summers]], [[David Held]], [[Peter Mandelson|Lord Mandelson]], [[Pascal Lamy]], [[Jacob Hacker]], [[Anthony Giddens|Lord Giddens]], [[Michael Lind]], [[Colin Crouch]], [[Elaine Byrne]], [[John Kay (economist)|John Kay]], [[Andrew Gamble]], [[Paul Collier|Sir Paul Collier]], [[James K. Galbraith]], and [[Mariana Mazzucato]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policy-network.net/pno |title=Policy Network Observatory|accessdate=2014-02-26|publisher=Policy Network}}</ref>
 
==Current workWork programmes==
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Under conditions of [[globalisation]] and [[European integration]], the distinction between [[nation]]al and international problems has become increasingly blurred. Understanding the relationship between the domestic and the international informs Policy Network's work across three areas:
* The renewal of social democracy
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==Board members==
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'''President'''
 
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'''Board'''
 
* [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis]]: [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] member of the House of Lords. Former head of the [[Number 10 Policy Unit]] and former Minister of State for Education and former Secretary of State for Transport.
* Stephen Beer: Senior fund manager, central finance board of the Methodist Church.
* Matt Browne: Fellow at the [[Center for American Progress]], previously director of public affairs in [[APCO Worldwide]]’s London office.
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* [[Giles Radice, Baron Radice]]: [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] member of the [[House of Lords]], formerly Labour [[member of parliament]] for [[North Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|North Durham]] 1972–2001.
* Helen Wallace: Expert and author on the politics of European integration and has held posts at the [[London School of Economics]], the European University Institute, the [[University of Sussex]] and at [[Chatham House]].
 
==Publications==
* Florian Ranft, Martin Adler, [[Patrick Diamond]], Eugenia Guerrero, and Matthew Laza, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9457 Freeing the Road], 2016
* Lucia Quaglia and Waltraud Schelkle, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9456 EU economic governance after Brexit], 2016
* Andrew Duff, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9435 After Brexit], 2016
* Matthias Machnig and Oliver Schmolke, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9420 Distributing the Future], 2016
* [[Jonathan Ashworth]], [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9417 Sunny Ways: Learning from Success and Failure in Canada], 2016
* Helen Thompson and Leila Simona Talani, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9408 The impact of Brexit on the City and the British economic model], 2016
* [[Frans Timmermans]], [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9399 Community: Discovering Ties That Bind], 2016
* Jake Sumner, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9384 Building for Generation Rent], 2016
* Daniel Sage, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9377 Young people at risk: Challenges and policy options for the UK], 2016
* Greg McClymont and Andy Tarrant, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9363 Towards a New Pensions Settlement], 2016
* Andrew Duff, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9351 Britain's special status in Europe], 2016
* [[Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle]], [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9297 The Risk of Brexit], 2015
* Pat McFadden and Andy Tarrant, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9287 What would 'out' look like?], 2015
* Claudia Chwalisz and Patrick Diamond, [http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Society%20%20social%20sciences/Sociology%20%20anthropology/Sociology/Social%20Justice%20and%20Social%20Policy%20Tackling%20Inequality%20Through%20Predistribution.aspx?menuitem=%7bDFF51E2F-C0BA-4928-ACC4-415188DCDEE8%7d The Predistribution Agenda], 2015
* [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9273 Britain's EU renegotiation: the view from our partners], 2015
* [[Patrick Diamond]] and Giles Radice, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9243 Can Labour Win?], 2015
* Sofia Vasilopoulou, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9247 Mixed feelings: Britain's conflicted attitudes to the EU before the referendum], 2015
* {{cite book|last1=Liddle|first1=Roger|title=The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Drama of EU Integration|date=2014|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781780762234|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CzzAgAAQBAJ}}
* Damian Chalmers, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4399/democratic-self-government-in-europe "Democratic Self-Government in Europe"], 2013
* [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4344 "Immigration, Work and Welfare"], Elena Jurado, Grete Brochmann, and Jon Erik Dølvik (eds), 2013
* Stephen Hockman, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4300 "Legislating for Responsible Capitalism"], 2012
* On Growth, ''Larry Summers'', 2012
* Rebalancing What?, ''Mariana Mazzucato'', 2012
* Jacob Hacker, [http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=3998 "The Institutional Foundations of Middle Class Democracy"], 2011
* Colin Crouch, "Is There a Liberalism Beyond Social Democracy?", 2011
* Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter, and Hopi Sen, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4101/-in-the-black-labour "In the Black Labour: Why Fiscal Conservatism and Social Justice Go Hand-in-hand"], 2011
* Alfredo Cabral and Priya Shankar, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4026 "Brazil Rising: The Prospects of an Emerging Power"], 2011
* [[Patrick Diamond]] and Giles Radice, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3899 "Southern Discomfort Again"], 2010
* Lauren M. McLaren, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3889 "Cause for Concern? The Impact of Immigration on Political Trust"], 2010
* Priya Shankar, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3876 "Old Player, New Role? India in a Multi-polar World"], 2010
* David Hetherington and Tim Soutphommasane, [http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3782 "What's the Story? Nation-building Narratives in Australian Climate Politics"], 2010
* [[David Held]] and Angus Fane Hervey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zun08U_1kjUC "Democracy, climate change and global governance"], 2009
* {{cite book|last1=Giddens|first1=Anthony|title=Politics of Climate Change|date=2009|publisher=Polity|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=9780745646923|url=https://archive.org/details/politicsofclimat0000gidd|url-access=registration}}
 
== Partner think tanks ==
*[[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]]
*[[European Policy Centre]]
*[[Progressive Policy Institute]]
*[[Center for American Progress]]
*[[Wiardi Beckman Stichting]]
 
== Funding ==
Policy Network has been given a C grade for funding transparency by [[Who Funds You?]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whofundsyou.org/org/policy-network|title=Policy Network {{!}} Who Funds You?|website=whofundsyou.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref>
 
Policy Network discloses the identities of its funders on its website, but does not reveal how much money each funder provided. According to its website: "In 2016, Policy Network received core funding from Lord Sainsbury of Turville. In addition, support for specific projects was received from the Barrow Cadbury Fund; European Commission; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES); RSPB; Nissan Europe; Aberdeen Asset Management; Bertelsmann Stiftung and Foundation of European Progressive Studies (Feps). Event sponsorship was also received from E!Sharp; Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research; TechUK; Deutsche Börse and Gatsby."<ref>"{{cite web|title=About Policy Network", |work=Policy Network website|url=http://www.policy-network.net/content/342/about%20us|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170228141314/http://www.policy-network.net/content/342/about%20us (accessed|archive-date=2017-02-28|accessdate= 28 FebFebruary 2017)}}</ref>
 
==Publications==
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* Anthony Giddens, "Politics of Climate Change",<ref>{{cite book|last1=Giddens|first1=Anthony|title=Politics of Climate Change|date=2009|publisher=Polity|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=9780745646923|url=https://archive.org/details/politicsofclimat0000gidd|url-access=registration}}</ref> 2009
* [[David Held]] and Angus Fane Hervey, "Democracy, climate change and global governance",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Held |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zun08U_1kjUC |title=The Governance of Climate Change |last2=Theros |first2=Marika |last3=Fane-Hervey |first3=Angus |date=2013-05-09 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-7456-3783-9 |language=en}}</ref> 2009
* David Hetherington and Tim Soutphommasane, "What's the Story? Nation-building Narratives in Australian Climate Politics",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3782</ref> 2010
* Priya Shankar, "Old Player, New Role? India in a Multi-polar World",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3876</ref> 2010
* Lauren M. McLaren, "Cause for Concern? The Impact of Immigration on Political Trust",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3889</ref> 2010
* [[Patrick Diamond]] and Giles Radice, "Southern Discomfort Again",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=3899</ref> 2010
* Alfredo Cabral and Priya Shankar, "Brazil Rising: The Prospects of an Emerging Power",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4026</ref> 2011
* Graeme Cooke, Adam Lent, Anthony Painter, and Hopi Sen, "In the Black Labour: Why Fiscal Conservatism and Social Justice Go Hand-in-hand",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4101/-in-the-black-labour</ref> 2011
* Colin Crouch, "Is There a Liberalism Beyond Social Democracy?", 2011
* Jacob Hacker, "The Institutional Foundations of Middle Class Democracy",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=3998</ref> 2011
* Rebalancing What?, ''Mariana Mazzucato'', 2012
* On Growth, ''Larry Summers'', 2012
* Stephen Hockman, "Legislating for Responsible Capitalism",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4300</ref> 2012
* "Immigration, Work and Welfare",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_detail.aspx?ID=4344</ref> Elena Jurado, Grete Brochmann, and Jon Erik Dølvik (eds), 2013
* Damian Chalmers, "Democratic Self-Government in Europe",<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications/4399/democratic-self-government-in-europe</ref> 2013
* Roger Liddle, "The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Drama of EU Integration",<ref>{{cite book|last1=Liddle|first1=Roger|title=The Europe Dilemma: Britain and the Drama of EU Integration|date=2014|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781780762234|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CzzAgAAQBAJ}}</ref> 2014
* Sofia Vasilopoulou, Mixed feelings: Britain's conflicted attitudes to the EU before the referendum,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9247</ref> 2015
* [[Patrick Diamond]] and Giles Radice, Can Labour Win?,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9243</ref> 2015
* Britain's EU renegotiation: the view from our partners,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9273</ref> 2015
* Claudia Chwalisz and Patrick Diamond, The Predistribution Agenda,<ref>http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Society%20%20social%20sciences/Sociology%20%20anthropology/Sociology/Social%20Justice%20and%20Social%20Policy%20Tackling%20Inequality%20Through%20Predistribution.aspx?menuitem=%7bDFF51E2F-C0BA-4928-ACC4-415188DCDEE8%7d</ref> 2015
* Pat McFadden and Andy Tarrant, What would 'out' look like?,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9287</ref> 2015
* [[Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle]], The Risk of Brexit,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9297</ref> 2015
* Andrew Duff, Britain's special status in Europe,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9351</ref> 2016
* Greg McClymont and Andy Tarrant, Towards a New Pensions Settlement,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9363</ref> 2016
* Daniel Sage, Young people at risk: Challenges and policy options for the UK,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9377</ref> 2016
* Jake Sumner, Building for Generation Rent,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9384</ref> 2016
* [[Frans Timmermans]], Community: Discovering Ties That Bind,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9399</ref> 2016
* Helen Thompson and Leila Simona Talani, The impact of Brexit on the City and the British economic model,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9408</ref> 2016
* [[Jonathan Ashworth]], Sunny Ways: Learning from Success and Failure in Canada,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9417</ref> 2016
* Matthias Machnig and Oliver Schmolke, Distributing the Future,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9420</ref> 2016
* Andrew Duff, After Brexit,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9435</ref> 2016
* Lucia Quaglia and Waltraud Schelkle, EU economic governance after Brexit,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9456</ref> 2016
* Florian Ranft, Martin Adler, [[Patrick Diamond]], Eugenia Guerrero, and Matthew Laza, Freeing the Road,<ref>http://www.policy-network.net/publications_download.aspx?ID=9457</ref> 2016
 
== See also ==
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*[[Predistribution]]
*[[Third Way]]
 
;Partner think tanks
*[[Center for American Progress]]
*[[European Policy Centre]]
*[[Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung]]
*[[Progressive Policy Institute]]
*[[Wiardi Beckman Stichting]]
 
==References==