Policy Thinker


Professor Chris Fox


Specialities: social outcomes-based contracts, public service reform, evaluating social innovations

Roles: Professor of Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Director of the Research Centre for Applied Social Sciences, co-lead of Metropolis and Chancellor’s Fellow, all at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Recent Publications: Payment by Results and Social Impact Bonds: Outcome-Based Payment Systems in the UK and US (Policy Press)

A New Agenda for Co-creating Public Services, How We Lost Sight of the Point of Public Services (New Local)

Impact Evaluation with Small Cohorts (TASO)

Contact Details: c.fox@mmu.ac.uk

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