Using Stories to Understand Systems

This is an interactive, hands-on workshop where participants will create data-driven composite stories to explore multi-policy governance issues related to poverty.Attendees will actively engage with evidence and practice collaborative storytelling, highlighting real-world policy challenges.

This workshop looks at how government decisions at different levels—local, Scottish, and UK—affect people living in poverty. You’ll explore how different policies overlap and impact people’s daily lives. By creating “composite stories” ( short evidence-based narratives), you’ll see which groups are most affected, what challenges they face, and how policies can help or make things harder. The session gives you hands-on experience turning complex data into clear, engaging stories that can help policymakers understand real-life issues.

The event is led and facilitated by :

 Thomas Rochow, Centre for Public Policy 

Claire MacRae, Centre for Public Policy

Kimberley Somerside, Centre for Public Policy

Anyone with an interest in politics, policy and evidence-based research.

Of interest to policymakers, public sector professionals, researchers, students, and anyone interested in social policy, governance, or poverty issues.

An hour before the event