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Susannah Hume

Susannah Hume

Director of Evaluation

Research interests

  • Policy
  • Politics
  • Child & Family
  • Community
  • Education

Biography

Susannah Hume is Director of Evaluation at the Policy Institute. Her research interests include children, young people and education; political and civic engagement; behavioural insights; and policy evaluation and analysis. Susannah has conducted over thirty randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental evaluations, mainly in primary, secondary, further and higher education in the UK. In addition, she has conducted behavioural insights studies across a range of fields including skills, careers, electoral enrolment, physical activity, and cancer screening. She co-authored Social Butterflies, a book about social psychology and social nudges, alongside a number of papers and reports, including two papers applying behavioural insights to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to joining the Policy Institute, Susannah was the founding Associate Director for What Works at King’s, and served as the establishing Director for the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) prior to its spinout from King’s. She was Principal Advisor and Head of Skills at the Behavioural Insights Team, where she served as ultimate Director of the Behavioural Research Centre for Adult Skills and Knowledge, a multi-year research centre focused that involved 26 RCTs on applying behavioural insights to increasing uptake of and success in Level 2 maths and English courses. Prior to that Susannah served in a variety of roles in central government in Australia.

Susannah is on the Cabinet Office’s Evaluation and Trials Advisory Panel and the Youth Futures Foundation’s Evaluation Advisory Group. She is also a governor of a further education college and trustee of TASO, where she also chairs the Research and Evaluation Subcommittee.

Research

One King's Impact - Impact Centre Project Images
The Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care

The Impact Centre aims to close the gap between evidence and practice, ensuring that everyone approaching the end of life receives the best care possible.

News

Restoring trust in the police won't be easy – but new training on the use of force could help

Our evaluation found the programme helps with de-escalating conflicts

police officers

Police use of force: study finds significant reductions through new training

The reductions occurred without any change in the risk of a police officer being injured

Police officer

Research

One King's Impact - Impact Centre Project Images
The Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care

The Impact Centre aims to close the gap between evidence and practice, ensuring that everyone approaching the end of life receives the best care possible.

News

Restoring trust in the police won't be easy – but new training on the use of force could help

Our evaluation found the programme helps with de-escalating conflicts

police officers

Police use of force: study finds significant reductions through new training

The reductions occurred without any change in the risk of a police officer being injured

Police officer