We empower governments, organisations, and individuals to make better policy decisions, strengthen capabilities, and deliver long-term public value.
Our approach integrates evidence-based analysis, contextual understanding, and hands-on collaboration. Every engagement starts with diagnosis — identifying constraints, capabilities, and opportunities. We then work with you to design solutions that are both theoretically sound and practically implementable, adapted to your specific institutional, regulatory, and cultural context.
Our experts are affiliated with leading academic and policy institutions, including the London School of Economics, the European University Institute, University College London, and SOAS University of London. This affiliation ensures that our work is grounded in the latest research and best practices, while remaining focused on practical outcomes.
We have delivered projects across multiple continents, working with government departments, international organisations, private sector firms, and civil society groups in contexts as diverse as UK financial regulation, Brazilian infrastructure policy, Indian governance reform, Chinese trade policy, French public administration, and Italian public finance.
We see policy not as a technical fix, but as a collective problem-solving process shaped by institutions, incentives, politics, and uncertainty. Good policy design requires more than data or best practice alone: it requires understanding how rules interact with behaviour, how organisations actually function, and how ideas travel across contexts.
We work at the intersection of policy analysis, political economy, and organisational practice. This allows us to help clients navigate complexity, manage trade-offs, and design interventions that are robust, legitimate, and sustainable over time.
Diagnosis before prescription: We resist one-size-fits-all solutions. Our work begins with a careful diagnosis of the problem, the institutional setting, and the constraints faced by decision-makers.
Bridging research and practice: Our team combines academic rigour with hands-on experience in policy design, implementation, and evaluation.
Context-sensitive solutions: We adapt tools and frameworks to local legal, political, and cultural realities — rather than importing models wholesale.
Capability-building focus: We aim not just to deliver reports, but to leave organisations stronger, more confident, and better equipped to act.
Public value: We prioritise solutions that serve society, not just short-term metrics.
Integrity: We provide independent advice grounded in evidence and transparent reasoning.
Respect for institutions: We work with existing systems and people, not around them.
Learning and adaptation: We treat every engagement as a shared learning process.
Inclusivity: We recognise that durable policy outcomes require diverse perspectives and voices.
We work as partners. Our engagements are collaborative, iterative, and tailored to the client’s needs. Depending on the context, this may include workshops, interviews, co-design sessions, rapid diagnostics, or longer-term advisory support.
We are comfortable operating in environments characterised by political sensitivity, uncertainty, and competing interests — and we help clients navigate these realities constructively.
Our international experience allows us to draw insights across countries and policy domains, while remaining attentive to local institutional realities. We believe that learning across contexts is valuable — but only when combined with a deep understanding of place, history, and governance structures.
At The New Policy Compass, we are committed to helping decision-makers navigate complexity with clarity, confidence, and responsibility. Whether supporting a major reform, strengthening institutional capacity, or training the next generation of policy leaders, our goal is always the same: better policy, better governance, better outcomes.