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SUMMARY:Social Outcomes Conference 2026 (SOC26)
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DESCRIPTION:The Social Outcomes Conference is the annual convening of the 
 world's leading researchers\, policymakers and practitioners working to im
 prove social outcomes\, hosted by the Government Outcomes Lab at the Blava
 tnik School of Government\, University of Oxford.\n\nWe are delighted to a
 nnounce that the keynote address at this year’s SOC26 will be delivered 
 by Professor Ole Helby Petersen.\n\nOle is professor in Public Administrat
 ion at Roskilde University and Director of the Centre for Research on Publ
 ic-Private Collaboration. His work focuses on public sector contracting\, 
 public procurement\, and public-private collaboration. He has published ex
 tensively in leading journals and is currently leading innovative research
  projects applying big data\, machine learning\, and natural language proc
 essing to public procurement and contract governance.\n\nIn his keynote\, 
 Professor Petersen will explore a critical but often overlooked dimension 
 of public contracting: the people in contracts. Building on the importance
  of sound legal design\, he will examine how contracts shape\, and are sha
 ped by\, the motivations\, behaviours\, and relationships of buyers\, supp
 liers\, and citizens.\n\nDrawing on behavioural economics and public manag
 ement research\, his keynote will challenge us to rethink how contracts ca
 n better reflect human motivations\, incentives\, and perceptions of fairn
 ess and justice. He will explore what it means to place people at the cent
 re of contracts\, and how contract designs that incorporate both formal an
 d relational elements can help align incentives and improve outcomes acros
 s sectors.
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LOCATION:Blavatnik School of Government\, Blavatnik School of Government R
 adcliffe Observatory Quarter  Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Professor Ole Helby Petersen
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