Ingrid’s interests are in governance and civic engagement and how these are reflected in local public services, the role of local governments in sustaining healthy democracies and the better collection and use of information in social care. As Head of Content, she supports knowledge sharing and high quality information support to our members in multiple nations.
Publications include: You CAN handle the truth: How councils can build trust and recovery in an age of alternate facts
Elections: Free, fair and safe: 2021 local elections, Communications guide for local elections and LGIUs Ones to Watch publications over a number of years as author or contributor.
Social care: Paying for it: The Human Cost of Cut Price Care, Key to Care: Report of the Burstow Commission on the future of the home care workforce, Care and Continuity: Contingency Planning for Provider Failure, and Achieving Outcomes Based Commissioning in Home Care.
Before joining LGIU, she worked for the LGA/IDeA, the Audit Commission, the Local Government Ombudsman, the London Borough of Brent and FutureGov. She has a BSc in Geology and an MA in Economics and Public Finance from the University of Tennessee. Contact Ingrid: ingrid.koehler@lgiu.org
