Andreea is the Executive Director of the GO Lab. Her work focuses on building bridges between academia, practitioners and policymakers for better social outcomes.
She oversees GO Lab’s pioneering programme of policy engagement and knowledge exchange, and manages strategic relationships with the UK government and international partners.
Andreea has over a decade of experience in public policy and government, with a focus on public sector reform, evaluation and impact measurement, public-private partnerships and social innovation. She is particularly passionate about leveraging innovation and cross-sector collaboration to build a fairer and stronger society, and finding ways to enhance accountability and transparency in government.
Prior to joining the GO Lab in 2016, she worked on policy development and public service transformation programmes in local government in England.
Anastasiu, A., Airoldi, M. and Carter, E. (eds.) (2026) Transforming public services: Key findings from the evaluation of the Life Chances Fund. Evaluation synthesis report, Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Anastasiu, A. and Gibson, M. (2025) What are social outcomes partnerships? Pioneers Post
Anastasiu, A., Carter, E. and Airoldi, M. (eds.) (2024) The evolution of social outcomes partnerships in the UK: Distilling fifteen years of experience from Peterborough to Kirklees, Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Airoldi, M., Terway, A., Wooldridge, R., Thorne, G., Adam, L., Ronicle, J., Davies, J. and Anastasiu, A. (2024) Evidence Review of Outcomes Based Finance for Early Childhood Care and Education. Collective Learning Initiative on Outcomes Based Finance for Early Childhood Care and Education, Government Outcomes Lab, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Anastasiu, A. (2024) Mission-driven public services: Three things we've learnt from the UK's experience with social impact bonds Oxford Government Outcomes Blog
The Government Outcomes Lab: Researching new models of collaboration for better social outcomes (2023) Oxford Policy Pod
Carter, E. & Anastasiu, A. (2023) Impact Bonds: Beyond the Hype? in Howaldt, J. & Kaletka, C. (ed) Encyclopedia of Social Innovation, Edward Elgar Publishing
Anastasiu, A. (2023) Restoring faith in public services for a world in crisis Blavatnik School of Government Voices
Anastasiu, A. (2023) Can social outcomes contracts really catalyse lasting change? Oxford Government Outcomes Blog
Anastasiu, A. (2022) Why we need to move beyond the ‘impact bond’ label Oxford Government Outcomes Blog
Social outcomes contracting in Europe (2021) European Investment Bank, The Government Outcomes Lab
Anastasiu, A. and Saunders, M. (2020) Outcomes-based procurement in local government – a chance to shine? Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport