Evidence Based Policy: Recent Episodes
Evidence Based Policy
These are lectures for the Sociology 9009 graduate seminar. Our focus is on science and communication - how to translate knowledge so that practitioners, policy makers, community groups want to engage with research.
Think people are rational decision-makers? Think again! In this episode we talk about the role of different thought systems and how we can come to embrace some bad ideas.
In previous discussions, we have focused a lot on what NOT to do when it comes to presenting research. In this discussion, you get a healthy dose of what TO DO.
There are so, so many tips, tricks, tools and opportunities available to would-be science communicators. Learn a few from this case study.
In this episode, we tackle the highs and lows of creating blogs, using LinkedIn, and Twitter for Researchers. You may also learn a few tips & tricks.
The backbone of academic knowledge sharing, and and the bane of some people's existence ... yes, it's the TALK! In this discussion, you get lots of tips and tricks for avoiding some pretty standard traps in presenting research.
How do we understand contemporary politics and the problems associated with shifting individual and public opinion? Learn a bit about the issues surrounding identity threats and how individuals and groups come to fit into opposing 'camps' and what researchers can and should do about bridging divides.
It's not easy being a change agent. You're going to get push back,. In this lecture, we look at some of the research around the 'art of dissent'.
In this episode we explore the work of Ray Pawson, who argues that policy interventions - and the evaluations that should drive them - are a messy process.
In order to 'do' evidence based policy work, it's important to understand the current social and political climate as it relates to science and public policy. In this lecture, we explore some of this in the context of the U.S., the U.K., and Canada.
This is an overview on where the idea of "evidence based" comes from, why it's important and how to get started thinking about this concept.