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  1. Public policy research

    Learn about the multidisciplinary field that examines policy matters and their implications on society. Find out the nature, scope, methodologies, and significance of public policy research and evidence-based policy.

  2. Research

    RAND is a global research organization that conducts critical and objective studies on various public policy issues. Browse over 20,000 publications, explore research programs by topic, and download free eBooks or hard-copy books.

  3. Research Methods for Public Policy

    This chapter explores the nature, role and methods of public policy research, with a focus on mixed-method approaches. It covers qualitative and quantitative traditions, causal research, report writing and communication, and policy-engaged research.

  4. RAND Provides Objective Research Services and Public Policy Analysis

    RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND focuses on the issues that matter most such as health, education, national security, international affairs, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world's preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 75 ...

  5. Understanding, measuring, and encouraging public policy research impact

    The first is research 'for' public policy, where researchers aim to recommend actions for tackling specific policy challenges. The second is research 'about or on' public policy, where researchers aim to recommend changes that improve policy making processes and structures (Lewis, 2005). The first occurs in many different disciplinary ...

  6. Institute for Policy Research

    The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public policy research institute founded in 1968 at Northwestern University. Our mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the finding widely - to students, scholars, policymakers, and the public.

  7. Public Policy Lab

    We've conducted research with people and agencies from across the country. We collaborate with elected officials, federal and local agencies, subject-matter experts, service providers, and members of the public in cities and states around the United States. ... The Public Policy Lab is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

  8. Encyclopedia of Public Policy

    Public Policy operates at the borderline between practical concerns and academic research. This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and updated source of reference in public policy research and practice. It covers terms, concepts, methods and theories of public policy and is fully international in its scope.

  9. Journal of Public Policy

    The Journal of Public Policy applies social science theories and concepts to significant political, economic and social issues and to the ways in which public policies are made. Its articles deal with topics of concern to public policy scholars in America, Europe, Japan and other advanced industrial nations. The journal often publishes articles that cut across disciplines, such as ...

  10. Policy Topics

    By Julia Minson, and Nancy Gibbs. August 2, 2024. Trust in nonpartisan news is essential to civil society—but is declining in the United States. However, language that demonstrates active engagement with opposing views may build trust. Public Leadership & Management. Leadership Perspective: What Makes Leadership Development Impactful?

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    The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today's public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.

  12. Policy Research

    Learn how to conduct health policy research to improve population health and address health disparities. Explore the Policy Atlas, a free platform that provides data, tools, and resources for policy-relevant research.

  13. About RAND

    RAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. Our Mission and Values. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

  14. Public Policy Research Institute

    Asthma education program improves children's lives, lowers household health care costs. PPRI works in many fields of research, including Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Public Health, Substance Abuse, Workplace and Employment and more. View our portfolio of current and past works, our comprehensive list of research approaches, or our ...

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    Overview. Global Public Policy and Governance is a multidisciplinary journal focusing on public policy and governance in a global context. Encourages innovative, administrative, and policy-based research. Covers domestic, regional, and global issues of policy and governance. Promotes research on public sector reforms and developments.

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    The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society. ... If we want both health and prosperity, then public health and economic strategy need to work in lockstep - but this is not the case today. 31 July 2024

  17. Trending Policy Topics: Institute for Policy Research

    Policy Research Briefings Join our leading experts as they present policy-focused findings. Public Policy Lectures Hear from distinguished lecturers, whose careers straddle scholarship and service. Colloquia Weekly talks which feature research by faculty. Special Events Come to unique, co-sponsored lectures and events. Workshops & Training Find ...

  18. MSc in Public Policy Research

    Learn how to conduct robust, applied and impactful research that informs and influences public policy in this one-year taught degree course. The curriculum covers theories, methods, design, statistics, qualitative research, and a thesis with policy advisor feedback.

  19. Politics & Policy

    ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.

  20. Public Policy Dissertations by Author

    Worldview and Public Policy: From American Exceptionalism to American Empire (Jan. 2010) LEARY, Mary A. Schintler: Policy Intersections or Policy Chasms - State Elder Mobility Policy, Practice and Long-term Care Reform (May 2008) LEE, Joshua A. Schintler: Artificial Neural Networks in Public Policy: Towards an Analytical Framework (May 2020)

  21. Gulf Research Program Welcomes 2024 Cohort of Science Policy Fellows

    The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today its 2024 cohort of Science Policy Fellows. Beginning Sept. 1, 2024, the fellows will spend one year on the staff of federal and state government agencies, public health departments, and nonprofit organizations across the Gulf of Mexico region.

  22. Potential and Limits of Using Design Thinking in Addressing Public

    In public policy, especially public services, Design Thinking has shown success through stakeholder consultations, prototype testing, and focus groups. ... The research in this paper is based on a ...

  23. Research < University of Idaho

    The Policy Analysis Group was created by the Idaho legislature to provide timely and objective analyses of natural resource issues of importance to the citizens of Idaho. Graduate students and staff are involved in specific short-term research to support policy analysis projects to assist the public and federal and state organizations.

  24. Policy & Research Intern

    The Policy & Research Intern will participate in the development of novel policy recommendations for the state of California to address Black maternal and infant health disparities, engage in research activities that will evaluate California clinician experiences through assisting with protocol development, interview, and analysis, and assist ...

  25. PDF 11th International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and JCPA Workshop

    Methods for Comparative Public Policy: Academia and Government in Dialogue", held at the University of Leuven (Belgium), 27-30, November 2013. ... CPA vis-a-vis methodological approaches and methods of social sciences comparative research. 2. Concepts of CPA: policy transfer, policy shift, policy change, policy drivers, policy dynamics, ...

  26. Moscow's Compellence Strategy

    The Foreign Policy Research Institute is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States. We educate those who make and influence policy, as well as the public at large, through the lens of history, geography, and ...

  27. Turning a Passion for Public Health into Action

    Meehir Dixit '24, a newly minted Brown alumnus with a concentration in public health, has already found a home as a research assistant in the School of Public Health's Center for Gerontology & Health Research and Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research (CAHPR).

  28. Behind the Model: How Scenario Modeling Can Inform Public Health

    CFA has developed scenario modeling capability that allows decision-makers to examine a range of possible outcomes under different assumptions about the future, providing insights for addressing specific policy questions and for general preparedness and planning. Read more for an overview of how scenario modeling helped inform CFA's 2024-2025 Respiratory Season Outlook.

  29. Swiss Policy Research

    The murky world of political arrests, poisonings, and deaths. Swiss Policy Research (SPR) is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda in Swiss and international media. SPR is composed of independent academics and receives no external funding.