Indonesian policymaking is predominantly informed by research with poor theoretical engagement, with no strong tradition of peer review and with legal threats to academic freedom.
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Policies that will drive investment and change the structure of economies in the West African sub region are facing several challenges.
The process known as policy analysis requires careful consideration and deliberation. In most cases, the public also gets to weigh in.
Ramaphosa’s “new dawn” will require a rigorous evidence-base of what works to guide high-level policy planning and design.
The latest data offer a vital resource for understanding Gauteng’s multi-faceted challenges.
The Indonesian public sector has some challenges to overcome to be able to design better policies.
Soil scientists have rarely gone the extra mile to translate their knowledge into forms that can be integrated into economic decision making.
From the 20th-century process of policy trial and error, the nations that married the strengths of markets and government came out ahead.
Health research in Indonesia are mostly kept in library shelves instead of being used in policymaking.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a Trump administration proposal to reward coal and nuclear power plants for storing fuel on-site, as a way to make the power system more reliable.
New research finds a state of confusion when it comes to Australian government policymaking on housing, despite its huge economic and social significance.
Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.
A new report highlights how little we know about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to publicly-funded Indigenous programs. It’s a similar story in other policy areas – but we can do better.
Researchers and policymakers need to talk to each other. If they don’t, important research will merely gather dust and policies might do more harm than good.
Very few academics do a great deal to share their often important and relevant research with the general public. What’s holding them back?
Politicians and policymakers are at last grappling with the urgent need to generate new ideas and fresh ways of doing things. But in the race to the top, Australia has barely reached base camp.
Governance indicators have become essential for policy formation and political decision-making, helping us make sense of the messy social world, manage and govern it.
Do you consider yourself a rational person? For the most part, you probably are. If something hurts, you’ll stop doing it. If you like something, you’ll buy more of it, but you’ll rethink your decision…
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, University of Sydney
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Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation, UCL
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Principal Soil Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Research Scientist in Applied Mathematical Modelling, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law and Director, Institute for International Law and Justice, New York University
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Senior research scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Vice Dean and Professor of Business Law, New York University
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Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher of urban & cultural studies, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Professor of European and International Politics, King's College London
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Lecturer, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia
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Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health, University of Strathclyde