The starting point for this week’s discussion is the report Maximizing the Success of the Incentive Auction by Fred B Campbell, who, we are are told is the former Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau for the US Federal Communications Commission. Who is … Continued
Building on our discussion of goals last class, I thought we might focus this week on one of the better known sets of goals, namely the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. These 8 goals were set in 1990 with a time … Continued
One can (and should!) debate the utility and popularity of scenarios, but I wanted to start the discussion this week by focusing on one particular set of scenarios, namely that of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The new 2013 World … Continued
As noted in my tweet yesterday, this week’s topic is the efforts by the UK to assess the quality of its academic research base. Paul Jump’s article in the Times Higher offers a wonderful introduction to the history and evolution … Continued
Time to switch over to #techpolicyw2 !! The subject this week is the wonderful piece in The Economist entitled: ‘Unreliable research: Trouble in the Lab’ http://econ.st/19QXzFe The Economist starts with a great hook to Danny Kahneman’s concern that many efforts … Continued
I was recently asked in two different ways which of the ‘essential’ readings students should be focusing on. This is an excellent question and rather than answering directly to the students, I thought I should offer my own perspective on … Continued
The Chief Executive of Swale Borough council in Kent recently wrote a piece in the Guardian Leaders section that touches on a range of issues pertinent to our course including the role of evidence in decision-making, the nexus of technology, … Continued
Welcome to Cambridge! It may well be autumn, but a good place to start the first blog post is with the summer reading list. Every year we have an excellent discussion when students first arrive in Cambridge, but I have … Continued