On 27 Feb, 2014 By René Cardoso Baltazar
With Comments Off on Evidence Based Policy + Citizen Participation: can they be combined?
[Editor’s note: This post was written by René Cardoso Baltazar (@rcardosob), strategic advisor to the International Foundation for the Development of Reliable Governments (FIDEGOC). It is a response to Andrea Ordóñez’s paper “Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of…
On 30 Jan, 2014 By Anne Lan Candelaria
With Comments Off on Writing a Case Study II: Policy influence in Local Education in the Philippines
[Editor’s note: This post introduces a new material produced by Anne Lan K. Candelaria for Politics & Ideas. It is an illustration of the case study protocol proposed by the same author, which we published in December 2013.] This case…
On 28 Jan, 2014 By Leandro Echt
With Comments Off on A researcher in search of a policy maker: reflections on the sustainability of a project aimed at linking policy and research in developing countries
The programme “Spaces for Engagement: using knowledge to improve public decisions” (SFE) is a six-year joint initiative by Global Development Network’s GDNet’s program and the CIPPECCenter for the Implementation of Public Polices promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC). Many of the…
On 25 Nov, 2013 By Claudio Jones
With Comments Off on What are partisan think tanks?
[Editor’s note: What is the role of partisan think tanks in political debates? In this series of blogs, Claudio Jones, researcher with the Fundación Rafael Preciado Hernández in México, argues in favor of a broader and more active role for…
On 25 Nov, 2013 By Adolfo Garcé
With Comments Off on Building a new concept: Political Knowledge Regimes
[Editor’s note: This post presents Adolfo Garcé’s paper ‘Political-Knowledge Regimes‘. It follows a previous post that gives an overview of the concept of knowledge regimes] Knowledge Regimes (KM), a concept developed by Campbell and Pedersen, is a main step forward in…
On 30 Oct, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
With Comments Off on Three worthwhile questions on public philosophies
[Editor’s note: This reflection is based on our paper “Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates”. It is part of a series of posts on Ideas and Evidence Based Policy.] One level of ideas is…
On 21 Oct, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
With Comments Off on Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates
Today I am sharing a new working paper with you: “Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates.” Ideas are a key concept to link research and policy, and theory and practice. Little research, however, is…
On 10 Oct, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
With Comments Off on What is behind the idea of Evidence Based Policy?
In the previous post, I shared Jal Mehta’s framework that can help us take apart an idea into its different dimensions (I suggest you review it before reading this post). The three dimensions are policy solutions, problem definition and public…
On 27 Sep, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
With Comments Off on Rethinking ideas – more than just policy solutions
One of the areas of interest of our research agenda are ideas. I agree, conceptualizing ideas, and exploring where they come from, how they evolve, and who appropriates them is essential to understanding how research can influence policy. But what…
On 19 Sep, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
With Comments Off on Consider influence before doing the research
[Editor’s note: This post stems from a rich conversation about how research can have an impact with Roger Harris while sharing our respective chapters for an upcoming book on Information Technologies and its impact. He shares an initial literature review…