The gravity of the current situation is obscuring a less visible crisis – a failure of political imagination
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A new standing committee will ensure that Canadian federal policy is based on science. The committee should consider critical ethical thinking, scholarship and action, as well as legal frameworks and sociocultural values.
Between 2018 and 2019 Kenya registered a 30% spike in sugar production and an increase in sugar consumption.
There is a growing lament in Australia that politicians let us down. But the lesson from the pandemic is that we, the people, have the power to change our economy and politics for a better future.
The food and beverage industry is increasingly involved in the policymaking process.
Coronavirus is hitting some communities harder than others. But a lack of very basic data categorisation means it’s difficult for the UK government to tailor its response.
At times of high tension, governments can be cornered into making mistakes by responding to the wrong pressures.
Simple policies, such as the free bus pass for older adults, not only reduce loneliness but also help older people maintain cognitive function.
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.
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.
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Senior Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Research Lead Sydney Policy Lab, Postdoctoral Fellow Geography, Host of ChangeMakers Podcast, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Tony Dalton is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Manager, Planning & Research, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
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Professor of Anthropology, New York University
