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Author: Jason Deegan (Jason Deegan)
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Rational & Incremental Policy Making
Rational and Incremental Policy Making
An analysis of rational and incremental approaches to policy development and implementation.
Policymaking can be understood as a process whereby governments commit to taking action · Read more
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The Ethics of Using Twitter Data for Research
Twitter emerged on the scene in March 2006, and since then, has accumulated a truly massive user base, even if it may not appear so relative to its main competition, · Read more
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The Challenge of Evidence
The challenge of evidence
That there can be a correct ‘dosage’ as discussed above, leads on to a discussion surrounding the hierarchy of evidence, and how its usage can serve · Read more
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Is It Possible to Have Value-Free Evidence?
Is It Possible to Have Value-Free Evidence?
In recent years, we have begun to see a number of scholars pointing towards a move away from more positivist understandings of science · Read more
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The Emergence of Evidence-Based Policy
The emergence of Evidence-Based Policy
The development of evidence-based policy has its roots squarely within the field of medicine. It was following the end of World War 2 that there · Read more
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Germany’s Climate Change Policy
The disjointed nature of the German energy market poses serious challenges to ambitious German climate targets. We explore what impact the key players in the market and state incentive policies · Read more
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Energiewende and German Energy Policy
Energiewende and German Energy Policy
When exploring the policy framework surrounding the development of German energy policy in recent years, it is incredibly difficult to miss the development of the · Read more