Author: Jason Deegan (Jason Deegan)
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
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
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
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
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