Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
This course provides students with opportunities for learning and working in organizations that integrate knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with practical application and skills development in a professional setting.
New course Provides an overview of the variety of political actors (bureaucrats, elected politicians, courts, interest groups, media outlets, the public) involved in the policy process, and what’s distinct about policymaking today; a focus on policy implementation, drawing on concepts, tools and theory from public administration, public management, and organizational behavior. Learn concepts and skills …
New course Many types of evidence can be incorporated into the policy process. Evidence is interpreted while considering quality and ethics, and effectively translated from scientific sources into useful communications and data visualizations. Evidence is examined from across a wide range of policy areas including healthcare, poverty, climate change, among others – all while considering …
Commonly offered: This course is very likely to be offered in the next one to three years. Despite being fifty-one percent of the population, women have often been ignored in the public policymaking process in the United States and overseas. Indeed, the creation and implementation of public policy has been agnostic not only to women but …
A small experiential learning class in the spring for UW-Madison undergraduates who are interested in health policy.
Public policies to protect natural resources and the environment are among the most important and controversial issues in local, state, and national government.
Create a public policy case study and analyze case studies for their effectiveness in presenting data and information about specific government agencies so that students can assess the overall operations and performance of actual agencies.
This course offers an introduction to the role of policy analysis and the analytical concepts and tools that are used in the practice. The first part of the course will introduce students to policy analysis, rationales for public policy, tools for framing policy problems, and the application of key concepts and methods from economics. In the second part of the course, we will apply these concepts and tools through guided hands-on data exercises, interpreting and generating relevant informational graphics, producing a policy memo, and presenting results to technical policy problems and solutions.
In this course, students explore the impact of public policies and programs on the distribution of income, wealth, and opportunity in the United States.
Social genomics integrates theories and methods in the genomic, social, and population health sciences to answer questions relevant to public health and social well-being. Research topics in social genomics and their implications for social and public policy are covered in this course. Key concepts in human genetics, population genetics, and statistical genetics are introduced, as well as historical and contemporary policy debates surrounding scientific advances in genomics. Fundamental questions include social repercussions of genomics research, the rationale for government intervention, and how to approach policy analysis in an era where the genomic revolution is changing how we think about privacy and personal identity.