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What is synthetic data? And how can it accelerate public policy research?

To continuously improve how policies are developed, governments need to understand how policies actually affect people’s day-to-day lives. Doing this well requires data, and lots of it. But expanding the use of data in government also increases concern about individual privacy and the reach of the state. We’ve found a…

Society

6 min read

What is synthetic data? And how can it accelerate public policy research?

Society

6 min read

BIT

·Feb 1, 2022

The rise of evidence-based policymaking?

Last week saw the publication of the Evidence Commission report from the Global Commission on Evidence. Weighing in at an impressive 144 pages, the report was supported by Commissioners from research and policy communities across six continents (disclosure: including me). Particular credit goes to the McMaster-based (Canada) secretariat, who have…

Society

4 min read

The rise of evidence-based policymaking?

Society

4 min read

BIT

·Sep 6, 2021

“The Complaints Department”: A dozen years of debate on when and how to nudge

Last month Professor Richard Thaler and Professor Cass Sunstein published Nudge: The Final Edition. The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was built on the ideas developed and popularised in the original edition, and we have been hugely grateful for the inspiration, energy and guidance Richard and Cass have provided over the…

Behavioral Economics

9 min read

“The Complaints Department”: A dozen years of debate on when and how to nudge

Behavioral Economics

9 min read

in Behavioural Insights

What is synthetic data? And how can it accelerate public policy research?

The rise of evidence-based policymaking?

“The Complaints Department”: A dozen years of debate on when and how to nudge

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Richard O'Brien

Scott Young