The Limits of Policy Analytics: Early Examples and the Emerging Boundary of Possibilities

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dc.contributor.authorLongo, Justin
dc.contributor.authorDobell, Alan Rodney
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T14:41:55Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T14:41:55Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPolicy analytics has emerged as a modification of traditional policy analysis, where the discrete stages of the policy cycle are reformulated into a continuous, real-time system of big data collection, data analytics, and ubiquitous, connected technologies that provides the basis for more precise problem definition, policy experimentation for revealing detailed insights into system dynamics, and ongoing assessment of the impact of micro-scale policy interventions to nudge behaviour towards desired policy objectives. Theoretical and applied work in policy analytics research and practice is emerging that offers a persuasive case for the future possibilities of a real-time approach to policymaking and governance. However, policy problems often operate on long time cycles where the effect of policy interventions on behaviour and decisions can be observed only over long periods, and often only indirectly. This article surveys examples in the policy analytics literature, infers from those examples some characteristics of the policy problems and settings that lend themselves to a policy analytics approach, and suggests the boundaries of feasible policy analytics. Rather than imagine policy analytics as a universal replacement for the decades-old policy analysis approach, a sense of this boundary will allow us to more effectively consider the appropriate application of real-time policy analytics.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationLongo, J. & Dobell, A.R. (2018). The Limits of Policy Analytics: Early Examples and the Emerging Boundary of Possibilities. Politics and Governance, 6(4), 5-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1561en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i4.1561
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10364
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolitics and Governanceen_US
dc.subjectadaptive managementen_US
dc.subjectagencyen_US
dc.subjectbig dataen_US
dc.subjectdata analyticsen_US
dc.subjectgovernanceen_US
dc.subjectnested institutionsen_US
dc.subjectnudgingen_US
dc.subjectpolicy analysisen_US
dc.subjectpolicy analyticsen_US
dc.titleThe Limits of Policy Analytics: Early Examples and the Emerging Boundary of Possibilitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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