Working Paper: 2015 Canadian Election Platforms: Long-Form Census, Open Data, Open Government, Transparency and Evidence Based Policy and Science

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey P. Lauriault ◽  
Kathryn O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
Open Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Long Form ◽  
Policy And Science

scholarly journals A Framework for Open Policy Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Hoces de la Guardia ◽  
Sean Grant ◽  
Edward Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Open Policy ◽  
Public Policy Decisions

AbstractThe evidence-based policy movement promotes the use of empirical evidence to inform policy decision-making. While several social science disciplines are undergoing a “credibility revolution” focused on openness and replication, policy analysis has yet to systematically embrace transparency and reproducibility. We argue that policy analysis should adopt the open research practices increasingly espoused in related disciplines to advance the credibility of evidence-based policymaking. We first discuss the importance of evidence-based policy in an era of increasing disagreement about facts, analysis, and expertise. We present a novel framework for “open” policy analysis (OPA) and how to achieve it, focusing on examples of recent policy analyses that have incorporated open research practices such as transparent reporting, open data, and code sharing. We conclude with recommendations on how key stakeholders in evidence-based policy can make OPA the norm and thus safeguard trust in using empirical evidence to inform important public policy decisions.

scholarly journals The Politics of Open Government Data: Understanding Organizational Responses to Pressure for More Transparency

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erna Ruijer ◽  
Francoise Détienne ◽  
Michael Baker ◽  
Jonathan Groff ◽  
Albert J. Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Government Transparency ◽  
Data Framework ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data

This article contributes to the growing body of literature within public management on open government data by taking a political perspective. We argue that open government data are a strategic resource of organizations and therefore organizations are not likely to share it. We develop an analytical framework for studying the politics of open government data, based on theories of strategic responses to institutional processes, government transparency, and open government data. The framework shows that there can be different organizational strategic responses to open data—varying from conformity to active resistance—and that different institutional antecedents influence these responses. The value of the framework is explored in two cases: a province in the Netherlands and a municipality in France. The cases provide insights into why governments might release datasets in certain policy domains but not in others thereby producing “strategically opaque transparency.” The article concludes that the politics of open government data framework helps us understand open data practices in relation to broader institutional pressures that influence government transparency.

scholarly journals A framework for open policy analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Hoces de la Guardia ◽  
Sean Grant ◽  
Edward Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Open Policy ◽  
Public Policy Decisions

Abstract The evidence-based policy movement promotes the use of empirical evidence to inform policy decision-making. While several social science disciplines are undergoing a ‘credibility revolution’ focused on openness and replication, policy analysis has yet to systematically embrace transparency and reproducibility. We argue that policy analysis should adopt the open research practices increasingly espoused in related disciplines to advance the credibility of evidence-based policy making. We first discuss the importance of evidence-based policy in an era of increasing disagreement about facts, analysis, and expertise. We present a novel framework for ‘open’ policy analysis (OPA) and how to achieve it, focusing on examples of recent policy analyses that have incorporated open research practices such as transparent reporting, open data, and code sharing. We conclude with recommendations on how key stakeholders in evidence-based policy can make OPA the norm and thus safeguard trust in using empirical evidence to inform important public policy decisions.

Crisis knowledge management: Reconfiguring the behavioural science community for rapid responding in the Covid-19 crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Hahn ◽  
David Lagnado ◽  
Stephan Lewandowsky ◽  
Nick Chater
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Evidence Based Policy ◽  
Science Community ◽  
Minimal Damage ◽  
Support Evidence

The present crisis demands an all-out response if it is to be mastered with minimal damage. This means we, as the behavioural science community, need to think about how we can adapt to best support evidence-based policy in a rapidly changing, high-stakes environment. This piece is an attempt to initiate this process. The ‘recommendations’ made are first stabs that will hopefully be critiqued, debated and improved.

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