LSE Public Policy Strategy: From Design to Evaluation Programme

Online Programme

Explore the intersection of public policy and AI innovation and gain real-world skills from global policy experts, 100% online.

20 weeks

7–10 hours per week, entirely online

Weekly modules, flexible learning

Multiple payment options

On completion of this programme, you’ll walk away with:

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The ability to effectively design, evaluate, and implement policy using essential analytical tools and approaches rooted in a global perspective.

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An understanding of how AI and policy innovations are transforming the public policy landscape and how these emerging strategies can be used to shape change.

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A practical skillset that allows you to visualise data, write policy memos, and conduct evidence-based impact evaluations.

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The strategic leadership and policy expertise needed to address real-world challenges using data, AI, and innovation.

Programme curriculum

Over the duration of this online programme, you’ll work through the following sections and modules:

Section 1

Module 1: The importance and goals of public policy
Explore the foundations, importance, and goals of public policy.

Module 2: Individuals and strategic interactions
Explore the applications of game theory to public policy analysis.

Module 3: Institutions and public policy
Explore how institutions can provide a solution to market failures.

Module 4: Quantitative skills for public policy
Review methods for analysing and describing data, and learn the basic intuition behind statistical analysis.

Module 5: Policy evaluation
Explore important principles for impact evaluation and experimental design.

Module 6: Policy communication
Learn practical skills for effective policy communication.

Module 7: Public policy processes
Explore the stages of the policy cycle and the political factors that influence each stage.

Module 8: Representation, accountability, and public policy
Explore the importance of representation and accountability in the political process.

Module 9: The politics of public policy
Discover the impact of constitutional systems on public policy.

Module 10: Challenges for public policy
Apply the theory gained from this programme to real-world policy case studies.

Section 2

Module 11: Problems and solutions in public policy
Explore key challenges that public policy innovations aim to address.

Module 12: Behavioural public policy
Learn how cognitive theories are used in public policy.

Module 13: Transparency in public policy
Discover how transparency mechanisms can be leveraged in public policy.

Module 14: Participation in public policy delivery
Discover how participation can impact policy delivery.

Module 15: Participation in public policy decision-making
Discover how participation and deliberation can impact public policy decision-making.

Module 16: Data in public policy
Learn how data can be used as a tool for public policy innovation.

Module 17: Artificial intelligence in public policy
Critically evaluate the promises and pitfalls of machine learning and its use in the public sector.

Module 18: Drivers of innovation and barriers to change
Critically examine the opportunities and challenges of different public policy innovations.

Your Programme Convenors

Dr Daniel Berliner

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Government, LSE

Daniel joined the LSE Department of Government in 2017. Previously he was an assistant professor at the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, and postdoctoral research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin. He received his PhD at the University of Washington in 2012. His primary research focuses on the politics, implementation, and usage of transparency, accountability, and related institutional reforms around the world. He also works on the politics of global supply chains and environmental governance, and developing new applications of text-as-data methods for studying human rights and political accountability.

Dr Ryan Jablonski

Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, LSE

Ryan received his PhD and MA in political science from the University of California, San Diego. His research centres on how governments and international organisations make decisions about the distribution of development spending. He is also interested in the effects of crime, corruption, and electoral manipulation on development outcomes, and has worked on case studies in a variety of different countries including Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda. Ryan’s research is published in the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Science Advances, World Development, World Politics and elsewhere. It has been funded by the World Bank, USAID, DFID, AidData, EGAP, NSF, Global Integrity, and others.

An online education that sets you apart

This LSE online programme is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:

Gain invaluable competencies and recognition from an international selection of universities and institutions, online and in your own time.

Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.

Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

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