LIST OF PANELS

Policy design denotes a conscious effort to marshal governing resources and direct them towards the attainment of government goals. A design typically involves the creation of a mix or bundle of policy tools which can reasonably be expected to work together to attain a government goal or goals. Although a relatively old area of interest in the policy sciences, policy design remains in the nascent stage with respect to paedagogy in the academy.
 
The purpose of the panel, Teaching Policy Design: Topics & Techniques, is to examine aspects of how the subject is currently taught in policy schools and programmes and draw on those experiences to improve instruction and outcomes. Papers in the panel will set out the topics which existing courses typically cover, explain their importance to the field, and how they are typically addressed in coursework. These will include topics such as what is policy design and how it has evolved; policy tools and portfolios; persuasive design, targeting and compliance; who are the policy designers and how do they think and operate; what is meant by policy effectiveness;  what are design best practices; how designs and designers deal with uncertainty, conflict and controversy; and also what are the future directions in which the field is heading, why and what this means for future design paedagogy and practice. The panel will examine paedagogical techniques deployed in these courses across the globe, dealing with differences between undergraduate and graduate level instruction, case-based instruction and on-line and distance learning, as well as investigate efforts to integrate co-design and innovative pedagogies including new methods and techniques such as Big Data methodologies and policy labs and experiments.

You are invited to submit a paper for possible inclusion in the panel on Teaching Policy Design: Topics & Techniques at the 5th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5). The panel Chair welcomes papers that meet the criteria for work providing a robust discussion on the subject matter.
 
Policy design denotes a conscious effort to marshal governing resources and direct them towards the attainment of government goals. A design typically involves the creation of a mix or bundle of policy tools which can reasonably be expected to work together to attain a government goal or goals. Although a subject of some interest in the policy sciences for decades, policy design as currently taught at the academy remains in a nascent stage ripe for future development.
 
The purpose of this panel is to examine aspects of paedagogy around the subject in policy schools and programmes. Areas of interest to be covered by papers in the panel include paedogical theory and practice concerning such subjects as:
·       what is policy design and how it has evolved
·       introducing policy tools and portfolios
·       issues around persuasive design, targeting and compliance
·       who are the policy designers and how do they think and operate
·       what is meant by policy effectiveness
·       what are design best practices
·       how designs and designers deal with uncertainty, conflict and controversy
·       what are the future directions in which the field is heading, why and what this means for both design paedagogy and practice
Papers are also encouraged which deal with the merits and demerits of paedagogical techniques deployed in these courses across the globe. These include topics such as
·       dealing with differences between undergraduate and graduate level instruction,
·       case-based instruction
·       on-line and distance learning,
·       efforts to integrate co-design into coursework
·       innovative pedagogies
·       new topics such as new methods and techniques (such as Big Data methodologies)
·       the role of policy labs and experiments in policy teaching.