As I near the end of my final two taught modules of my MPA, I'm thinking about the topic for my #thesis/ #dissertation
Having worked and campaigned for decades in #science and #technology, I am studying #PublicAdministration to better grasp why #debate, #decisions and #policy seem so divorced from the #knowledges available
For now, I'm referring to this as the "knowledge-decision gap" - probably naively, I've not had much time to dig into the field
For example #ClimateChange, #AI, #Health policies seem divorced from the #expertise of #academics in these fields. And the real-world #experience of citizens is poorly accounted for in #politics.
There are #vestedInterests, #lobbying, #biases, #prejudice and plain #ignorance. Are there patterns in the #KnowledgeDecisionGap that we can learn from - commonalities across fields? Are there examples of great success or appalling failure in transferring #knowledge into #decision? What do we already know? Where are the gaps in our knowledge about gaps 😜 ?
The subject is still wide open for me and due to be honed in April. I'd be delighted if anyone can chuck thoughts, ideas, references, comments my way 🙏
#education