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Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena >> Content Detail



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SES #TOPICSKEY DATES
1

Introduction


Knowledge in use: Problems and opportunities, overview of the course, participant interests.

2

Models of knowledge production and decision making


Rational policy/planning model, muddling through, deliberation, causal reasoning.

3

Agendas and the policy process


Agenda-setting and agenda-informing research, politics of the policy process, policy actors and messages.

4

Frames and persuasion


Sensemaking and storytelling with and without research, frame analysis, reframing. Case: Education reform.

Guest: Jal Mehta

Problem statement for case paper due
5

Paradigms and fads


Focus: design and city form, "urban utopias."

Guest: Lawrence Vale

6

Diffusion of innovation


Creating and diffusing innovation, replication and mimicking.

Take-home midterm exam available

7

Case: Fighting ghetto poverty


The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment, images of ghetto poverty and the poor.

Guest: Jeffrey Liebman

Midterm exam due

8

Case: Science in policy disputes


Guest: Lawrence Susskind

9

Action learning and practice


Theories of practice, action learning, communities of practice (knowledge networks).

10

The politics and use of evaluation research


Truth tests and utility tests, demonstration theory of social change.

11

Research writing for non-academic readers


The form and function of research briefs and related media (press releases, etc.)

12Discussion of student briefs and case papers in progress.Research briefs due 48 hours before class, for peer and faculty review
13Course review, discussion of case topics.Final case papers due

 








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