Contemporary life is complex, fast-paced, overloaded with decisions, and accompanied by ever-present undercurrents of stress. Decision-making in the...
The challenge of devising good policy is heightened by the conflict that can come from the conflicting interests of policy influencers. In such...
Policymaking is an important and consequential public activity that needs to be in the limelight – and it often is. An allied public activity,...
Public policy environments will invariably include some contentious policy decisions. These decisions will often involve implicit value judgements...
The seemingly inherent incongruences between science and diplomacy can lend an element of incoherence to initiatives that see science and diplomacy...
In any contemporary complex policy landscape, it is practically impossible to devise that singular ‘silver bullet’ policy that will then go on...
Artificial Intelligence is a fascinating technological development that is significantly impacting our present-day lives. Given AI’s potential,...
What often passes for public participation in a public decision is nothing more than mere tokenism. To be able to distinguish substantial...
Public policy should solve society’s problems. However, this ostensibly plausible depiction can mask serious problems with how societal...
Participatory budgeting is a process that meaningfully engages those who have traditionally been excluded from participation in important political...
The debilitating effects of a pandemic that refuses to go away can make just remaining safe and healthy seem like accomplishment enough. The public...
A civic space that meaningfully engages civil society with policymakers can contribute to improved public policy decisions. This article looks at...
Making appropriate policies to address complex issues is not a simple thing. If inappropriately addressed, according to H L Mencken, the...
To promote appropriate preventive behavior and stem the rise of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is important that policymakers better...
Abraham Lincoln’s view that “it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years” captures the essence of what...
Ideally, all major public policies should be based on sound evidence or, still better, on sound scientific evidence. Moving towards this ideal...
Cities and urban areas are where the majority of the global population now lives. To improve the quality of life of the urban population it is...
Seniors are a growing segment of the population and it is important to see how the global development frameworks view them.The Sustainable...
“Progress” was the erstwhile confident answer to the important question “What is the best way to improve society?” Now this answer is being...
Ageing is a gradual and steady chronological progression that commences at birth and ceases at death. Becoming ‘old’, on the other hand, is an...
