I posted this blog a week or so ago in which I wanted to summarise my takeaways from a great two days conference I attended recently in London: Evidence Works 2016
Pulse Lab Jakarta posted today on Medium a blog I have written with Andrew Thornley about the implication for social science research of data innovation. Hope you enjoy reading it. Data innovation and data analytics offer an unprecedented opportunity for expanding the sources of evidence that can inform policy-making. But is data innovation threatening traditional
What does data innovation mean for traditional social science research? Read More »
Here is an interesting article published in the Guardian Weekly for bicycle commuters struggling with traffic congestion as I do in Jakarta: Return of the Bicycle Kingdom? How pavement cycling is transforming Taipei. It mentions that ‘In Taipei authorities have taken the unusual step of legalising cycling on almost 400km of city centre sidewalks …. Taipei is also tripling its
Traffic congestion in Jakarta: a logistical problem or a \’wicked\’ one? Read More »
I went to Venezia with my family while travelling in Italy in July. I had not be there for about 20 years. My wife, who is not Italian, had been there a couple of times. My daughters really wanted to go there and see it with their own eyes for the first time. On the
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There are many ways for knowledge and research evidence to reach policy makers and inform policy decisions. One important channel is the analysis by policy analysts in government organizations. In January 2014, the Indonesian Parliament passed a landmark law to modernize the civil service on principles of merit and professionalism (Law No. 5 on Civil
There are different angles and dimensions to the Doing Development Differently debate. With Nicola Nixon, we are interested in the \’doing\’ of Doing Development Differently. We have written a post about one of those angles and dimensions: Partnerships Agreements between funders and programme implementation teams. ‘Partnership’ is a buzzword in international aid and development. But, arguably, it’s often overused and tokenistic. So
Are partnership agreements a way forward for Doing Development Differently? Read More »
3, 2,1, go… Brilliant blog by Duncan Green about the importance of blogging for academics and researchers as well as about how to get into the habit of blogging regularly: An antidote to futility: Why academics (and students) should take blogging / social media seriously It was interesting to read that it takes him just 30 minutes
It takes only 30 minutes to write a blog. Why am I struggling so much? Read More »
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here\’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 45 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the