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Tools for Academic Engagement in Public Policy
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Section I: Overview
- Introduction to the course
- Ten mistakes scholars make when engaging with policymakers
Section II: The Policy Community
- The public policy ecosystem
- The Executive Branch
- Congress
- Congressional 'Asks'
- Other Policy Stakeholders
Section III: Strategies for Engagement
- Identifying and Prioritizing Stakeholders
- Assessing Policy Windows
Section IV: Tactics
- Developing a Pitch
- Building Relationships with Policymakers
- Interview with Professor Lydia Bourouiba
Section V: The Policy Lab
- The Policy Lab at the Center for International Studies: A model for enhancing academic engagement in public policy
Prerequisite
Instructors
Chappell Lawson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Pomeroy
Executive Director, Scientific Citizenship Initiative
Harvard University
Editor
MIT is a world-class educational institution where teaching and research — with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle — continue to be its primary purpose.
MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions and degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.
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