Learning What Works

Overview

At its heart, policymaking is about problem-solving. It is about identifying real challenges in the wider world and creating responses to those problems.

Some interventions designed and implemented by policymakers have resulted in significant benefits: policies have both improved and saved lives, preserved the environment, helped the economy to grow, and made people safer.

What will I achieve?

Upon completion of this Learning What Works course at King's College London, students will be able to:

• Analyse the dynamics of the political and epistemic relationship between policymakers, practitioners, citizens, and researchers.
• Assess the claims that can be made based on different types of evidence and evaluation.
• Appraise the quality and rigour of an evaluation.
• Analyse evidence, identify gaps in that evidence, and select appropriate tools to fill such gaps.