Policy analytics: an agenda for research and practice

Tsoukiàs, Alexis; Montibeller, Gilberto; Lucertini, Giulia; Belton, Valérie

Tsoukiàs, Alexis; Montibeller, Gilberto; Lucertini, Giulia; Belton, Valérie (2013), Policy analytics: an agenda for research and practice, EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 1, 1, p. 115-134. 10.1007/s40070-013-0008-3

Type

Article accepté pour publication ou publié

Date

2013

Journal name

EURO Journal on Decision Processes

Volume

Number

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Pages

115-134

Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Montibeller, Gilberto
Department of Management - London School of Economics and Political Science [LSE]
Lucertini, Giulia
Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Belton, Valérie

Abstract (EN)

The growing impact of the “analytics” perspective in recent years, which integrates advanced data-mining and learning methods, is often associated with increasing access to large databases and with decision support systems. Since its origin, the field of analytics has been strongly business-oriented, with a typical focus on data-driven decision processes. In public decisions, however, issues such as individual and social values, culture and public engagement are more important and, to a large extent, characterise the policy cycle of design, testing, implementation, evaluation and review of public policies. Therefore public policy making seems to be a much more socially complex process than has hitherto been considered by most analytics methods and applications. In this paper, we thus suggest a framework for the use of analytics in supporting the policy cycle—and conceptualise it as “Policy Analytics”.

Subjects / Keywords

Policy cycle; Decision analysis; Decision support; Policy analysis; Analytics