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SUMMARY:New seminar series: the challenges of experimental government - va
 rious speakers
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CONTACT:Dr Adam Coutts
DESCRIPTION:Randomised Control Trials\, behavioural insights and ‘nudge
 ’ style policy interventions have become popular in government\, develop
 ment policy\, academia and business. There is\, however\, a lack of inform
 ation and evidence on the challenges of setting up and implementing these 
 complex social interventions and experimental evaluations particularly doc
 umenting when things go wrong and why. This seminar series brings together
  leading academics and policy makers to provide case studies and field sto
 ries of how to design and implement social policy experiments.\n\nAll semi
 nars start at 5pm except where indicated. \n\nWednesday October 18th\, Eng
 lish faculty room GR04\nProfessor Peter John (UCL). ‘Field Experiments i
 n Political Science and Public Policy’.\n\nWednesday November 1st\, Engl
 ish faculty room GR04\nSara MacLennan\, WhatWorks Wellbeing Centre\, Head 
 of evidence and analysis. ‘Using evidence from Randomised Control Trials
  to inform policy’.\n\nWednesday November 15th \, 12pm\, Alison Richards
  Building\, SG1\, POLIS\, David Johnson\, Evaluation lead for the Health-l
 ed Trials\, Work and Health Unit\, Department for Work and Pensions.  ‘D
 esigning and implementing a cross-departmental social policy Randomised Co
 ntrol Trial: problems and opportunities’. \n\nWednesday November 22nd\, 
 Magdalene College\, Cripps Auditorium\, Dr Michael Hallsworth\, Director o
 f Health and Tax at the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT). ‘Rethinking pub
 lic health using behavioural science’. \n\nFriday December 1st\, Alison 
 Richards Building\, SG1\, POLIS\, Dr Ellen Flint\, Head of Scientific Stra
 tegy at Department for Work and Pensions. ‘Is evidence enough? How acade
 mics can influence policy’.\n
LOCATION:English Faculty GR04
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