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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
This course provides a perspective to understanding decision making. It will equip the learners with tools to better understand these deep psychological processes. It will discuss the topics like loss aversion, nudges, some notions of fairness and will also deal with practical examples which will h…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course examines the opportunities and risks firms face in today’s global world. The course provides conceptual tools for analyzing how governments and a variety of social and economic institutions influence competition among firms embedded in different national settings. Public policies and in…
University of California, Davis
This course examines how climate goals are translated into meaningful action through energy transitions, public policy, and collective movements. Students begin by exploring the just energy transition, examining how the shift away from fossil fuels involves not only technological innovation but als…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course examines opportunities and risks firms face in today’s global market. It provides conceptual tools for analyzing how governments and social institutions influence economic competition among firms embedded in different national settings. Public policies and institutions that shape compet…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public policy. Examines how groups mobilize to use law to affect change and why they succeed and fail. The class uses case studies to explore the interplay between law, social movements, and…
University of Minnesota
In this course in the Healthcare Marketplace specialization you will identify, define, and describe potential business and public policy solutions to the challenges facing society’s growing demand for health services. Students will master a body of knowledge on the health care sectors major compone…
MIT OpenCourseWare
As an introduction to the field of Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED), the course is structured to: Advance student’s understanding of how public policy and private markets affect housing, economic development, the local economy, and neighborhood institutions; Provide an overview o…
MIT OpenCourseWare
What can we learn about science and technology–and what can we do with that knowledge? Who are “we” in these questions?–whose knowledge and expertise gets made into public policy, new medicines, topics of cultural and political discourse, science education, and so on? How can expertise and lay know…
O.P. Jindal Global University
Build strong statistical and data analysis skills to turn complex datasets into clear, actionable insights. This course is designed for learners interested in data analysis, statistics, research, economics, public policy, business, and related fields who want to strengthen their quantitative decisi…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course covers topics and questions such as: What is poverty? How is it defined and measured in the United States and other countries? What are the different program designs that countries use to relieve poverty? To answer these questions, the course examines the main public policy frames that…
MIT OpenCourseWare
In this course we examine the relationship between public policy and urban design through readings, discussions, presentations, and papers. We also analyze the ways in which policies shape cities, and investigate how governments implement urban design. Students gain a critical understanding of both…
O.P. Jindal Global University
Turn digital data into meaningful insights with practical data science skills for public policy and social research. This course is designed for learners interested in public policy, social sciences, data analysis, research, and related fields who want to use Python and digital data to better under…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This is a course about how research knowledge and other types of knowledge come to be actionable and influential in the world — or not. The course explores ways to make research knowledge more accessible, credible, and useful in the realm of public policy and practice, a project in which the course…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This is a course in industrial organization, the study of firms in markets. Industrial organization focuses on firm behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, which appear to be far more common than the perfectly competitive markets that were the focus of your basic microeconomics course. This fi…
O.P. Jindal Global University
Understand how laws, institutions, governance, and public policy shape societies and development. This course is designed for learners who want to build a deeper understanding of how governments make decisions, how policies are formulated and implemented, and how legal frameworks influence public o…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course is an introduction to real-world dynamics of public policy controversies. Topics to be considered include national, state, and local policy disputes, such as smoking, hazardous waste, abortion, gun control, and education. Using a case study approach, students study whether and how those…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. It is designed for students who may be planning a career in public or non-profit sectors. The primary goal is to help students understand the implications of public policy for different pursuits. The class examines various approaches t…
University of Michigan
Drive Change Through Policy and Action
SDG Academy
A self-paced course that confronts the defining urban challenge of our century—how to house, employ, and sustain billions more city dwellers without deepening inequality or environmental breakdown. It is designed to equip policymakers, planners, students, and private-sector actors with analytical f…
MIT OpenCourseWare
This course focuses on science and technology policy—it will examine the science and technology innovation system, including case studies on energy, computing, advanced manufacturing, and health sectors, with an emphasis on public policy and the federal government’s role in that system.
