Nudging policymakers: a case study of the role and influence of academic policy analysis

Karen Turner; Oluwafisayo Alabi; Julia Race

doi:10.1080/13501763.2020.1742774

Nudging policymakers: a case study of the role and influence of academic policy analysis

Karen Turner, Oluwafisayo Alabi, Julia Race

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Abstract

As countries around the world face the monumental challenge of transitioning to low or net zero carbon economies, there is an important opportunity for public policy and political science learnings and models to underpin crucial shifts in policy strategies and decision-making in an arena dominated to date by technical thinking and problem-solving. In this essay we demonstrate how we, as academics working in the fields of political economics and engineering, employed policy science knowledge about building coalitions around polysemic ideas to advance the debate about large scale (industrial decarbonisation) climate change solutions in the UK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1270-1286
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of European Public Policy
Volume	27
Issue number	8
Early online date	8 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1742774
Publication status	Published - 2 Aug 2020

Keywords

climate policy
policy windows
consensus
narratives
polysemic ideas

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Nudging policymakers: a case study of the role and influence of academic policy analysis

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Karen Turner

Accounting and scenario analyses to measuring and unlocking value to enable Just Transitions in the decarbonisation of uk industry clusters

PLATON - a PLATform for Open and Nationally accessible climate policy knowledge

Energy Saving Innovations and Economy-Wide Rebound Effects

Laying the Foundations for a Net Zero Society: Principles and Infrastructure for a Climate Resilient and Economically Sustainable Recovery

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Accounting and scenario analyses to measuring and unlocking value to enable Just Transitions in the decarbonisation of uk industry clusters

PLATON - a PLATform for Open and Nationally accessible climate policy knowledge

Energy Saving Innovations and Economy-Wide Rebound Effects

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Laying the Foundations for a Net Zero Society: Principles and Infrastructure for a Climate Resilient and Economically Sustainable Recovery

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