Policy capacity and rise of data‐based policy innovation labs.

In scarcely a decade, a "labification" phenomenon has taken hold globally. The search for innovative policy solutions for social problems is embedded within scientific experimental‐like structures often referred to as policy innovation labs (PILs). With the rapid technological changes (e.g., big dat...

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Published in:Review of Policy Research Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 341 - 363
Main Authors: Kim, Sojeong, Wellstead, Adam M., Heikkila, Tanya
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2023
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          Wellstead, Adam M.
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          School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado – Denver, Denver Colorado,, USA
          Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton Michigan,, USA
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        Western Europe
        North America
        Artificial intelligence
        Social problems
        Social policy
        Industry 4.0
        Big data
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          Social problems
          Social policy
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          North America
          Industry 4.0
          Big data
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        data
        fourth industrial revolution
        policy capacity
        policy innovation labs
        policy theory
        Aprendizaje de políticas
        Cambio de políticas
        Capacidad de políticas
        Innovación de políticas
        Laboratorios de innovación de políticas basados en datos
        基于数据的政策创新实验室
        政策创新
        政策变革
        政策学习
        政策能力
        data
        fourth industrial revolution
        policy capacity
        policy innovation labs
        policy theory
        Aprendizaje de políticas
        Cambio de políticas
        Capacidad de políticas
        Innovación de políticas
        Laboratorios de innovación de políticas basados en datos
        基于数据的政策创新实验室
        政策创新
        政策变革
        政策学习
        政策能力
      ab: In scarcely a decade, a "labification" phenomenon has taken hold globally. The search for innovative policy solutions for social problems is embedded within scientific experimental‐like structures often referred to as policy innovation labs (PILs). With the rapid technological changes (e.g., big data, artificial intelligence), data‐based PILs have emerged. Despite the growing importance of these PILs in the policy process, very little is known about them and how they contribute to policy outcomes. This study analyzes 133 data‐based PILs and examines their contribution to policy capacity. We adopt policy capacity framework to investigate how data‐based PILs contribute to enhancing analytical, organization, and political policy capacity. Many data‐based PILs are located in Western Europe and North America, initiated by governments, and employ multi‐domain administrative data with advanced technologies. Our analysis finds that data‐based PILs enhance analytical and operational policy capacity at the individual, organizational and systemic levels but do little to enhance political capacity. It is this deficit that we suggest possible strategies for data‐based PILs.
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