This week has been filled with interviews, reading, and soul searching all aimed at defining an answerable research question to focus the rest of my thesis work. My original question did not take into account some aspects of this field of study that I am finding increasingly prominent. For example, evidence-based policy making is a […]

It looks like I’ve finally nailed down a possible research question and potential(ish) outline of a methodology. As my previous post indicated, I am going to look into the translation of policy into action (political, or other). My research question is as follows: Once you do the best possible science that you can do, how […]

In the past week my research has taken a slight turn away from models and towards the people that make them and the other people that try to turn them into policy. Models are great and all but what is the practical use for them if not just the general public, but policy makers (who […]

After some mental (and physical) exercise I have a slightly clearer idea of what I want to be looking for so that I can come up with a real researchable question and solid methodology. This week’s assignment, figure out what’s out there! Find the gaps! There’s certainly quite a lot of information and I’m having […]