Search results for "Policy learning"
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Moving context from the background to the forefront of policy learning: Reflections on a case in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country
2016
The article focuses on policy learning processes with the aim of sharing knowledge about how policy learning happens. In doing this, it considers conflict as a natural process in policy learning and proposes action research as a possible strategy to address it. By reflecting on a long-term action research process in the province of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain), the article proposes a change of focus in assessing the role of context. If we assume that policy learning is oriented towards changing the context, then context plays a more complex and important role than it is usually given in theory. At the core of this argument is the understanding that the cognitive frameworks of policy ma…
Do networks matter? Network involvement and policy learning in Nordic regions
2017
ABSTRACTThe capacities of regions to form networks are an important feature of regional cooperation. This article assesses why Nordic regions engage in network activities and what new organizational patterns of collaboration emerge. It draws on historical data from a 2006–2008 survey of elected regional politicians from the Nordic countries. The article argues that through this process, participation in cross-border networks matters for regional learning as measured by the policy-choices of regions.
Policy learning in regions : the potential of co-generative research methodologies to help responsible innovation
2020
Author´s submitted manuscript. This is a draft chapter. The final version is available in Regions and Innovation Policies in Europe: Learning from the Margins edited by M. González-López & B. T. Asheim, published in 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789904161.00008. The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
The contribution of action research to policy learning: The case of Gipuzkoa Sarean
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: International Journal of Action Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1688/IJAR-2014-02-Karlsen This article is about a six year policy learning process named Gipuzkoa Sarean in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. In the article we reflect on how action research contributed to policy learning. The process consists of three stages: 2009-2011: Initiation of the project and development of a work method; 2011-2013: Government learning and organisational change; 2013-2014: Social learning and the shift to a new approach to territorial development. For each stage we describe the background and main goal of the research pr…
Comparative Metrics and Policy Learning: End-of-Life Care in France and the US
2019
AbstractComparative policy analysis sometimes relies on the use of metrics to foster policy learning. We compare health care for patients at the end of life (EOL) in the US and France. The analysis...