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LSE: Public Policy Innovations

Understand public policy innovations and technology, and its strategies for transforming policymaking.

Understand public policy innovations and technology, and its strategies for transforming policymaking.

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8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Mar 5, 2025
Enroll by Mar 11, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

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8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Mar 5, 2025
Enroll by Mar 11, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Policymakers face increasing challenges in public policy decision making. Innovation and technology offer the potential to transform policymaking into something more efficient, equitable, and successful. While the possibilities for innovation are significant, professionals in these spaces require the skills and insight to execute them effectively.

Understand innovation’s role in improving policy with the Public Policy Innovations online certificate course from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Over eight weeks, you’ll explore the opportunities and pitfalls that different solutions present for the policy process. Armed with an understanding of these innovation tools, you’ll be empowered to propose new approaches to improve systems and navigate implementation. You’ll also learn how data can be used as a tool for policy innovation, and explore the opportunities and challenges technology like artificial intelligence presents for the public sector. Finally, you’ll leave the course with the skills to propose a new initiative to put policy innovations into practice.

This course is designed for public sector professionals interested in the cutting-edge innovations associated with public policy and public management. Given the course’s operational and strategic nature, it’s relevant to anyone in government roles seeking ways to drive innovation. Policy professionals in consulting, advocacy, local government, and international development sectors will learn how modern policy innovations can benefit their division.

Course curriculum

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Put policy innovations into practice as you work through the weekly modules of this online certificate course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Introduction: Problems and solutions in public policy

Module 2: Behavioral public policy

Module 3: Transparency in public policy

Module 4: Participation in public policy delivery

Module 5: Participation in public policy decision making

Module 6: Data in public policy

Module 7: Artificial intelligence in public policy

Module 8: Drivers of innovation and barriers to change

About the certificate

Implement innovations in the public sector and earn an official certificate of competence from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

£300 million

The amount invested in research and development by the UK government in 2023.

Department for Science, Development, and Innovation (Nov, 2023).

Multi-faceted challenges

Amidst budget tightening, governments face pressing needs like digital transformation, achieving net zero, and aging populations, necessitating technological adoption, cross-departmental collaboration, creative risk-taking, and flexible work models.

Global Government Forum (Feb, 2024).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.