SPIA Policy Workshop, Climate Finance Challenges in Dakar - Devanne Béda-Geuder and students

Policy Workshops

Policy workshops provide students with an opportunity to use the analytical skills they acquired in the first year of the program to analyze complex and challenging policy issues, usually for real-world clients.

The goal of the workshops is to understand a policy issue in great depth and to make policy recommendations that are both creative and realistic, given the relevant institutional and political constraints. Each workshop consists of eight to 10 students who work in teams to evaluate a policy challenge. Most students engage in field research during the fall break period. Each workshop produces a final report and gives a presentation to the client, typically by the end of the fall semester.

Fall 2024 Policy Workshop Topics and Faculty Instructors

SPI 591b: Behavioral Insights to Reduce Sludge in Digital Services in Finland - Varun Gauri

SPI 591c: Vision 2030 and the Future of the US-Saudi Bilateral Relationship - Nicholas Lotito

SPI 591d: Public Education in Puerto Rico - Eduardo Bhatia

SPI 591e: Returning Home: Recommendations to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System - Heather Howard and Dan Meuse

SPI 591f: Building a Plurilateral Innovation Ecosystem for Critical and Emerging Technologies - Teddy Nemeroff

SPI 591g: Strengthening Urban Climate Policy and Finance in Dakar, Senegal - Devanne Beda-Geuder