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School of Business & Public Leadership Graduate 6 ECTS

POL410 · Policy Studio: Briefs, Hearings, Decisions

A policy studio focused on briefs, hearings, and decision support under critique. Students defend assumptions, revise based on stakeholder feedback, and produce policy documents with evidence, budgets, and implementation risks clearly articulated.

  • policy
  • writing
OverviewDetailsNotes
Code POL410
Title Policy Studio: Briefs, Hearings, Decisions
School School of Business & Public Leadership
Level Graduate
Credits 6 ECTS
What you will learn
  • · Frame a public problem into testable hypotheses and constraints
  • · Design an evaluation plan with stakeholder-facing metrics
  • · Produce a studio dossier: interviews, evidence, and recommendations
Prerequisites
  • · POL220 (or equivalent problem framing experience)
Assessment
ComponentWeight
Studio dossier (iterative) 55%
Stakeholder memo 20%
Final presentation + defense 25%
Weekly outline
Week 1: Problem framing
3 topics
  • · Stakeholders
  • · Constraints
  • · Risks
Week 2: Evidence and measurement
3 topics
  • · Indicators
  • · Baseline data
  • · Evaluation ethics
Week 3: Recommendations
3 topics
  • · Options
  • · Tradeoffs
  • · Implementation notes