paper

ITS 832

Chapter 7

• ComparativeAnalysis ofTools and Technologies forPolicyMaking

• Information Technology in a Global Economy

Introduction

• Policy making

• Assessment methodology

• Tools summary

• Conclusion

Policy Making

• Political visions → programs and actions • Purpose is to change the real world

• Multidisciplinary field

• ICT offers opportunities to modernize policy making

• Goals • Better understand reality

• Increase stakeholderengagement

• Respond within tighter timeframes

• Provide higherquality deliverables

Assessment Methodology

• Identification • Initial search - targeted

• Expanded search - general

• Select and read scholarly papers

• Follow references from scholarly papers

• Categorization • 11 logical groups

• Comparative analysis

• Conceptualization

Tools Categories

• Visualization • Argumentation • eParticipation • Opinion mining • Simulation • Serious games • Tools specifically designed for policy makers • Persuasive • Social network analysis (SNA) • Big dataanalytics • Semantics and linked data

Summary • Examined 75 tools grouped into 11 categories

• Focus on 3 main areas of policy making • Main activities

• Stage of the policy cycle

• Stakeholder types

• Appendix • Links to many tools discussed in the paper

• Takeaway • Research methods employed