Europa Policy Lab: French–Australian Forum on Policy Analytics

This invitation-only Europa Policy Lab is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

ANU academics and Australian policymakers are joining forces with a number of leading French institutions – CNRS, PSL Research University and IRSTEA – to explore the current state and future potential of policy analytics. With the rise of automation, artificial intelligence and challenges in democratic decision making, there are significant opportunities for developing novel means of supporting public policy, from agenda setting, through innovative policy design—including personalisation and dynamic policy settings based on latest sensing systems, data and algorithms—and monitoring and review of implementation. This Europa Policy Lab, with a focus on the security/peace studies and environmental policy domains, is intended to showcase and extend recent thinking in both France and Australia around applications of policy analytics, while also developing discussion, interaction and international collaboration opportunities.

Plenary speakers and panel discussions will focus on:

• an introduction to policy analytics and the rise of challenges for supporting public decision making;
• human interfaces with autonomous systems;
• community-focused analytics for conflict identification and management;
• scaling up decision support through data and knowledge integration; and
• developing effective and reflexive practitioners of policy analytics

Speakers and panel chairs include:

• Dr Anouck Adrot (PSL)
• A/Prof. Katherine Daniell (3Ai ANU)
• Dr Nils Ferrand (IRSTEA)
• Dr Joseph Guillaume (Fenner School, ANU)
• Prof. Myriam Merad (CNRS)
• Dr Sarah Pearson (DFAT)
• Prof. Alexis Tsoukias (CNRS–LAMSADE) and many more.

This event is co-presented with CNRS France, LAMSADE, PSL University Paris, Dauphine University Paris, Policy Analytics, the 3A Institute, and IRSTEA.