Register for this webinar (9:00 - 10:00 AM EST | 03:00 - 04:00 PM CET)Countless decisions are made every day that affect citizens but do not include them. That reality results in suboptimal services, programs, and policies that fail to deliver on the expressed and diverse needs of citizens. However, citizens bring a unique vantage point and when their insights and experiences are built-in to design and execution processes, it can drastically improve outcomes. This webinar will showcase effective structures and processes – such as citizen panels, citizen forums and co-design labs – that support citizens to have a voice at decision-making tables so they can better hold leaders to account for achieving the system transformations that citizens need – in health, education and beyond.In this fourth session in the series, we will explore practical ways to make evidence-based choices the default or easy option for everyday citizens. Our discussion will push past the common rhetoric that
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House Office of Management and Budget and Penn State’s Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative will co-host the final Evidence Forum of the Biden-Harris Administration’s "Year of Evidence for Action" on Feb. 22 at the White House, which will include remarks from Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi on the contributions of higher education to connecting research and scientific evidence with policymakers and government agencies.
In most countries, ignorance about how to use evidence properly to inform decision-making has led to missteps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how to do better.