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Introduction to the special issue on policy informatics
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Johnston, Erik W. Kim, Yushim |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | In 2007, the Center for Policy Informatics was established at Arizona State University (ASU), aiming to build a community of researchers who are interested in exploring the influence of advanced information technology for computation and communication on public policy. At the onset, the center did not have a clear conceptual boundary for what policy informatics is. Instead, our efforts were directed to identifying innovative research based on an informatics perspective that was emerging across the country and that resonated with our own research. In February 2010, after two years of explorations and interactions, a workshop exploring policy informatics was held at ASU’s Decision Theater, an immersive visualization facility that embodies this new potential. The workshop included over twenty-five participants from ten major US universities. We noticed that although thirty different fields were being represented, the participants identified themselves with the problems at hand rather than with their disciplines. For instance, the familiar, “As an economist.”. This special issue presents the work of many of the participants in that workshop in addition to that of other scholars who engage in research organized around public policy problems from an interdisciplinary perspective. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 16 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.innovation.cc/volumes-issues/intro_policy_infomatics_v16i1a1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Issue |
