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This course is designed to help students learn how to identify some public policy problem and prepare, design and select public policy measure or program to mitigate/solve it. The course will focus mainly on analytical approaches and methods that are intended to guide policy design and structure policy choice. Students will hone their ability to work in a team, analyze policy issues and develop a concise report of their findings and recommendations.
Learning Objectives and Outcomes Policy analysis is the art, craft, and science of providing problem-solving advice to managers in public sector, policy-makers, or citizens. Policy analysis requires several distinct sets of skills: technical understanding of analytical tools, understanding the policy context, and the ability to produce and communicate practical advice. The overall aim of the course is to increase student’s capacity to contribute to identifying, analyzing and assessing policy problems and options and ultimately to generate arguments for alternative policy options. Last update: Jusić Mirna, M.A. et M.A., Ph.D. (26.02.2024)
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Bardach, E., & Patashnik, E. M. (2016). A practical guide for policy analysis: The eightfold path to more effective problem solving (Fifth edition). CQ Press/SAGE. Last update: Jusić Mirna, M.A. et M.A., Ph.D. (26.02.2024)
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The course project allows students to work in teams on a given policy issue while being examined individually on the analysis they produce. The policy issues are introduced and discussed at the first session. Students then form teams and select an issue according to their preferences. On the basis of the issue statement, each team of three or four defines a joint policy problem, which is presented in class (see the course schedule).The team may proceed with the project unce its problem definition has been approved by the instructor against the published checklist. Each team is required to produce one interim project report and one final project paper, and every member keeps an individual analyst's log. Teams report on their progress during the course. At the interim presentation in session 8, the team summarises the problem, the objectives, the policy goals and criteria, and the possible policy solutions; every member presents. Students are also required to prepare a home exercise, the action plan, and a constructive critique of another team's interim project. The details of each are discussed at the relevant session. Assignments that are not completed on time will receive a grade deduction unless all three of the following conditions are met: there is sufficient reason for the lateness; the instructor was consulted before the requirement due; and the has agreed to an extension and deadline by which the requirement will be fulfilled. Three submission dates are available for the final project paper. The first two may also be used to obtain informal feedback, in which case the document should be marked in its title as a draft not intended for formal evaluation. The third is a strict deadline. Final versions are submitted through Moodle, and the date a team uses determines the week of its defence. A team that has not submitted by the third date has not completed the course. Classification according to Dean’s Provision no. 17/2018 (https://fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-172018aj) Activities and points
Grade (Points) Last update: Jusić Mirna, M.A. et M.A., Ph.D. (14.09.2026)
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Course schedule 2. 10. Policy analysis as a craft: the client and the commission 9. 10. Defining and structuring the policy problem 16. 10. Evidence: finding it, appraising it, trusting it 23. 10. Problem definition: the client challenge 30. 10. Constructing alternatives and choosing instruments 6. 11. Goals, criteria and stakeholders 13. 11. Projecting outcomes under uncertainty 20. 11. Interim review 27. 11. Confronting the trade-offs and deciding 4. 12. Recommendation under pressure 11. 12. Telling your story 18. 12. Catch-up week, no seminar 8. 1. Reserve Used only if a session has been cancelled; otherwise individual consultations on the final paper. Learning Objectives and Outcomes Policy analysis is the art, craft, and science of providing problem-solving advice to managers in public sector, policy-makers, or citizens. Policy analysis requires several distinct sets of skills: technical understanding of analytical tools, understanding the policy context, and the ability to produce and communicate practical advice. The overall aim of the course is to increase student’s capacity to contribute to identifying, analyzing and assessing policy problems and options and ultimately to generate arguments for alternative policy options. Students will gain experience in:
Last update: Jusić Mirna, M.A. et M.A., Ph.D. (14.09.2026)
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By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Last update: Nekola Martin, Mgr., Ph.D. (27.11.2025)
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