Elizabeth Linos

Elizabeth Linos

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Dr. Elizabeth Linos is the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management. The majority of her research focuses on how to improve government by focusing on its people and the services they deliver. Specifically, she uses insights from behavioral science and evidence from public management to consider how to recruit, retain, and support the government workforce; how to reduce administrative burdens that low-income households face when they interact with their government; and how to better integrate evidence-based policymaking into government.

What's Next for Evidence-Based Policy Making?

Submitted by on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 12:10

And governments have responded. Public sector leaders from local governments all the way to the White House have celebrated the use of evidence in practice, and many are building the infrastructure to infuse data into day-to-day operations. For those of us who sit at the intersection of research and policy, this has been a noticeable shift. Evidence – rigorous, nuanced, and policy-relevant evidence – is not being produced in ivory towers alone but also in federal agencies, through community-led efforts, and across cities and states.

Faculty Director, The People Lab and Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management
Harvard Kennedy School

elizabeth_linos@hks.harvard.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Linos is the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management. The majority of her research focuses on how to improve government by focusing on its people and the services they deliver. Specifically, she uses insights from behavioral science and evidence from public management to consider how to recruit, retain, and support the government workforce; how to reduce administrative burdens that low-income households face when they interact with their government; and how to better integrate evidence-based policymaking into government. Her research has been published in various academic journals including the Journal for Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Econometrica, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Behavioural Public Policy and others. Her research has also been highlighted in media outlets including the New York Times, The Economist, the BBC, NPR, Slate, and the Harvard Business Review. As the former VP and Head of Research and Evaluation at the Behavioral Insights Team in North America, she worked with government agencies in the US and the UK to improve programs using behavioral science and to build capacity around rigorous evaluation. Prior to this role, Dr. Linos worked directly in government as a policy advisor to the Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, focusing on social innovation and public sector reform.