Policy Design Courses and Certifications

Co-creation for policymakers: an introductory course

Apply co-creation and design methods to policymaking: frame problems and root causes, co-design solutions with communities, and sustain them over time.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 5 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Designing and Implementing Effective Entrepreneurship Policies

This course is targeted to policy makers, policy influencers, public servants and administrative officials who at various levels are interested in entrepreneurship dynamics and are responsible for the design and the implementation of related policies.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• 4 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Data, Economics, and Design of Policy: International Development

Examine global poverty through microeconomics, randomized evaluations, data analysis for social scientists, foundations of development policy, and political economy of economic development.

• MITx Online
• 48 weeks, 12-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Data, Economics, and Design of Policy: Public Policy

Evaluate the effectiveness of policies with data and evidence, covering microeconomic theory, randomized evaluations, data analysis for social scientists, energy economics, and applied economics.

• MITx Online
• 48 weeks, 12-14 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Energy Efficiency - Integrative Design, Barriers, and Policy Solutions for Decarbonization

Explore energy efficiency fundamentals, integrative design approaches, policy barriers, and decarbonization strategies with Stanford's comprehensive lecture series.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 2: Developing Effective Interventions

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Analyze water and sanitation policy interventions in developing countries: planning protocols, tariff design and subsidies, household information campaigns, utility privatization, and sector regulation.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Entrepreneurial Land Redevelopment Approach: Land Readjustment

Explore land readjustment as an alternative to conventional approaches of assembling land for urbanization.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

University of Lausanne

HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 3 : Design and policies

Design scenarios and policies for adapting urban health systems: build governance approaches for prevention and resilience, and produce a health impact assessment on your own urban health question.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

University of Lausanne

HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 3 : Design and policies

Design scenarios and policies for adapting urban health systems, then produce a policy design and health impact assessment on your own urban health question.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Container and Kubernetes Security Policy Design - 10 Critical Best Practices

Explore 10 crucial best practices for designing robust security policies in container and Kubernetes environments, enhancing protection and mitigating risks.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Toronto Machine Learning Series (TMLS)

The AI Economist: Economic Policy Design Using Deep Reinforcement Learning and AI Simulations

Explore AI-driven economic policy design using deep reinforcement learning and simulations. Learn how AI can improve equality, productivity, and public health outcomes in complex socio-economic challenges.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linux Plumbers Conference

Mempolicy is Dead, Long Live Memory Policy! - NUMA Memory Allocation and Isolation Design

Explore a new Linux memory policy design that reverses default NUMA allocation behavior, requiring opt-in for tiered memory access to improve isolation controls.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CppNow

Runtime Polymorphism - Back to the Basics

Explores alternative designs for runtime polymorphism in C++, introducing a policy-based approach that offers flexibility in storage and dispatch mechanisms, challenging traditional inheritance-based methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

ACCU Conference

Runtime Polymorphism - Back to the Basics

Explore runtime polymorphism in C++, examining alternatives to inheritance-based approaches. Learn about policy-based designs, storage options, and performance optimizations for more efficient and flexible polymorphic code.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

I Can RBAC, and So Can You!

Demystifying Kubernetes RBAC: Learn to design, debug, and automate role-based access control policies for single and multi-tenant clusters, enhancing your authorization strategies.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk