Webinar 5: Digital Leviathan:Policymaking in the Digital Age
Digital Leviathan: Policymaking in the Digital Age
Digital has established itself as a major trend in public sector reform and modernization.
Attempts to move towards digital government have raised major questions about how the public sector should be organized, the culture of the public service, its skills and capabilities, and the viability of traditional ways of making policy. What new pressures, risks, and opportunities are ahead for 2020?
Based on case studies, surveys, and international fieldwork this webinar will highlight major trends affecting how Westminster government are responding to digital disruptions. It will provide practical ideas and examples of what digital government units, policy and service delivery teams, and governments more generally are trying to do to ensure that digital is more than a buzzword.
Speaker:
Jonathan Craft
Jonathan Craft is an Associate Professor (Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy) at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also the founding director of Policy Ready a research and learning platform focused on revitalizing public sector policy-making in the digital era. Jonathan specializes in comparative public policy and administration, policy analysis, and Canadian politics. He is particularly interested in the study of the policy process, political-administrative relations, policy advice, and the intersection of technology and policy making.
He is the author of Policy Advice and the Westminster Tradition (Cambridge University Press, with John Halligan, 2020); Backrooms and Beyond: Partisan Advisers and the Politics of Policy Work in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016) and is a co-editor of Policy Work in Canada: Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities (University of Toronto Press, 2017); and Issues in Canadian Governance (Emond, 2018). Before joining the University of Toronto, he worked as a public servant for the Government of Canada, and a Legislative Assistant at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. For a full list of courses taught, publications, and current research projects please visit
his website.
Webinar Pricing:
- IPAC members: $10
- Non-members: $30
- Group registration: $100
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- A recording of the webinar will be circulated to registrants.