Peter De Smedt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1571239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter De Smedt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | De Smedt |
| SIGNATURE | DE SMEDT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Strategic Insights and Analysis Unit Flemish Government Brussels Belgium |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3073-6751 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations
Understanding the use of evidence by public organizations and public officials is a key issue for public administration scholars and practitioners. In this study, we examine how individual‐ and organizational‐level factors relate to evidence informed policy making. Using the Norm of Evidence and Research in Decision‐making (NERD), we conduct an online survey to analyze evidence informed policy making perceptions of public officials (n = 438) hold…
Public officials’ motivated reasoning and their interpretation of policy information
Evidence based policy making is premised on the idea that policymakers use policy information in an accurate and unbiased way. However, the interpretation and application of policy information is a cognitive process open to misinterpretation and bias, especially in politically salient policy environments. In this generalization and extension replication, we conduct two randomized survey experiments to test the effects of motivated reasoning and p…
The Use of Impact Assessment Tools to Support Sustainable Policy Objectives in Europe
Sustainable development has become an overall policy objective in Europe. The sustainability transition is seen as the process of coming to terms with sustainability in all its ecological, social, economic, and institutional dimensions. This challenging process is as much about new ways of knowing as it is about resource management and product innovation. I analyzed how scientific tools such as environmental, socioeconomic, and integrated models …
The Use of Impact Assessment Tools to Support Sustainable Policy Objectives in Europe
Sustainable development has become an overall policy objective in Europe. The sustainability transition is seen as the process of coming to terms with sustainability in all its ecological, social, economic, and institutional dimensions. This challenging process is as much about new ways of knowing as it is about resource management and product innovation. I analyzed how scientific tools such as environmental, socioeconomic, and integrated models …
The Use of Impact Assessment Tools to Support Sustainable Policy Objectives in Europe
Sustainable development has become an overall policy objective in Europe. The sustainability transition is seen as the process of coming to terms with sustainability in all its ecological, social, economic, and institutional dimensions. This challenging process is as much about new ways of knowing as it is about resource management and product innovation. I analyzed how scientific tools such as environmental, socioeconomic, and integrated models …
Public officials’ motivated reasoning and their interpretation of policy information
Evidence based policy making is premised on the idea that policymakers use policy information in an accurate and unbiased way. However, the interpretation and application of policy information is a cognitive process open to misinterpretation and bias, especially in politically salient policy environments. In this generalization and extension replication, we conduct two randomized survey experiments to test the effects of motivated reasoning and p…
Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations
Understanding the use of evidence by public organizations and public officials is a key issue for public administration scholars and practitioners. In this study, we examine how individual‐ and organizational‐level factors relate to evidence informed policy making. Using the Norm of Evidence and Research in Decision‐making (NERD), we conduct an online survey to analyze evidence informed policy making perceptions of public officials (n = 438) hold…
Political science (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (2 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Computer Science (1 work) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 work) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (1 work) · Environmental planning (1 work)