Tools and training
2023 | Common Sense Policy Group
The TriplePC (Public Policy Preference Calculator), underpinned by our cutting-edge economic microsimulation modelling and public opinion work, makes it faster, easier and more accessible for policymakers to assess and develop policies like Basic Income. It also enables researchers and the public to understand the impacts of such policies. You can access the TriplePC here…
12-16 May 2025 | Common Sense Policy Group and Northumbria University
This five-day course provides unique, cutting-edge training in applied statistical methods and data science. It builds on examples of online delivery elsewhere, along with models and methods developed within the module teaching team to provide you with unique experience in using statistical evidence to inform policymaking. This applied element is particularly important given the abstract and highly theoretical nature of much teaching in quantitative methods. Formative assessment will enable you to develop a 3,000-word report on a chosen policy area with complementary code and microsimulation output to be uploaded to an osf.io repository following feedback from the module teaching team. Read more...