MIT OpenCourseWare
Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena
- Instructors
- Prof. Frank Levy, Prof. Martin Rein, Prof. Xavier de Souza Briggs
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 24 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 11.800 Doctoral Research Seminar: Knowledge in the Public Arena, Spring 2007, Prof. Frank Levy, Prof. Martin Rein, Prof. Xavier de Souza Briggs — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
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Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Readings
11 files
- Models of knowledge production and decision-making The rational policy/planning model, muddling through, deliberation and social learning. Download
- Session 3 · Kingdon, John. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Longman… · Topics Download
- Session 4 · Mehta, Jal. The Transformation of American Educational Policy: Ideas and the Rise of… · Topics Download
- Paradigms and fads Design and urban form, urban utopias, popular culture and the Good City. Guest: Lawrence Vale, MIT Download
- Diffusion of innovation Creating and diffusing innovation, “structured” diffusion, replication and mimicking. Download
- Case of anti-poverty policy and research The Moving to Opportunity experiment as a social policy case, political and… Download
- Science in environmental policy disputes Science-intensive disputes, “experts for hire”, joint fact finding. Download
- Action learning and practice Action learning, embedded or “social” learning, theories of practice, communities of practice (knowledge networks). Download
- The politics and use of evaluation research Truth tests and utility tests, demonstration theory of social change, media and public consumption. Download
- Research writing for non-academic readers Research briefs, communication channels, writing support, editing styles. Download
- Student briefs and knowledge-in-use cases. Download
Lecture Notes
8 files
- Session 1 · Topics Download
- Session 4 · Topics Download
- Paradigms and fads Design and urban form, urban utopias, popular culture and the Good City. Guest: Lawrence Vale, MIT Download
- Diffusion of innovation Creating and diffusing innovation, “structured” diffusion, replication and mimicking. Download
- Case of anti-poverty policy and research The Moving to Opportunity experiment as a social policy case, political and… Download
- Action learning and practice Action learning, embedded or “social” learning, theories of practice, communities of practice (knowledge networks). Download
- The politics and use of evaluation research Truth tests and utility tests, demonstration theory of social change, media and public consumption. Download
- Research writing for non-academic readers Research briefs, communication channels, writing support, editing styles. Download
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