Institute of Policy Studies (New Zealand)
Encyclopedia
The Institute of Policy Studies is a policy studies
think tank
founded in 1983 at the Victoria University of Wellington
, New Zealand
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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) was established in 1983 as part of Victoria University of Wellington. Over the decades, the university environment has changed dramatically. When the School of Government was formed in 2002, the IPS became its ‘window’ for applied research, discussion and publication.
The IPS celebrated its 25th year in 2008, showing that its mission to foster research-informed discussion and debate on major policy issues (both domestic and international), undertake policy relevant research, and disseminate the results of this research is as relevant today as it was in 1983. The IPS is acclaimed as a trusted forum for research and discussion, for providing cutting-edge analysis of major enduring and emerging public policy questions and for shaping the public debate on these issues.
The IPS has made a distinctive, significant and enduring contribution to New Zealand’s public life, particularly by furnishing an independent forum for informed debate on key policy issues and helping to fashion robust solutions to the challenges faced by this country over the past quarter of a century. The IPS’s contribution is clearly illustrated on its website where books, numerous working papers, reports and journal articles are evident. The IPS has hosted hundreds of roundtables, seminars, symposiums and conferences, and overseen the production of a regular policy oriented newsletter. In recent years, this has transmuted into Policy Quarterly. A vast array of topics has been addressed covering virtually every major contemporary policy issue, whether economic, social, environmental, cultural or international.
Policy studies
Policy Studies could be defined as the combination of policy analysis and program evaluation. It "involves systematically studying the nature, causes, and effects of alternative public policies, with particular emphasis on determining the policies that will achieve given goals."Policy Studies also...
think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
founded in 1983 at the Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) was established in 1983 as part of Victoria University of Wellington. Over the decades, the university environment has changed dramatically. When the School of Government was formed in 2002, the IPS became its ‘window’ for applied research, discussion and publication.
The IPS celebrated its 25th year in 2008, showing that its mission to foster research-informed discussion and debate on major policy issues (both domestic and international), undertake policy relevant research, and disseminate the results of this research is as relevant today as it was in 1983. The IPS is acclaimed as a trusted forum for research and discussion, for providing cutting-edge analysis of major enduring and emerging public policy questions and for shaping the public debate on these issues.
The IPS has made a distinctive, significant and enduring contribution to New Zealand’s public life, particularly by furnishing an independent forum for informed debate on key policy issues and helping to fashion robust solutions to the challenges faced by this country over the past quarter of a century. The IPS’s contribution is clearly illustrated on its website where books, numerous working papers, reports and journal articles are evident. The IPS has hosted hundreds of roundtables, seminars, symposiums and conferences, and overseen the production of a regular policy oriented newsletter. In recent years, this has transmuted into Policy Quarterly. A vast array of topics has been addressed covering virtually every major contemporary policy issue, whether economic, social, environmental, cultural or international.