Lead policy change effectively through innovation and analysis with an online course on public policy strategy.

Programme type
Online Certificate Course
Location
Online
Start date
15 Oct 2025 - Open
Duration
20 weeks
Commitment
7-10 hours per week
Department
School of Public Policy and Department of Government

Overview
Impact
Programme content
Who attends?
Why LSE?
Faculty
Fees and entry requirements

Overview

In a highly interconnected, increasingly complex policy landscape, it’s more important than ever for policy leaders to understand the social, political, and economic factors that influence public policy and the technological innovations that can be used to implement policy changes more efficiently. During the LSE Public Policy Strategy: From Design to Evaluation Programme, you’ll learn to design, evaluate, and implement policy using global frameworks and technological innovation. Learning from LSE faculty and their multidisciplinary approach, you’ll learn key analytical frameworks, analyse open data policies, evaluate transparency policies, draft policy briefs, and develop practical skills that can be applied immediately in your career.

Guided by LSE’s Professor Daniel Berliner and Dr Ryan Jablonski, you’ll explore contemporary innovations in information, participation, and technology with a focus on AI and algorithmic tools. Drawing on real-world examples, you’ll discover how these innovations can be used to streamline decision making, uncover insights, and build policies that are more equitable and efficient. You’ll also explore the potential adverse consequences posed by these innovations, and learn from global policy experts from the World Bank, various governments, and leading NGOs. Over the course of 20 weeks, you’ll become a strategic leader with a holistic understanding of the policy process and the skills to make meaningful policy recommendations.

Impact

Develop strategic leadership skills and make substantive recommendations to policy stakeholders
Build practical skills in data visualisation, policy memo writing, and impact evaluation
Learn to design and conduct evidence-based policy evaluations

Evaluate the opportunities and challenges in AI-driven policymaking
Analyse practical applications of behavioural public policy
Investigate applications of transparency in regulation, decision-making, and accountability
Gain a holistic understanding of digital transformation in the policy field

Programme content

As you progress through the weekly modules of this online programme, you will develop a working knowledge of how to apply innovative technologies to policy contexts, along with the strategic ability to lead policy change effectively in the modern world.

Part one: Public Policy Analysis

Part two: Public Policy Transformation: AI, Innovation, and Technology

How you learn

This programme is presented entirely online, in collaboration with leaders in online education, GetSmarter. Individuals learn through a supportive and engaging learning platform with a dedicated Success Team.
Modules are released on a weekly basis, and can be completed in your own time and at your own pace. Live sessions are held in the section break with the Head Tutor. This flexible and structured learning approach is designed for busy professionals.
Reading materials and videos will be made accessible to you through the Online Campus and are downloadable. You will have access to a wide range of engaging content, including video lectures, infographics, real-world case studies, and more.
You will have the opportunity to interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly class-wide forums and reviewed small group discussions, and apply what you learn each week to quizzes and project submissions.

CPD Certified

Who attends?

Senior-level professionals working in public policy fields – policy makers, civil servants, NGO staff
Individuals in public and private sector organisations seeking to influence public policy
Professionals across a broad range of industries – including the public sector, non-profit, consultancies, and think tanks – who are looking to enhance their impact by critically engaging with public policy, making strategic policy recommendations, and integrating innovative strategies like AI to navigate real-world challenges
Individuals seeking a global perspective on public policy and looking to build an international professional network of peers in the field

Why LSE?

LSE Online builds on our 130 year tradition of exploring the interconnected, multidisciplinary nature of our world that shape society and business globally. Since our inception in 1895, LSE has been a pioneer in providing courses for professional development. Our founding commitment is to understand the causes of things for the betterment of society. Never has this been a more important goal than in these times of unparalleled change. We provide you with the insights and skills to think critically and independently. To make the connections, see the greater picture. To shape the future by understanding today. Whatever stage you are in your life and career. Wherever you are in the world.

Faculty

Department overview

The LSE School of Public Policy is at the heart of LSE, ranked the Number 1 social sciences institution in Europe and number 2 in the world. In the centre of a leading global city, we have an unparalleled capability to advance the frontiers of understanding and leading public policy.

The Department of Government at LSE is home to some of the most internationally respected experts in politics and government; producing influential research that has a global impact on policy, and delivering world-class teaching to our students. Its alumni can be found found in the world's leading political science departments, as well as in journalism, commerce, central and local government, and non-governmental organisations globally.