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Nick M

@halfricehalfchips.bsky.social

• Research and evaluation methods, data and public policy • PhD in progress on health policy evaluation

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Nick M@halfricehalfchips.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just published: scoping review of evidence on public and local attitudes to active travel changes in the UK, by me & co-authors Useful for researchers & local governments thinking about why some changes supported and others end up delayed, watered down or cancelled bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/8...

Scoping review of public attitudes to government active travel interventions in the UK

Objective Low physical activity levels are a public health concern. Active travel is a potential strategy to increase routine walking, wheeling and cycling across populations. However, governments in ...

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Tom McTague@tommctague.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Early Ep Release! "The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America, and the Rise of the Far Right" 🇩🇪 Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election. Listen now! 🎧 pod.link/1685475850

These Times

UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to investigate the history of today’s politics — and what it means for our future. Each week they will explore the gr...

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Auschwitz Memorial@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2y ago

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Homeless Link@homelesslink.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Nick M@halfricehalfchips.bsky.social · 2y ago

I worked in public policy for some years and experienced this many times with evaluation and academic evidence that had really relevant research questions and potential findings. But we were working both out of sync and on very different timescales (me: weeks/months, evaluators: months/years).

Rafe Meager (they/them)@economeager.bsky.social · 2y ago

Actionable evidence, measured by timely release of the results (esp when program is linked to the ruling party) is the only thing strongly positively correlated with spending changes. This suggests the policy environment is changing over time -- quick release of evidence might be very important.