How do you shape public policy?

• think of problems connected to a policy (what are the harms?)
• what are the issue areas (do they connect/overlap)
• who is in charge of this area of policy (jurisdiction)
• who is affected/who makes/who can enact the policy? (aka stakeholders)

Topic idea: Environmental topic (not sure what yet)

• Harms: favoring the environment/sustainability can sometimes harm the profits of businesses or be costly to consumers
• Issue area: Environment
• Jurisdiction: will probably stick to a campus-wide or local problem, since climate change is obviously a very wide-reaching issue
• Policy instruments: I think mandates and inducements are the best ways to support environmental issues, as many people know about the dangers of climate change but still don’t change their actions, so I don’t know how well capacity builders work for this issue