What is Policy Analytics? An Exploration of 5 Years of Environmental Management Applications

Our digital age is characterized by both a generalized access to data and an increased call for participation of the public other stakeholders communities in policy design decision-making. This context raises new challenges political decision-makers analysts providing these actors with means moral duties decision support, including area environmental policy. The concept “policy analytics” was introduced 2013 as attempt develop framework, tools, methods address challenges. conceptual initiative prompted numerous research teams empirical applications this framework reflect on their own decision-support practice at science-policy interface various domains around world. During workshop Paris 2018, participants shared discussed experiences practices. In paper, we present analyze set identify series key properties that underpin analytics approach, order provide foundation current decision-making induced are demand-orientedness, performativity, normative transparency, meaningfulness. We show how materialized through six case studies, explain why consider them effective applications, particularly issues. clarification eventually enables us highlight frontiers further improve concept.