How Think Tanks use ROMA to Shape Public Policy Fostering Better Society

How Think Tanks use ROMA to Shape
Public Policy Fostering Better Society
Kan Yuenyong
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Research Focus
Meta-geopolitics • Public Administration Theory and Policy Science • Governance and
Global Governance • ASEAN and Southeast Asian Study • Computational Social Science
• Agent-based Model (ABM) • Phenomenology • Complexity Theory • Scenario Planning
Current Research Project:
• Positive Governance (dissertation proposal)
• Cybernetic Governance Paradigm in Digital Era (presented in PATT’s annual
conference 2021; research funding proposal submitted)
• Modernization of Thailand
• ASEAN Centrality, Interconnectivity and Indo-Pacific Strategy
• Biodefence Preparedness Program (related to this presentation)
• Global Governance, Meta-geopolitical Risk and Economic Development Policy
Forthcoming Paper & Book and pass publishings
• Book: “On Geopolitics” and a translation of Sir Halford John Mackinder’s “The
Geographical Pivot of History” (in Thai)
• Book chapter: “Katechon and Cognitive Revolution: An Emergence of the 21st
Century Global Politics”, In “Handbook of Research on Current Advance and
Challenge of Borderlands, Migration, and Geopolitics”.
• Published Paper: “Thailand and ASEAN Centrality Geopolitics”
• https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=FblpuWUAAAAJ
Kan Yuenyong, Ph.D. (Candidate)
• Cofounder and Executive Director of Siam Intelligence Unit (SIU)
• Academic Program: Doctor of Philosophy Program in Governance and
Development (International Program)
• Major: Public Policy and Development
• School: Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA)
• University: National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)
• Permanent member of Public Administration Association of Thailand (PAAT)
• Diploma on Quantum Computing & Programming during the QWorld Summer
School 2021, focusing on fundamentals of classical and quantum systems, using
QWorld’s introductory tutorial Bronze-Qiskit, Diploma Number: QBronze64-412
• Thailand representative in IVLP program on U.S. Foreign Policy and Decision-
Making II convened by the U.S. Department of State in U.S.A during 2018
• Contact: info@geopolitics.asia; http://www.geopolitics.asia;
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Agenda
• What is Public Policy? (a bit academic based; policy science)

• What is Think Tank? (a bit organizational management)

• How think tanks shape public policy? (a bit academic based)

• What is ROMA? (management toolkit)

• Case study discussion
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Think about…

Social Problem and Possible Solution
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Draught in Africa, how we can help them?
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Hippo Water Roller
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• What is the “pain point” of your society, village, province, country, world?

• Do we possess appropriate capabilities [knowledge, resources, network,
finance, etc.] to make it better?

• How can we tackle such problems?

• How can we resolve it sustainable way?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF8wV9OlUHc
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• Russo - Ukrainian War

• Inequality, Income distribution

• Covid-19

• Higher Cost of Living

• Social Conflict and Violence

• Cannabis Legalization

• Fine Particulate Air Pollution (PM 2.5)

• Climate Change
• International Relations Policy

• Social / Economic / Fiscal Policy

• Public Health Policy

• Economic Policy

• Social / Political / Security Policy

• Economic / Public Health Policy

• Public Health Policy

• Environmental Policy
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Social Problem
Resources Mobilization
The Government
Policy Debate & Formation
Impact
Decision Making
Idea Suggestion
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Can you identify policy making process, actors. policy entrepreneur?

What is public policy?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnOBKUNsZVI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNhDwhtZJZ8
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https://www.academia.edu/44964201/Policy_Analysis_Heuristics_Model_and_Multiple_Streams_Framework_MSF_
Heuristics Model

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Your assessment on Covid-19 containment policy, success or failure? On which dimension?

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See policy science - syllabus further at:

• https://www.academia.edu/82531127/Syllabus_The_Study_of_Policy_Science

• https://www.pasyllabi.com/index.php/pasyllai

What is a think tank?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4lF2MIF9KM
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Idea Matters!
Policy Debate Based on Research not Opinion!
Evidence-Based Idea!
Research-Policy Bridging!
Not NGOs!
Not Policy Advocacy!
Answer about policy issue in empirical information and analysis!
Doing research to try to improve society some way!
Not a Government Agency!
Not a University Agency!
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https://hudson.org.au/about/
governance/hudson-institute-
organisational-structure/
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Think Tank Governance

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https://www.academia.edu/45097477/The_Think_Tank_and_Knowledge_Regime_in_the_Southeast_Asian_Context

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Good marketing starts from good products

What is ROMA?

From academic/analytics -> practice/implementation
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https://www.gotoknow.org/posts/688786
Wicked problem on policy implementation,
complexity problem?

http://www.netlogoweb.org/launch#http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/models/Sample%20Models/Biology/Daisyworld.nlogo
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Abbriviate

• RAPID: Research and Policy Development Program

• CEL: RAPID Context, Evidence, Links framework

• OM: Outcome Mapping

• ROMA: RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach

How can you use knowledge today to improve your society?
What’s your project?
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Thank You for Listening and Sharing
Q&A?
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