Modeling and Assessment for Policy

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	Science Policy Review
3	Verification and Validation
4	Evaluating Assessments
5	Case Study: Acid Rain in Europe Case Study: Fisheries
6	Humantarian Logistics Guest Lecturer: Jarrod Goentzel, MIT Humanitarian Response Lab
7	Case Study: Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Guest Lecturer: Susan Solomon, MIT Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science	Problem Set 1 Due: Verification and Validation
8	Energy Modeling Workshop Guest Lecturer: Travis Franck, Climate Interactive
9	Transportation Guest Lecturer: Stephen Zoepf, MIT Sloan Auto Lab
10	Class Case 1: NASA’s Model Standards Discussion across cases
11	Energy Modeling Simulation
12	System Modeling	Problem Set 2 Due: Assessment Design / Evaluation
13	Class Case 2: Economic Modeling / Model Credibility Exercise
14	Class Case 3: Oil Spill / Risk Assessment Part I
15	Models at the Environmental Protection Agency Guest Lecturer: Elsie Sunderland, Harvard School of Public Health
16	Class Case 4: Clean Air / Risk Assessment Part II	Problem Set 3 Due: System Modeling
17	Benefit-Cost Analysis
18	Class Case 5: Sports Statistics / Uncertainty Analysis I
19	Uncertainty Analysis II / Model-Building Introduction
20	Collaborative Model-Building Exercise	Draft Policy Memo (Optional)
21	Interests and Politics: Participatory Methods and Stakeholders
22	Class Case 6: Cancer Screening / Lessons Across Cases Discussion
23	Policy Memo Roundtable Practice (Optional)
24	Policy Memo Roundtable 1	Policy Memo Due
25	Policy Memo Roundtable 2
26	Synthesis and Wrap-up