Professional and Executive Programmes

Offered by the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, in collaboration with the Lisbon Business and Government School.

Programme Overview

– Duration: 4 days
– Focus: Policy evaluation, analysis, and problem-solving frameworks
– Approach: Lectures, AI-assisted simulations, real-world case studies, and group exercises

Learning Phases

Phase One: Fundamentals of Policy Development

• Policy agenda setting
• Decision-making processes
• Implementation challenges
• AI-enabled policy analytics for large datasets and trade-off analysis

Phase Two: Policy Evaluation & Development

• Advanced policy analysis tools
• AI-supported modelling and forecasting
• Analysing policy consequences
• Assessing trade-offs and impacts

Learning Components

1. Knowledge transfer from expert faculty
2. AI-enhanced policy exercises and simulations
3. Group collaboration and assessment

Learning Outcomes

• Identify a public problem for government policy agendas
• Develop actionable steps for policy implementation
• Generate and evaluate multiple solutions using AI tools
• Construct a consequences matrix
• Produce a professional action memorandum with policy recommendations