ANU Policy Brief is a digital platform for time-poor policymakers needing quick access to evidence-based research.
It features digestible and actionable briefs drawn from the University’s full range of expertise across the campus – whether that’s in renewable energy, the cost of living, taxation and more.
ANU Policy Brief helps policymakers, and those seeking to influence policy, navigate issues of importance to all Australians. It’s a trusted source of policy expertise and a gateway to the most relevant policy resources and ANU experts.
It forms part of the distinct national mission of ANU to deliver research and expertise to help the nation meet the major policy challenges it faces.
ANU Policy Brief is led by an Editor and a Deputy Editor. They love writing and they love policy. Let them know if there’s a policy brief you want to see by emailing policybrief@anu.edu.au
Amy Capuano
Editor, ANU Policy Brief
E amy.capuano@anu.edu.au
Amy Capuano has spent most of her career explaining policy ideas in plain English. She joins ANU from the public service, where she wrote speeches for the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Education Minister. Before that she was a journalist, working at CNN in Hong Kong, the BBC World Service in London, and the Insight program on SBS TV. She’s also studying a Masters of International Relations part time at ANU but is nowhere near finishing. She likes yoga and salami.
Pat Cooney
Deputy Editor, ANU Policy Brief
E patrick.cooney@anu.edu.au
Pat Cooney is a proud alumnus of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, where he studied English and History, specialising in dramatically re-writing essays from scratch despite the fact they were nearly finished. He’s an experienced editor with a passion for fair, evidence-based public policies that protect all Australians and their quality of life. Previously, he has held editing and content production roles in government, think tanks and at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.
ANU policy experts strive to connect their important thinking and ideas with the public. The University is also home to a range of publications and podcasts with a key focus on policy challenges and solutions.
ANU Policy Brief republishes select content from these blogs and pods. We invite you to explore them further.
Blogs
East Asia Forum is a platform for analysis and research on economics, politics, business, international relations and public policy in East Asia and the Pacific. In addition to its online publication, East Asia Forum publishes the print magazine, East Asia Quarterly,
Policy Forum is Asia and the Pacific’s platform for public policy debate, analysis, views and discussion. Launched in 2014, Policy Forum publishes original essays, podcasts, opinions and ideas on public policy challenges throughout the region and the world. The blog is run by the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.
Established in September 2010, the Devpolicy Blog provides a platform for the best in aid and development analysis, research and policy comment, with global coverage and a focus on Australia, the Pacific and Papua New Guinea. The blog is run out of the Development Policy Centre at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.
Pods
Policy Forum Pod is the podcast of PolicyForum.net – Asia and the Pacific’s platform for public policy debate, analysis and discussion. Policy Forum is based at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.Tech Mirror Podcast
Reflecting on technology and society with Johanna Weaver explores how technology impacts our lives: the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. It is produced and hosted by the ANU Tech Policy Design Centre.
Expert analysis, insights and opinion on the national security challenges facing Australia and the Indo-Pacific. It is produced and hosted by The ANU National Security College.
