Alumni Know: How do we know public policies worked? feat. Andres Arcila (PhD '20)
Description
Today, public agencies are under pressure to collect and interpret data that reveals exactly what happened when a policy was implemented. Andres Arcila joins to explain how this is changing public policy, and help us understand the truth behind public data.
Andres is a senior research data scientist with AB Inbev, where he develops demand estimations and economic forecasts in the brewing industry. He also holds a PhD from Waterloo, specializing in policy evaluation and applied economics. This fall, Andres will return to Waterloo to teach a data analytics certificate program for public servants and business professionals, offered through WatSPEED.
Learn more about the Data Analytics for Behavioural Insights certificate: https://bit.ly/3cU8DeT
United States
