Research Impact for Public Good Webinar Series

Making research “policy-ready”

Sound evidence is necessary, but often not sufficient, for good policy practice. Tim Ng’s talk will offer a practitioner’s perspective on ways in which researchers and policy advisers can better inform decisions under time pressure, shifting priorities and knowledge gaps, and foster more impactful and enduring relationships “across the divide”. Drawing on real-world examples and his first-hand experience, Tim will illustrate the sort of evidence that he has seen make a real difference in policy settings, how evidence interacts with concepts of value for money in decisionmaking, and how to navigate the “machinery of government”.

Date: Wednesday, 30 July

Time: 12.00pm – 1.00pm NZST

Zoom Link: Will be sent to registered attendees

About our invited speaker

Tim Ng is a Strategic Economic Adviser and former Chief Economist at the Treasury. He has domestic and international experience over several decades in macroeconomics, economic modelling, monetary, financial and fiscal policy, and has published work in a range of professional and academic journals. In addition to his Treasury work, Tim has worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Tim holds a PhD in economics from Victoria University of Wellington and a BSc (Hons) in biochemistry from the University of Auckland.