Topics at EBPM.jp

EBPM.jp organizes its work into five core areas: EBPM fundamentals, causal inference and policy evaluation, implementation and institutions, international comparison and foresight, and AI and evidence integrity.

The goal is to make relationships between concepts, methods, institutions and real-world policy evidence easier to follow across articles and podcast episodes.

EBPM Fundamentals

Foundational concepts in Evidence-Based Policy Making, including evidence, outcomes, the relationship between EBPM, EBM and EIPM, and the boundary between empirical evidence and policy judgment.

Causal Inference & Policy Evaluation

Methods for determining whether policies actually cause change, including causal inference, RCTs, DID, RDD, logic models, outcomes, evaluation design and external validity.

Policy Implementation & Institutional Design

How evidence is connected to policy decisions, budgets, administration, audit, judicial review and institutional design, with a focus on the conditions required for implementation.

International Comparison & Foresight

Comparative analysis of policy evaluation, evidence use and foresight across countries, examining why institutions work in particular settings and what can — or cannot — be transferred elsewhere.

AI & Evidence Integrity

The opportunities and risks of using generative AI in policy research, including fabricated citations, overstatement, evidence provenance, human review and the Evidence Source Graph.