Listen to Episode 105: “Good Data Informs Good Policy” with Kieran Findlater, Lead for Behavioural and Data Science at the Impact and Innovation Unit
(43 minutes; posted Oct. 29, 2025)
Kieran Findlater shares how his cross-disciplinary background prepared him to work at the Canadian federal government’s Impact and Innovation Unit (IIU). Kieran explains the IIU’s approach to projects and how it has evolved. He also provides an overview of the recently completed Program of Applied Research on Climate Action or PARCA, which promoted climate action through a combination of longitudinal surveys, online experiments, and in-field testing.
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