‘Social Media and Policy Research’

An insightful session on ‘Social Media and Policy Research’ was organized by IPS LEAD – the learning, excellence and development program of IPS – on March 16, 2018, as part of the Institute’s team development program.

The session, which was facilitated by renowned entrepreneur and tech savvy Rehan Allahwala, shed light on using social media as a research tool as well as on utilizing the power of social networking platforms by engaging policymakers, concerned institutions and other stakeholders in policy dialogue, academic research, advocacy and outreach.

The speaker stressed that with the current speed of technological development, researchers needed to constantly reinvent themselves by learning about the recent advancements, such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and the use of algorithms, all of which was going to be integrated very closely with research related practices in the near future.