Benjamin Brunjes

Associate Professor

Courses

  • AI Policy & Society

    Examines relationship between advancement of technical knowledge and pace of technological change, and public policies to induce or respond to these trends. Generic issues of government research, development, and personnel training programs are addressed. Applications of policy issues involving biomedical, communications, energy, environmental, transportation, and weapons technologies.

  • Introduction to Public Policy and Governance

    Provides an introduction to policy analysis, governance, and public service. Students learn how individuals organize for common purposes, and design, implement, analyze, and evaluate policy. Students examine how policy decisions emerge and how the values of public, nonprofit, and private sector leaders and institutions affect decisions and implementation.

  • Organizations, Management, and Theory

    Explores key theories of organizations and management employing perspectives from sociology, political science, economics, and public management. Theories are applied in the context of private, nonprofit, and public sector organizations. The course builds on the required course PPM 504 Institutional Perspectives.

  • Policy Leadership I – Understanding and Navigating Policy Context

    Examines settings and processes for making public policies through fields of politics, economics, communications, policy studies, and related disciplines. Introduces core principles and tools of economic and behavioral analysis.

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