Johnny Runge

Senior Research Fellow @policyatkings. Research Associate @ESCoEorg. Research & evaluation, e.g. on employment, education, public understanding of economy.

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

Very excited that my @NIESRorg @ESCoEorg research (w @nhudson_sharp) on "Public Understanding of Economics and Economic Statistics" is finally out today. Based on survey & focus groups in UK. Great coverage by @ChrisGiles_ @ftukpolitics https://t.co/CMMcmrUgLu. THREAD:

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

@Se_Railway How do I get from Sevenoaks to High Brooms this morning?

[ESCoE @ESCoEorg]

"If people don’t know where their information comes from, they can’t judge its reliability."

@JohnnyRunge in @signmagazine on trusting stats - from baby names to house moves - and how official stats should respond: https://t.co/YsEX6r0zTL

ESCoE work: https://t.co/pebSnFthp3

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

Link to piece here (£): https://t.co/xdU0g4jLuJ

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

🚨Official stats are not just for stats geeks! My piece in @signmagazine shows people often use stats for personal decisions without realising. I argue we must make the hidden use visible, and prioritise public users. Based on our @policyatkings research for @StatsRegulation.

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

Please feel free to send me a DM or email, if you have questions!

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

Come & work with me @policyatkings @KingsCollegeLon. It is a really nice place to work, amazing colleagues & exciting projects! The role is Research Assistant, £38-£43k, for someone with training and/or experience in econometrics/quant data analysis.
https://t.co/8IKnKuWnDm

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

@ChrisGiles_ @ONS Some news outlets are noting it (@BBCNews, @SkyNews and most detailed @FT), though rest of those articles are taking the figures quite seriously…

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@arthurturrell This is a really interesting idea. My (random) thoughts are: people have much better pre-existing understanding of Census than, say, LFS. So, I imagine, to be effective, a campaign needs to focus a bit more on why this is important than in Census.

[Arthur Turrell @arthurturrell]

Stats offices around the world face declining response rates. Big problem if, like me, you think data on, say, the labour force is critical national infrastructure. What to do? IMO an underexplored option is national ad campaigns explaining importance of responding to surveys...

[Michael Sanders @mike_t_sanders]

Today @homelessimpact published our research evaluating the impact of @educationgovuk’s Staying Put policy on homelessness. We find that increasing take up by 13% would prevent 300+ young people experiencing homelessness.

https://t.co/NHUAQWGtP4

[Susannah Hume @SusSumHum]

So pleased and proud that @policyatkings had two projects funded through this round, with wonderful partners @BrilliantClub and @SimonCommScot .

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

@thomasforth I am mildly interested at the moment, but strongly in favour of properly, *independently* and robustly evaluating it, ie if something like what Demos suggests happens, get some people in who are not campaigners, to do evaluation.

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@nberpubs @_farahsaid @ProfDavidDeming @SoniaBhalotra I totally thought this was about football managers for a brief second and got excited…

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And… with my @policyatkings evaluation hat on: it is important to embed evaluation of programme of public participation, to ensure that it, indeed, does what it says on the tin, ie improve trust etc. Else, it may backfire! @SusSumHum. Great report @MiriamLevin1 @Demos.

[Miriam Levin @MiriamLevin1]

Excited to publish @Demos Citizens' White Paper today, with @involveUK. It sets out why, when and how the govt should embed public participation in national policy making if it wants to win back trust and make policies that work for people. https://t.co/ORLvTMmYrv
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[Miriam Levin @MiriamLevin1]

Excited to publish @Demos Citizens' White Paper today, with @involveUK. It sets out why, when and how the govt should embed public participation in national policy making if it wants to win back trust and make policies that work for people. https://t.co/ORLvTMmYrv
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[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

and while @ONS have not got everything right (see comments in blog by @ChrisGiles_ ), they should be applauded for taking a lead on exploring ways to communicate uncertainty through @ESCoEorg research, incl on GDP (@AnaGalvao24816) and productivity (@JoshMartin_econ)

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

It was a pleasure to be on @StatsRegulation panel at @ESCoEorg conference. Each of panelists, incl me, contributed to blog below, w their reflections on communicating statistical uncertainty. Important topic, in context of recent GDP revisions & issues w labour market data.

[ESCoE @ESCoEorg]

After criticism of GDP revisions in 2023, an ESCoE Conference session explored communicating statistical uncertainty.

Read reflections from panellists.➡️https://t.co/UuVrqoiko0

@ONSfocus @StatsRegulation @ChrisGiles_ @JohnnyRunge

[Johnny Runge @JohnnyRunge]

@jburnmurdoch I know this is kinda part of your argument - i.e., that people don't view the world in right/left wing terms - but I am referring to the substantial proportion of "don't knows" and lack of knowledge about what right/left wing actually is

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@jburnmurdoch (sure there are better evidence than that link btw)