Interesting idea—there is not a lot of effort in this direction (though there was just an ‘introductory’ EA summit last weekend in Brussels, not targeted at EU officials), and generally low awareness of or exposure to EA thinking.
Overall, I’m not sure how feasible it really is to convince people of EA thinking to the extent that they would base their future career decisions and choice of policy area on EA considerations. Some of us have spoken to friends in the commission about EA and while many are quite open and curious, none of them have really changed their policy area based on EA principles.
I agree this is probably the status and that it’s not an easy sell.
But I still think there must be a way. Once you start thinking like an EA, it’s hard to go back to ineffective thinking; it just doesn’t make sense. So surely the kind of people who get through the EU concours should be the kind of people who would think that way if we could just get them started ..
I’m thinking about what I could do in this area with my own EU mates.
Interesting idea—there is not a lot of effort in this direction (though there was just an ‘introductory’ EA summit last weekend in Brussels, not targeted at EU officials), and generally low awareness of or exposure to EA thinking.
Overall, I’m not sure how feasible it really is to convince people of EA thinking to the extent that they would base their future career decisions and choice of policy area on EA considerations. Some of us have spoken to friends in the commission about EA and while many are quite open and curious, none of them have really changed their policy area based on EA principles.
I both agree and disagree.
I agree this is probably the status and that it’s not an easy sell.
But I still think there must be a way. Once you start thinking like an EA, it’s hard to go back to ineffective thinking; it just doesn’t make sense. So surely the kind of people who get through the EU concours should be the kind of people who would think that way if we could just get them started ..
I’m thinking about what I could do in this area with my own EU mates.