Registry

Building a registry provides the researcher with human resources to contact for later methods including key informant interviews and Delphi surveys.  Networking is one of the most important skills of business and creating a database of potential network connections for policy research is a great way to develop those contacts.  My registry is built with contacts that have helped and will help in the writing and researching of my thesis.

For my thesis, I am studying the economic effect of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Norway.  I am predominantly interested in whether hosting the games stimulated economic growth long-term in the inland counties of Norway, an original goal of the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee (LOOC).  Most of the contacts on my registry are academic professors or researchers.  These individuals represent many countries and will help me in my future studies in Norway this summer.

My concentration in the Public Policy major is business and I recognize the importance of networking.  However, I underestimated how easily I could build my registry.  Most of the individuals were extremely helpful and referred me to other individuals that would also be interested in helping my research.  The coolest part about my registry is that most of the individuals on it have written serious pieces of academic writing that were already included in my armchair analysis.