The variety of problems and issues to which the policy sciences have been applied is vast.
These include local, national, and international questions of governance and development; the achievement of human rights in all contexts; natural resources policy and management; issues of scientific leadership and science policy in general; the impact of intellectuals on public order; the processes of selecting policymakers and decision makers; improving communication, health, and education at all levels; and so on. (References to the literature that reports on these studies are found in the Library section of this site.) Today, a growing number of people across academic disciplines, professions, and in civic life are finding that the policy sciences offer a useful way to deal effectively with whatever problems they confront.