Add to ORKGThere is an accepted need to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy. Knowledge brokers, individuals or organisations sympathetic to both research and policymaking cultures and able to mediate between the two, represent one way of doing so. Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking
As the value of research with impact increases, so too does the importance of first gaining access t...
The public seem to be unaware of the poor evidence underpinning in-work conditionality, write Jo Abb...
Impacting policy is difficult, not only because of the challenges translating research into policy-s...
The journey from evidence to policy is inevitably complex and frequently becomes divisive as argumen...
Effective communication of research is often cited as being most important to gaining the attention ...
Given the field of evidence-informed policymaking has existed for some time, experts’ confusion, kno...
Superficially connecting evidence to policy might seem like singular process that brings together di...
A lack of access and poor communication are often cited as reasons why academic research is not wide...
There is no doubt that good communications and framing research and evidence for your audience is im...
Whilst much of the focus on policy impact and knowledge exchange is on what researchers need to do, ...
The worlds of policy and academia are often distant and can be difficult to span. In this post Kathr...
Funding bids, blogs, academic papers, and policy briefs are awash with references to the "policymake...
This paper discusses an emerging context in which design expertise is being applied – the making of ...
There is a wealth of academic research published on the European Union, but do EU policymakers actua...
How might universities develop a research agenda that is responsive to the needs of policymakers? Af...
As the value of research with impact increases, so too does the importance of first gaining access t...
The public seem to be unaware of the poor evidence underpinning in-work conditionality, write Jo Abb...
Impacting policy is difficult, not only because of the challenges translating research into policy-s...
The journey from evidence to policy is inevitably complex and frequently becomes divisive as argumen...
Effective communication of research is often cited as being most important to gaining the attention ...
Given the field of evidence-informed policymaking has existed for some time, experts’ confusion, kno...
Superficially connecting evidence to policy might seem like singular process that brings together di...
A lack of access and poor communication are often cited as reasons why academic research is not wide...
There is no doubt that good communications and framing research and evidence for your audience is im...
Whilst much of the focus on policy impact and knowledge exchange is on what researchers need to do, ...
The worlds of policy and academia are often distant and can be difficult to span. In this post Kathr...
Funding bids, blogs, academic papers, and policy briefs are awash with references to the "policymake...
This paper discusses an emerging context in which design expertise is being applied – the making of ...
There is a wealth of academic research published on the European Union, but do EU policymakers actua...
How might universities develop a research agenda that is responsive to the needs of policymakers? Af...
As the value of research with impact increases, so too does the importance of first gaining access t...
The public seem to be unaware of the poor evidence underpinning in-work conditionality, write Jo Abb...
Impacting policy is difficult, not only because of the challenges translating research into policy-s...