Add to ORKGThere is growing national and international interest in the ways that research might influence policy and practice. The 4 articles in the Open Space section of this journal issue discuss how research is used to inform policy and practice development and how this relationship can be enhanced. They build on a dialogue at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) national conference in November 2011, which considered the impact of social research. This introductory article considers some of the key issues and challenges around using research drawing on presentations made by the authors at the conference. It begins by outlining what research use means and then offers some emerging lessons about how such use can be improved. T...
There is much current interest in how impacts of research on the wider economy and society can be an...
Many academics ask ‘How can I use my research to influence policy?’. In this paper, we draw on our f...
The most common approach to encourage use of academic research is to repackage or communicate it in ...
To help expand understanding of how research makes an impact Sarah Morton draws from her extensive r...
Journals with a primary focus on methods in social research play an important role in debates about ...
This paper is intended as a contribution to the debate on the place of research in children's servic...
In this chapter, we contribute to debates about how social science research can influence policy and...
Evidence-based practice and policy is a relatively new concept in a human service perspective. There...
In this article we provide an example of some ways in which research can be used in the policy chang...
Over the last decade, there has been increasing debate around how to most effectively use research e...
n this article we argue that a refined understanding of ‘public’ and ‘public engagement’ can help re...
This article provides an evaluative account of its authors’ involvement in three major national impr...
Basic research can inform social policy in a number of ways. First, it can draw the attention of pol...
Research and policy should go hand-in-hand. With few exceptions, however, the history of research ut...
Over the last decade, there has been increasing debate around how to most effectively use research e...
There is much current interest in how impacts of research on the wider economy and society can be an...
Many academics ask ‘How can I use my research to influence policy?’. In this paper, we draw on our f...
The most common approach to encourage use of academic research is to repackage or communicate it in ...
To help expand understanding of how research makes an impact Sarah Morton draws from her extensive r...
Journals with a primary focus on methods in social research play an important role in debates about ...
This paper is intended as a contribution to the debate on the place of research in children's servic...
In this chapter, we contribute to debates about how social science research can influence policy and...
Evidence-based practice and policy is a relatively new concept in a human service perspective. There...
In this article we provide an example of some ways in which research can be used in the policy chang...
Over the last decade, there has been increasing debate around how to most effectively use research e...
n this article we argue that a refined understanding of ‘public’ and ‘public engagement’ can help re...
This article provides an evaluative account of its authors’ involvement in three major national impr...
Basic research can inform social policy in a number of ways. First, it can draw the attention of pol...
Research and policy should go hand-in-hand. With few exceptions, however, the history of research ut...
Over the last decade, there has been increasing debate around how to most effectively use research e...
There is much current interest in how impacts of research on the wider economy and society can be an...
Many academics ask ‘How can I use my research to influence policy?’. In this paper, we draw on our f...
The most common approach to encourage use of academic research is to repackage or communicate it in ...