Tag: Evidence-Based Policy

President Signs Bill on Evidence-Based Policy

By Social Science Space | Published: January 23, 2019

In what’s been billed as “the first step in a longer process of ensuring the government is fully invested in using science to improve the effectiveness of its operations,” on January 14 President Trump signed the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.

New Report Packages Themes from Evidence Week

By Social Science Space | Published: November 12, 2018

"The question we must therefore ask is: are we all really working to the best available picture of what is going on in the world?” So asks a new report that summarizes the themes discussed in June's first-ever Evidence Week.

Posted in Bookshelf, Public Policy | Also tagged Evidence Week, Sense about Science | Leave a comment

Africa Takes Steps in Using Evidence to Inform Policy

By Ruth Stewart | Published: August 20, 2018

Africa has a real challenge when it comes to using academic research and evidence to design policies. "The problem is twofold," says author Ruth Stewart, "policymakers sometimes don’t call on available research, while for their part academics don’t know how to engage with policymakers." But this isn't stopping the continent from taking strides in the right direction.

Posted in International Debate, Public Policy | Also tagged The Conversation | Leave a comment

Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?

By Sarah Quarmby | Published: July 5, 2018

We need to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy. Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge brokering organization, 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.

Posted in Impact, Public Policy | Also tagged LSE Impact, What Works Centers | Leave a comment

Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

By Tracey Brown | Published: June 23, 2018

The head of Sense about Science discusses the importance of public reasoning and accountability and why the first ever Evidence Week is a timely response to the changing demands of meeting those ideals, especially among politicians and policymakers.

Posted in Public Policy | Also tagged Evidence Week, Sense about Science | Leave a comment

Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence

By Ziyad Marar | Published: June 11, 2018

Ziyad Marar, the president of global publishing for SAGE, explains how SAGE's values and its mission "to build bridges to knowledge" overlap with the intent of the United Kingdom's Evidence Week, which takes place later this June.

Posted in Announcements, International Debate | Also tagged Evidence Week, Sense about Science | Leave a comment

Research Must Try to Influence Change

By James Georgalakis | Published: April 26, 2018

There is no doubt that good communications and framing research for your audience is important to influencing policy and having impact. But shouldn’t we be aiming higher than producing and packaging research that simply meets the demands of policy actors? James Georgalakis argues that research and researchers need to challenge dominant paradigms and expose inconvenient truths.

Posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact | Also tagged Knowledge Exchange | Leave a comment

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

By Tina Basi and Mona Sloane | Published: April 25, 2018

Tina Basi and Mona Sloane argue that REF 2021 offers the opportunity to frame a discussion on the purpose of universities that is less focused on economics and more focused on people and public engagement, returning closer to the Humboldtian model of higher education.

Posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact, Public Policy | Also tagged Knowledge Exchange | Leave a comment

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

By Alice H. Eagly | Published: December 8, 2017

You’d be forgiven for assuming a quick and sure way to multiply profits and amplify organizational success is to increase the gender and racial diversity of any group. According to mainstream media, the effects of gender and racial diversity are universally favorable. However, professor Alice Eagly states, "the truth is there’s no adequate scientific basis for these newsworthy assertions."

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Also tagged Diversity, Evidence | Leave a comment

Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

By Mark Vieth | Published: November 8, 2017

While most eyes in Washington are focused on tax reform, two new bills that affect social science have been introduced: one that re configures how peer-review would be used for determining research grants, and another that would make use of recommendations from a bipartisan study on evidence-based policy.

Posted in Academic Funding, Public Policy | Also tagged Mark Vieth News Bulletin, Peer Review | Leave a comment

Canadian Policymakers, Please Follow Naylor Recommendations You Asked For

By Andrew Craig | Published: November 7, 2017

It is time, argues Andrew Craig, for the Canadian government to demonstrate they are moving ahead with all recommendations from the Naylor report -- Canada's Fundamental science review -- to return balance and support Canadian science in all its wonderful diversity.

Posted in Academic Funding, Public Policy | Also tagged Canada, Naylor Report, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Tag: Evidence-Based Policy

President Signs Bill on Evidence-Based Policy

New Report Packages Themes from Evidence Week

Africa Takes Steps in Using Evidence to Inform Policy

Evidence-Based Policy: Do Knowledge Brokers Help?

Outlining the Many Beneficiaries of Evidence Week

Building a Foundation on Solid Evidence

Research Must Try to Influence Change

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

Diversity: Good Intentions Aren’t Same as Evidence

Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

Canadian Policymakers, Please Follow Naylor Recommendations You Asked For

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