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The Areas of Research Interest - A mechanism to improve evidence - policy/practice connections

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Knowledge translation research priorities: an evidence synthesis

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‘It depends’: what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice

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Implementation Science volume 19 (2024)

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If health organisations and staff engage in research, does healthcare improve? Strengthening the evidence base through systematic reviews

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Health Research Policy and Systems volume 22, Article number: 113 (2024)

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Evidence Intermediary Organisations: Moving beyond a definitional morass

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Annette Boaz, Jo Casebourne

Geoff Marsh, Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Ruth Stewart of the Africa Evidence Network

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Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Laura Boeira of The Veredas Institute

Jonathan Breckon, Laura Boeira

Geoff Marsh, Jonathan Breckon Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Eric Barends of Center for Evidence Based Management

Jonathan Breckon, Eric Barends

Geoff Marsh, Jonathan Breckon Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Transforming Evidence Podcast Episode 3: evidence and decision makers

Geoff Marsh, Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Geoff Marsh, Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Transforming Evidence Podcast

Geoff Marsh, Ruth Francis, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

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Anna Numa Hopkins, Sarah Foxen, Kathryn Oliver, Gavin Costigan

Transforming Evidence and The Foundation for Science and Technology

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Are research-policy engagement activities informed by policy theory and evidence? 7 challenges to the UK impact agenda

Anna Numa Hopkins, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz, Paul Cairney, Shannon Guillot-Wright

Policy Design and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 3 (2021). Special Issue: Impact into practice: Demonstrating applied public administration and policy improvement.

OPEN RESOURCE

Results breakdown: what works and why in government-academic engagement?

Kathryn Oliver, Anna Numa Hopkins, Annette Boaz, Shannon Guillot-Wright, Paul Cairney

Transforming Evidence

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Pre- print: What works to promote research-policy engagement?

Kathryn Oliver, Anna Numa Hopkins, Annette Boaz, Shannon Guillot-Wright, Paul Cairney

Transforming Evidence

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Envisioning and shaping translation of knowledge into action: A comparative case-study of stakeholder engagement in the development of a European tobacco control tool

Robert A.J. Borst, Maarten Olivier Kok, Alison J. O’Shea, Subhash Pokhrel, Teresa H. Jones, Annette Boaz

Health Policy 123 (2019) 917–923

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How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement

Annette Boaz, Stephen Hanney, Robert Borst, Alison O’Shea, Maarten Kok

Health Research Policy and Systems (2018) 16:60

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Making and Using Evidence: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection

Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (HSS)

OPEN RESOURCE

Essential reading on evidence production and use

Transforming Evidence

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Mapping the community: use of research evidence in policy and practice

Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

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Rebuilding a Resilient Britain: Working Group Reports

Government Office for Science (GOS)

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Transforming evidence for policy and practice: creating space for new conversations

Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz

Palgrave Communications volume 5, Article number: 60 (2019)

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Understanding evidence use from a programmatic perspective: conceptual development and empirical insights from national malaria control programmes

Justin Parkhurst

Evidence & Policy 2020

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Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?

Paul Cairney, Kathryn Oliver

Health Research Policy and Systems volume 15, Article number: 35 (2017)

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House of Commons Liaison Committee inquiry into the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system.

Annette Boaz, Kathryn Oliver

Transforming Evidence

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Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 69: What is the evidence on policies, interventions and tools for establishing and/or strengthening national health research systems and their effectiveness?

Stephen Hanney, Lucy Kanya, Subhash Pokhrel, Teresa Jones, Annette Boaz

World Health Organisation, Europe

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'Who are boundary spanners? Attributes, opportunities and constraints for engaging knowledge across boundaries.'

Kristen A Goodrich, Kathryn Dana Sjostrom, Catherine Vaughan, Leah Nichols, Maria Carmen Lemos

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, (2020) 42:45–51

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'Appeals to evidence for resolution of wicked problems: origins and mechanisms of evidentiary bias'

Justin Parkhurst

Policy Sciences (2016)

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'The EVITA framework for evidence-based mental health policy agenda setting in low- and middle-income countries'

Jonathan Grant, Graham Thornicroft

Health Policy and Planning (2020) 1, 16

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Democratizing Evidence in Education

Vivian Tseng, Steve Fleischman, Esther Quintero

Routledge; a chapter in 'Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement' (2018)

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The Politics of Evidence: from Evidence Based Policy to the Good Governance of Evidence

Justin Parkhurst

Routledge (2017)

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'Beyond counting climate consensus'

Reiner Grundman, Mike Hulme, Sujatha Raman, Judith Tsouvalis

Environmental Communication, (2017) 11(6), 723–730

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'Evidence and meaning in policy making'

Warren Pearce, Anna Wesselink, Hal Colebatch

Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, (2014) 10(2), 161–165, Policy Press

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'How a Networked Approach to Building Capacity in Knowledge Mobilization Supports Research Impact'

Stephen MacGregor, David Phipps

International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, (2020) 16(5).

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'Blending research, journalism, and community expertise: A case study of co-production in research communication.'

Stephen MacGregor, Amanda Cooper

Science Communication, (2020) 42(3), 340–368

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‘Kingdon's multiple streams approach in new political contexts: Consolidation, configuration, and new findings’

Daniel D. Shephard, Anne Ellersiek, Johannes Meuer, Christian Rupietta, Ruth Mayne, Paul Cairney

Published by Governance (2020)

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‘Using evidence for Influencing: Oxfam's experience’

Ruth Mayne, Duncan Green, Irene Guijt, Richard English, Paul Cairney

Palgrave Communications, Nature (2018)

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'The Evidence-Based Policy Movement and Political Idealism'

Jesper Ahlin Marceta

Evidence & Policy (2020)

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'COVID-19 and Underinvestment in the Health of the US Population'

Nason Maani, Sandro Galeat

The Millbank Quarterly (June2020)

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How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer

Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani, Cécile Knai, Elisabete Weiderpass

Drug and Alcohol Review,(March 2018) 37(3):293-303

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'Corporate practices and the health of populations: a research and translational agenda'

Martin McKee, Mark Petticrew, Sandro Galea

Lancet Public Health; (2020) 5(2)Pe80-e81

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'Communicating about emerging infectious disease: the importance of research'

Bev J Holmes

Journal of Health, Risk & Society, (2008) Volume 10, 2008 - Issue 4

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Forward Thinking

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Bev J Holmes

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

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Translating evidence into practice: the role of health research funders

Bev J Holmes, Gayle Scarrow, Megan Schellenberg

Implementation Science (2012) 7: 39

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Mobilising knowledge in complex systems: a call to action

Bev J Holmes, Allan Best, Huw Davies, David Hunter, Michael P Kelly, Martin Marshall, Joanne Rycroft-Malone

Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, (Aug 2017) Volume 13, Number 3, pp. 539-560(22)

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'Exploring Research Policy Partnerships in International Development'

James Georgalakis, Pauline Rose

IDS Bulletin (2019) Vol 50 (1) 2019

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A disconnected policy network: The UK's response to the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic

James Georgalakis

Social Science & Medicine (2020)

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'Access to treatment and the constitutional right to health in Germany: a triumph of hope over evidence?'

Stefanie Ettelt

Health Economics, Policy and Law (2020)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

'The multiple purposes of policy piloting and their consequences: Three examples from National Health and Social Care Policy in England.'

Stefanie Ettelt, Nicholas Mays, Pauline Allen

Journal of Social Policy, (2015) Volume 44, Issue 2 pp. 319-337

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

Evidence use in health policy making. An international public policy perspective

Justin Parkhurst, Stefanie Ettelt, Benjamin Hawkins

Palgrave Macmillan (2018)

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What works in getting evidence used?

Jo Casebourne, Donna Molloy

The Early Intervention Foundation (2019)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

Local public service reform: supporting learning to integrate services and improve outcomes.

Sophie Wilson, Nehal Davison, Jo Casebourne

The Institute for Government (2016)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

‘The UK government’s imaginative use of evidence to make policy’

Paul Cairney

British Politics, (2019) 14, 1, 1-22

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

The Politics of Evidence-based Policymaking

Paul Cairney

Palgrave Pivot (2016)

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‘Practice at the boundaries’

Carina Wyborn, Ryan Meyer, Adam Parris, Peat Leith, Bridie McGreavy, Melanie Ryan

Pew Charitable Trusts (2016)

ASSOCIATED CONTENT

Understanding the impacts of research synthesis

Carina Wyborn, Elena Louder, Jerry Harrison, Jensen Montambault, Jasper Montan, Melanie Ryan, Carsten Nesshöver, Andrew Pullin, Mark Reed, Emilie Dellecker, Jonathan Kramer, James Boyd, Adrian Dellecker, Jonathan Hutton

Environmental Science and Policy Volume, (Aug 2018) 86, Pages 72-84

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The Areas of Research Interest - A mechanism to improve evidence - policy/practice connections

Knowledge translation research priorities: an evidence synthesis

NORFACE evaluation for the Economic and Social Research Council

‘It depends’: what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice

If health organisations and staff engage in research, does healthcare improve? Strengthening the evidence base through systematic reviews

Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Nancy Hey of What Works Wellbeing

﻿Evidence Intermediary Organisations: ﻿Moving beyond a definitional morass

Transforming Evidence Podcast Episode 4: evidence use

Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Ruth Stewart of the Africa Evidence Network

Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Laura Boeira of The Veredas Institute

Transforming Evidence Podcast. In conversation: Eric Barends of Center for Evidence Based Management

Transforming Evidence Podcast Episode 3: evidence and decision makers

Transforming Evidence Podcast Episode 2: Making Evidence

Transforming Evidence Podcast

Science Advice in the UK

Are research-policy engagement activities informed by policy theory and evidence? 7 challenges to the UK impact agenda

Results breakdown: what works and why in government-academic engagement?

Pre- print: What works to promote research-policy engagement?

Envisioning and shaping translation of knowledge into action: A comparative case-study of stakeholder engagement in the development of a European tobacco control tool

How to engage stakeholders in research: design principles to support improvement

Making and Using Evidence: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Collection

Essential reading on evidence production and use

Mapping the community: use of research evidence in policy and practice

Rebuilding a Resilient Britain: Working Group Reports

Transforming evidence for policy and practice: creating space for new conversations

Understanding evidence use from a programmatic perspective: conceptual development and empirical insights from national malaria control programmes

Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy?

House of Commons Liaison Committee inquiry into the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system.

Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 69: What is the evidence on policies, interventions and tools for establishing and/or strengthening national health research systems and their effectiveness?

'Who are boundary spanners? Attributes, opportunities and constraints for engaging knowledge across boundaries.'

'Appeals to evidence for resolution of wicked problems: origins and mechanisms of evidentiary bias'

'The EVITA framework for evidence-based mental health policy agenda setting in low- and middle-income countries'

Democratizing Evidence in Education

The Politics of Evidence: from Evidence Based Policy to the Good Governance of Evidence

'Beyond counting climate consensus'

'Evidence and meaning in policy making'

'How a Networked Approach to Building Capacity in Knowledge Mobilization Supports Research Impact'

'Blending research, journalism, and community expertise: A case study of co-production in research communication.'

‘Kingdon's multiple streams approach in new political contexts: Consolidation, configuration, and new findings’

‘Using evidence for Influencing: Oxfam's experience’

'The Evidence-Based Policy Movement and Political Idealism'

'COVID-19 and Underinvestment in the Health of the US Population'

How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer

'Corporate practices and the health of populations: a research and translational agenda'

'Communicating about emerging infectious disease: the importance of research'

Forward Thinking

Translating evidence into practice: the role of health research funders

Mobilising knowledge in complex systems: a call to action

'Exploring Research Policy Partnerships in International Development'

A disconnected policy network: The UK's response to the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic

'Access to treatment and the constitutional right to health in Germany: a triumph of hope over evidence?'

'The multiple purposes of policy piloting and their consequences: Three examples from National Health and Social Care Policy in England.'

Evidence use in health policy making. An international public policy perspective

What works in getting evidence used?

Local public service reform: supporting learning to integrate services and improve outcomes.

‘The UK government’s imaginative use of evidence to make policy’

The Politics of Evidence-based Policymaking

‘Practice at the boundaries’

Understanding the impacts of research synthesis

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