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Connecting Research to Real-world Outcomes: Policy Documents in the Web of Science

Connecting Research to Real-world Outcomes: Policy Documents in the Web of Science

The new Policy Citation Index on the Web of Science platform links policy documents to the research papers they cite, helping researchers and institutions

Australians Want Scientists More Involved in Policy-making

Australians Want Scientists More Involved in Policy-making

Two thirds of Australians think scientists should actively advocate for specific policies, and more than 60 per cent think scientists should be more involved in policymaking, according to a global study released by the Australian National University today.

Biden Helped Bring Science out of the Lab and into the Community − Emphasizing Research Focused on Solutions

Biden Helped Bring Science out of the Lab and into the Community − Emphasizing Research Focused on Solutions

Biden's legacy includes elevating science's influence in federal decision-making and considering the social and ethical effects of research.

Forget about those disciplinary boundaries’: Narayanan and Kapoor on collaboration in AI research and policy

Forget about those disciplinary boundaries’: Narayanan and Kapoor on collaboration in AI research and policy

A Science Mega-programme is Taking Shape in the EU: What It Means for Researchers

A Science Mega-programme is Taking Shape in the EU: What It Means for Researchers

A new research commissioner will help to build the European Union's next massive science scheme - with a renewed focus on innovation.

Transforming How the Environmental Protection Agency Does Science

Transforming How the Environmental Protection Agency Does Science

The environmental risks embedded in today's globally integrated economies require an updated approach to scientific and regulatory decisionmaking.

Guide Released to Boost Experts’ Links with Government

Guide Released to Boost Experts’ Links with Government

Online guide from UK Government Office for Science is targeted at academia and industry

What's the Best Way to Tackle Climate Change? An 'Evidence Bank' Could Help Scientists Find Answers

What's the Best Way to Tackle Climate Change? An 'Evidence Bank' Could Help Scientists Find Answers

Synthesizing research on which policies are most effective is a key priority in climate science, advocates say.

A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the EAC STI Policy

A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the EAC STI Policy

Inclusion of Open Science principles and guidelines in the new policy framework marks a first for the region and Africa and is set to unlock the full potential of scientific research and drive sustainable development across East Africa.

Climate Science, Policy, Fiction, and Narrative: Framing the Upcoming Special Report on Cities and Climate Change

Climate Science, Policy, Fiction, and Narrative: Framing the Upcoming Special Report on Cities and Climate Change

Join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for a special discussion that will bring together IPCC authors (including some who will participate in Riga), climate policy experts, and writers using fiction and narrative to push the boundaries of science and policy.

Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation and Evidence-informed Policy-making

Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation and Evidence-informed Policy-making

While the importance of translating evidence into policies and practices is widely acknowledged by evidence producers, intermediaries, users, and funders, there is much less agreement on suitable mechanisms for promoting effective evidence use. As a response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has initiated an extensive and inclusive research priority-setting exercise in Knowledge Translation (KT) and Evidence-informed Policy-making (EIP) through a series of technical consultations.

Policy Advice in Times of Crisis

Policy Advice in Times of Crisis

In sudden crises, there is a lot of uncertainty, yet decisions need to be made quickly. Alexander Bogner and his team used examples from Austria, Germany and the UK to shed light on what good policy advice should look like in times of crisis.

When is Policy Evidence-Based?

When is Policy Evidence-Based?

What are the conditions under which a policymaker is justified in claiming that a given policy is evidence-based?

How to Boost Your Research: Take a Sabbatical in Policy

How to Boost Your Research: Take a Sabbatical in Policy

Academic researchers have a unique opportunity to benefit society - and their research - by spending time in government.

UK Offers EU Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Policy and Copyright

UK Offers EU Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Policy and Copyright

The UK's artificial intelligence minister has offered to work with the EU on regulation, and said that London would likely take an approach to copyright in AI that was "reasonably close" to Brussels.

What the EU's Tough AI Law Means for Research and ChatGPT

What the EU's Tough AI Law Means for Research and ChatGPT

The EU AI Act is the world's first major legislation on artificial intelligence and strictly regulates general-purpose models.

Has Your Research Influenced Policy? Use This Free Tool to Check

Has Your Research Influenced Policy? Use This Free Tool to Check

Sage Policy Profiles scans a database of 10 million documents to show researchers where their papers have been cited.

Towards Understanding Policy Design Through Text-as-data Approaches: The Policy Design Annotations (POLIANNA) Dataset - Scientific Data

Towards Understanding Policy Design Through Text-as-data Approaches: The Policy Design Annotations (POLIANNA) Dataset - Scientific Data

Despite the importance of ambitious policy action for addressing climate change, large and systematic assessments of public policies and their design are lacking as analysing text manually is labour-intensive and costly. POLIANNA is a dataset of policy texts from the European Union (EU) that are annotated based on theoretical concepts of policy design, which can be used to develop supervised machine learning approaches for scaling policy analysis.

A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy from Behavioural Science During COVID-19 - Nature

A Synthesis of Evidence for Policy from Behavioural Science During COVID-19 - Nature

Evaluation of evidence generated to test 19 proposed policy recommendations and guidance for the future.

Using People's Feelings of Happiness to Make Better Policy Decisions?

Using People's Feelings of Happiness to Make Better Policy Decisions?

How we spend our time directly impacts how satisfied we are with our lives, and understanding the activities that bolster our wellbeing can help policymakers make better decisions when allocating resources. Research is helping them do just that.