Research to Action Compass – Tool for research institutions and policymakers

Our Research-to-Action Compass demonstrates how research organisations can expand their support for knowledge exchange and impact more diverse science advice in three increasingly prominent fields: diverse science advice for policy, effective science communication, and sustainable entrepreneurship. The Research-to-Action Compass provides strategic guidance to translate your vision for knowledge exchange and impact into practice – based…

Systematic Map: What influences the use of research evidence in policy? Transforming Evidence

Background: In 2014, a large systematic map found that relational factors were amongst the most frequently reported facilitators of evidence use in policy. Since then, there has been a growth in evidence-use initiatives and research, many of which have attempted to address relational factors. In this timely updated map, we describe the current state of research…

AI tools as science policy advisers? The potential and the pitfalls

Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers — but only with appropriate safeguards and humans in the loop. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have stoked febrile commentary around large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT and others, that can generate text in response to typed…

Supporting the routine use of evidence during the policy-making process: a WHO checklist

This WHO checklist is for any organization or person supporting the routine use of evidence in the process of policy-making. Evidence-informed policy-making (EIPM) is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage (UHC). Its importance is emphasized in WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work 2019–2023 (GPW13). This checklist was developed by the WHO Secretariat of Evidence-Informed…

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