Reports
Featured INGSA Reports:
ISC and INGSA Occasional Paper: Principles and Structures of Science Advice – An Outline
From both supply and demand perspectives, science advice for policy has come
to be seen as both informing policy solutions and underpinning the public trust necessary to
implement them successfully.
UN CEPA strategy guidance note on the Science-policy interface
The United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) requested that INGSA provide a Strategy Guidance Note on evidence-to-policy mechanisms to enable public administrators to understand the foundational strategies they can operationalise.
Tracking Global Evidence-to-Policy pathways in the coronavirus crisis
A preliminary report in Sept 2020 on the findings emerging from the INGSA Covid Policy Tracker.
In the early stages of the pandemic, INGSA led the data collection response on evidence-to-policy pathways in national covid responses around the world.
Data Science: A Guide for Society
A collaboration of Sense About Science UK, Elsevier, and INGSA.
It aims to explain the language of data science and highlight the key questions to ask those people using data science as evidence. Issues of quality of data
analysis, rejecting hype, recognising
what’s useful, and the importance of transparency.
Resource Library – Reports
| Title | Summary | Tags | Link | hf:doc_tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JRC: Science-for-policy ecosystems through the eyes of professionals | This Joint Research Centre science for policy (S4P) report explores the perceived challenges for establishing … | Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, JRC, Multilateral | ecosystem europe european-commission jrc multilateral | |
| Science advice to policymakers – Roles, enabling conditions and incentives: Mutual learning exercise on bridging the gap between science and policy: second thematic report | This thematic report focuses on the role of science advice in policymaking. By analysing key … | DGRI, Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, Principles | dgri ecosystem europe european-commission principles | |
| FAO: Guidance on strengthening national science–policy interfaces for agrifood systems | In line with its Science and Innovation Strategy, FAO has developed this guidance on strengthening … | Agriculture, FAO, Principles, Sustainability, United Nations | agriculture fao principles sustainability united-nations | |
| Pact for the Future, Global Digital Compact, Declaration on Future Generations – United Nations | The landmark outcomes of the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future, including: The Pact … | 2024, Digital Wellbeing, Future Generations, Multilateral, SDGs, United Nations | 2024 digital-wellbeing future-generations multilateral sdgs united-nations | |
| INGSA-Africa – The Journey So Far | Since 2016, INGSA-Africa have bee bringing together policy practitioners and scientists across the African continent. … | 2024, Africa, INGSA Report, INGSA-Africa, Report | 2024 africa ingsa-report ingsa-africa report | |
| 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 … | Research, Synthesis, Tools | research synthesis tools | |
| 2023 SASDP Cohort Report – Science Advice Skills Development Programme – INGSA-Africa | Science advice is a key area for science capacity development in Africa. It has the … | 2023, INGSA-Africa, Mentorship, SASDP | 2023 ingsa-africa mentorship sasdp | |
| INGSA-Europe INCLUSIVE project final report_June2024 | Findings from INGSA-Europe’s pilot project: the INCLUSIVE project. The report pairs reviews of some of … | Culture, INCLUSIVE, INGSA-Europe, Language, Science Advice | culture inclusive ingsa-europe language science-advice | |
| INGSA INCLUSIVE project International Relations and Political Sciences evidence review | INGSA INCLUSIVE project evidence review – Exploring the role of language, culture and translation in … | Culture, INCLUSIVE, INGSA-Europe, Language, Science Advice | culture inclusive ingsa-europe language science-advice | |
| INGSA INCLUSIVE project_ Linguistics and Translation Studies evidence review__Dec2023.pdf | INGSA INCLUSIVE project evidence review – The Impact of language choice and culture in policy … | Culture, INCLUSIVE, INGSA-Europe, Language, Science Advice | culture inclusive ingsa-europe language science-advice | |
| INGSA INCLUSIVE project_Rapid systematic review 1_May2023 | A Rapid Systematic Literature Review of the Influence of Language and Culture on Science Advice by: … | INCLUSIVE, INGSA-Europe, Literature review | inclusive ingsa-europe literature-review | |
| INGSA2024 Viewpoints Compendium | INGSA2024 Viewpoints is the companion publication to the Kigali conference, featuring many of the speakers … | 2024, Conference, INGSA2024, Rwanda, Science Advice, Science Diplomacy | 2024 conference ingsa2024 rwanda science-advice science-diplomacy | |
| Trustworthy Public Communications – European Commission JRC | This report provides evidence-based insights and recommendations on how public communicators can strengthen the future … | 2024, Europe, European Commission, JRC | 2024 europe european-commission jrc | |
| Science Europe – Guidance on Science for Policy Activities | Policy- and decision makers deal with complex, knowledge-demanding challenges for which simple solutions do not … | Europe, Principles, Science Europe | europe principles science-europe | |
| View from the top: Academic leaders’ and funders’ insights on the challenges ahead | Abstract: Today’s institutional leaders face a shifting landscape of challenges. View from the Top: Academic … | Academic, Elsevier, Foresight, Leadership | academic elsevier foresight leadership | |
| An evaluation framework for institutional capacity of science-for-policy ecosystems in EU Member States | Abstract: This report sets out an evaluation framework to assess the institutional capacity of science-for-policy … | Ecosystem, European Commission, Evaluation, Framework | ecosystem european-commission evaluation framework | |
| Flipping the Science Model: A Roadmap to Science Missions for Sustainability – ISC | Both natural and social sciences have made significant contributions to our understanding of the challenges … | ISC, Mission-Based Science, SDGs, Sustainability | isc mission-based-science sdgs sustainability | |
| G20 Chief Science Advisers’ Roundtable (G20-CSAR) – Mar2023 – Meeting Documents – Press Release – Video | In March 2023, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand hosted the First Meeting of G20-Chief Science Advisers Roundtable (G20-CSAR), … | 2023, Chief Science Advisor, G20, India, One Health | 2023 chief-science-advisor g20 india one-health | |
| Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges Report – 2022 and 2023 update – 7 Languages | The Evidence Commission report (released in January 2022, along with an executive summary) had two … | 2022, 2023, COVID19, McMaster Forum, Report | 2022 2023 covid19 mcmaster-forum report | |
| Science Advice Ecosystems in France, Portugal and Greece – Joint Research Centre Reports | During September 2022, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published the three external … | 2022, Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, Evaluation, France, Greece, JRC, Portugal | 2022 ecosystem europe european-commission evaluation france greece jrc portugal | |
| Evidence-informed policy making – Building a conceptual model and developing indicators 2022 – EU Report | In principle, the application of available scientific evidence to policy making should improve its quality. … | 2022, Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, Indicators, Principles | 2022 ecosystem europe european-commission indicators principles | |
| Annual Report of the Chief Science Advisor 2021–2022 – Canada | This is the 2021-2022 report done by Dr. Mona Nemer covering the work done by … | 2021, 2022, Canada, COVID19, Report | 2021 2022 canada covid19 report | |
| Assessing national institutional capacity for evidence-informed policymaking: the role of a science-for-policy system – Kathryn Oliver 2022 | This report sets out a conceptual map for potential elements of a science-for-policy advisory ecosystem. … | Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, Indicators, JRC, Principles | ecosystem europe european-commission indicators jrc principles | |
| INGSA-LAC Report: El papel del conocimiento científico en la formulación de políticas en Colombia – 2022 | El papel del conocimiento científico en la formulación de políticas en Colombia, in collaboration with … | 2022, Colombia, INGSA Report, Report | 2022 colombia ingsa-report report | |
| The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in Africa – INGSA-Africa Consensus Study – 2020/21 | The INGSA-Africa Consensus Study Report – The Evolving Science Advisory Landscape in … | Ecosystem, Global South, INGSA Report, INGSA-Africa, Research, Stakeholders | ecosystem global-south ingsa-report ingsa-africa research stakeholders | |
| Modelling for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Overview of JRC models | Abstract: Evaluating the potential impacts of each policy on all sustainability dimensions (economic, social and … | 2020, Europe, European Commission, Modelling, SDGs | 2020 europe european-commission modelling sdgs | |
| INGSA-Africa – 2020 Research Survey on the role of scientific knowledge in Policymaking: Researcher & Policymakers perspectives | Overview of Survey The research project carried out under the commission of the International Network … | 2020, Africa, INGSA-Africa, Report, Survey | 2020 africa ingsa-africa report survey | |
| Interlinkages and policy coherence for the Sustainable Development Goals implementation: An operational method to identify trade-offs and co-benefits in a systemic way | Abstract:The broad scope and complexity of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute a new challenge … | 2019, Ecosystem, Europe, European Commission, JRC, Policy, SDGs | 2019 ecosystem europe european-commission jrc policy sdgs | |
| Data Science: A Guide for Society – Sense About Science, Elsevier and INGSA Report – 2019 | … | 2019, Data Science, INGSA Report, Report, Technology | 2019 data-science ingsa-report report technology | |
| Next Steps for sustainable science advice in Canada – Royal Society Canada 2018 | A Royal Society of Canada Position Paper Executive Summary: We live in an epoch of … | Canada, Foresight, Sustainability | canada foresight sustainability | |
| Evidence Synthesis for Policy: A Statement of Principles – The Royal Society 2018 | Evidence synthesis supports well-founded policymaking and public debate. The common question ‘What is the evidence … | Principles, Synthesis | principles synthesis | |
| INGSA Report on Digital Wellbeing: Implications for research, policy and measurement | INGSA Research Report – Digital Wellbeing – Understanding wellbeing in the context of rapid digital and associated … | 2018, Digital Wellbeing, INGSA Report, OECD, Technology | 2018 digital-wellbeing ingsa-report oecd technology | |
| Africa Evidence Network Roadmap: 2017 and Beyond | A 2017 report by the Africa Evidence Network on how they are planning to move … | 2017, Africa, Organization, Report | 2017 africa organization report | |
| Approaches to Developing Capacity for the use of Evidence in Policy Making – INASP VakaYiko 2016 | Around the world, we are seeing increases in domestic and international investment, recognition in the … | Africa, Capabilities, Impact, Skills | africa capabilities impact skills | |
| The Place of Research-based Evidence in Policymaking – Technopolis report 2015 | This report discusses the use of research-based evidence in policymaking. It is based on interviews … | 2016, Europe, Report, Research | 2016 europe report research |
