This article reviews the advice from the academic and 'grey'literatures to identify a list of dos
and don'ts for academics seeking 'impact'from their research. From 'how to do it'sources, we …

There is extensive health and public health literature on the 'evidence-policy gap', exploring
the frustrating experiences of scientists trying to secure a response to the problems and …

Background Theories of the policy process are recommended as tools to help explain both
policy stasis and change. Methods A systematic review of the application of such theoretical …

To communicate effectively in policymaking systems, actors need to understand how
policymakers process evidence and the environment in which they operate. Therefore, we …

As energy models become more and more powerful, they are increasingly used to support
energy policymaking. Although modelling has been used for policy advice for many years …

Policy makers cannot consider all evidence relevant to policy. They use two shortcuts—
emotions and beliefs to understand problems and “rational” ways of establishing the best …

In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a
succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems …

The field of policy studies has always been interested in analyzing and improving the sets of
policy tools adopted by governments to correct policy problems, and better understanding …

Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging
task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and …

This conceptual paper maintains that mainstream public management theories have failed
to incorporate public services as a fundamental part of the public administration system. That …