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How Research-Policy Partnerships Can Benefit Government: A Win-Win for Evidence-Based Policy-Making

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  • Garrett Ward Richards

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What is the appeal of evidence-based policy-making to policy-makers themselves? What is the appeal of being influenced to make decisions they would not otherwise make? In this article, I argue that forging partnerships between research organizations and policy agencies can result in seven short-term benefits for the latter, independent of decision influence. These potential benefits are a more intuitive initial basis for partnership, and genuine influences on policy-making may still emerge over the long term. Overall, this article serves as a general argument in favour of evidence-informed policy, and research-policy partnerships in particular, directed at both academic and government audiences.

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  • Garrett Ward Richards, 2017. "How Research-Policy Partnerships Can Benefit Government: A Win-Win for Evidence-Based Policy-Making," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 43(2), pages 165-170, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:43:y:2017:i:2:p:165-170
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2016-046
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    1. Zhaohui Su, 2021. "Rigorous Policy-Making Amid COVID-19 and Beyond: Literature Review and Critical Insights," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-17, November.
    2. Lorraine Eden & M. Fernanda Wagstaff, 2021. "Evidence-based policymaking and the wicked problem of SDG 5 Gender Equality," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 28-57, March.
    3. Garrett Ward Richards, 2019. "The Science–Policy Relationship Hierarchy (SPRHi) model of co-production: how climate science organizations have influenced the policy process in Canadian case studies," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 52(1), pages 67-95, March.
    4. Qianjin Zong & Zhihong Huang & Jiaru Huang, 2023. "Can open access increase LIS research’s policy impact? Using regression analysis and causal inference," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(8), pages 4825-4854, August.
    5. Lorraine Eden & M. Fernanda Wagstaff, 0. "Evidence-based policymaking and the wicked problem of SDG 5 Gender Equality," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 0, pages 1-30.
    6. Melissa-Ellen Dowling & Tim Legrand, 2023. "“I do not consent”: political legitimacy, misinformation, and the compliance challenge in Australia’s Covid-19 policy response," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 42(3), pages 319-333.

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