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Improving the use of evidence in legislatures: the case of the UK Parliament

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dc.contributor.author Rose, David Christian
dc.contributor.author Kenny, Caroline
dc.contributor.author Hobbs, Abbi ...et.al.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-31T22:20:09Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-31T22:20:09Z
dc.date.issued 2020-11
dc.identifier.citation : Rose, D., Kenny, C., Hobbs, A. and Tyler, C. (2020) Improving the use of evidence in legislatures: the case of the UK Parliament, Evidence & Policy, vol 16, no 4, 619–638, DOI: 10.1332/174426420X15828100394351 sm
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/3632
dc.description 20 p. ; PDF sm
dc.description.abstract Despite claims that we now live in a post-truth society, it remains commonplace for policy makers to consult research evidence to increase the robustness of decision making. Few scholars of evidence-policy interfaces, however, have used legislatures as sites of study, despite the fact that they play a critical role in modern democracies. There is thus limited knowledge of how research evidence is sourced and used in legislatures, which presents challenges for academics and science advisory groups, as well as to others interested in ensuring that democratic decisions are evidence-informed. Here, we present results from an empirical study into the use of research in the UK Parliament, obtained through the use of a mixed methodology, including interviews and surveys of 157 people in Parliament, as well as an ethnographic investigation of four committees. Here we are specifically interested in identifying the factors affecting the use of research evidence in Parliament with the aim of improving its use. We focus on providing advice for the Higher Education Sector, which includes improving knowledge of, and engagement in, parliamentary processes, reform of academic incentives to stimulate the production of policy-relevant information and to assist engagement, and working with trusted knowledge brokers. Implementing this advice should improve the chances that parliamentary decision making is informed by research evidence. sm
dc.description.sponsorship This research was generously funded by the ESRC. The Houses of Parliament kindly granted wide-ranging access to undertake this research sm
dc.language.iso en sm
dc.publisher Policy Press sm
dc.relation.ispartofseries Evidence & Policy • vol 16 • no 4 • 619–638;
dc.relation.ispartofseries Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, Volume 16, Number 4,;
dc.subject evidence-based policy sm
dc.subject legislative decision making sm
dc.subject science advice sm
dc.subject science policy sm
dc.title Improving the use of evidence in legislatures: the case of the UK Parliament sm
dc.type Article sm


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