Producing policy relevant systematic reviews: navigating the policy-research interface
Search for other papers by Sandra Oliver in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Mukdarut Bangpan in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Kelly Dickson in
Current site
Google Scholar
This study employed insider research and reflective practice to investigate exchanges across the research-policy interface to understand the practice of producing policy-relevant systematic reviews. Interviewees came from 11 systematic reviews or review programmes which spanned four models of policy-relevant reviews and between them provided evidence for understanding policy problems, comparing policy options, or implementing policy decisions. No review methodology was found to be uniquely appropriate for policy-relevant systematic reviews. It was the mutual engagement across the research-policy interface that made the reviews policy-relevant. This involved thinking about the issues and seeing them from multiple viewpoints to identify and shape questions; this prompted implicit or explicit value-driven debates. The intellectual work to shape a policy-relevant systematic review is an iterative, collective endeavour that requires partners from either side of the policy-research interface to engage with the unfamiliar, listen, challenge and co-construct questions and answers.
Search for other papers by Sandra Oliver in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Mukdarut Bangpan in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Kelly Dickson in
Current site
Google Scholar
| May 2022 onwards | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 689 | 494 | 42 |
| Full Text Views | 60 | 11 | 0 |
| PDF Downloads | 42 | 13 | 0 |
Institutional librarians can find more information about free trials here
We are a leading social science publisher
committed to making a difference.
Bristol University Press and
Policy Press
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk