Transforming Evidence

Do we understand how evidence is actually used in practice? @annetteboaz.bsky.social and @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social explain how the new Use of Research Evidence Methods Repository can improve our understanding and support evidence-informed decision-making. 👉 bit.ly/3S2dHCo

Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...

FINAL CALL: Deadline 30th June 2026 Do you have research to share on the production, mobilisation or use of evidence? Consider submitting your paper to our themed collection on Making and Using Evidence Get in touch if you have any questions! www.nature.com/collections/... @annetteboaz.bsky.social

We're launching the refreshed uremethods.org Repository - a free database to share and find tools researchers use to conduct high-quality research into how evidence use made, mobilised and used. Great to be here @ebrnetwork.bsky.social

We're here in beautiful Bergen to launch our refreshed Repository with methods and tools to support research into Use of Research Evidence uremethods.org #EBR25

Patients will benefit from a healthcare system where research is better embedded in care and supported by clinical trials. 🆕With @transformevidence.bsky.social we analysed 200+ policy recommendations and explored countries excelling in clinical research. 👉Read the summary: bit.ly/4qgCv6g

If it’s not in the budget it won’t happen: why #evidence and #policy are entangled inside government departments. 🚀 New blog from Louise Shaxson sheds light on the question - who leads the evidence-to-policy process? transforming-evidence.org/blog/if-its-...

RPPs to Improve Evidence Use: Research-Practice or Research-Policy? Jenni Owen reflects on why the differences matter for impactful partnerships. transforming-evidence.org/blog/rpps-to...

Please join us on Tuesday 9th Sep at LSHTM for a seminar with Professor Mel Craike on what universities can do as organisations to maximise social impact. Should be a good discussion! Bring your lunch in person or see you online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-i...

From its historical roots to today’s diverse, decentralised movement, we explore five key vectors shaping the future of metascience - and what they mean for research systems worldwide: transforming-evidence.org/blog/what-is...

What is #metascience? Vectors of change in an evolving landscape. 🚀 New blog from Geanina Beres, Jude Fransman and @jameswilsdon.bsky.social of @rorinstitute.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/blog/what-is...

RPPs to Improve Evidence Use: Research-Practice or Research-Policy? Jenni Owen reflects on why the differences matter for impactful partnerships. transforming-evidence.org/blog/rpps-to...

The term ‘policymaker’ is subject to sustained over- and misuse. Ben Hepworth argues that we should differentiate people by the work they are doing. transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...

See also 'stakeholder'. And yes I'm as guilty of this as the next researcher!

'P' is for policymaker. Ben Hepworth unpacks a term subject to sustained over- and misuse. transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...

'P' is for policymaker. Ben Hepworth unpacks a term subject to sustained over- and misuse. transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...

@hsruk.bsky.social nice to hear a shout out for Carol Weiss in the opening plenary comments!

Happy to be at @hsruk.bsky.social in the thankfully chilly and damp North - will be at this set of interesting discussions today, do come and say hi!

🗓️ Next week join the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) annual conference on 'Resilience in a changing world'. Registration closes Monday 10 am. Find out more👇🏼 transforming-evidence.org/news/centre-...

Five opportunities for knowledge cumulation at science-policy interfaces. ✍🏻 Insights from a new paper by Benjamin Hofmann‪ and colleagues @eawag.bsky.social, @ethz.ch & @unibe.ch transforming-evidence.org/blog/cumulat...

Bridging disciplinary silos with an open methods resource. 🚀 Sallie Barnes, @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social introduce the #URE Methods Repository, re-launching summer 2025. transforming-evidence.org/blog/bridgin...

An Atlas of Connections (and Omissions!) Jonathan Breckon introduces the University and Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)'s new map of the UK's policy-academic world. #visualisations #maps #evidence #policy transforming-evidence.org/blog/mapping...

📢 Are you a development practitioner or policymaker? The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is running a 6-week online short course to support evidence use, focused on concepts, tools and skills. 🗓️ June 03 – July 10, 2025 Find out more and apply: bit.ly/40PaMgV

What influences the use of research #evidence in policy? An updated systematic map. 📊 Access the pre-print, a full set of data & series of visualisations. ✍🏼 @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/projects/wha...

How do you know whether #evidence has made a difference? And how can you track its use? 🎙️ In conversation: Jo Casebourne talks to Geoff Marsh on the Transforming Evidence podcast. transforming-evidence.org/resources/tr...

What influences the use of research #evidence in policy? An updated systematic map. 📊 Access the pre-print, a full set of data & series of visualisations. ✍🏼 @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/projects/wha...

On May 15 @who.int launch the Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation and Evidence-Informed Policy-making. The launch is the result of 2 years of collaboration in over 40 countries and will present the research priorities identified. Details + registration👇🏼 www.who.int/news-room/ev...

🗞️ Our new report on understanding + shaping Areas of Research Interest 🔸How can organisations get the most from ARIs? 🔸What are common challenges? 🔸How to optimise ARIs to best support #evidence use? ✍🏻 @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/news/how-to-...

🗞️ Our new report on understanding + shaping Areas of Research Interest 🔸How can organisations get the most from ARIs? 🔸What are common challenges? 🔸How to optimise ARIs to best support #evidence use? ✍🏻 @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/news/how-to-...

💥 New: How is evidence for policy and practical change created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities as they address climate crisis and adaptation? ✍🏽 Budd Hall & Rajesh Tandon, UNESCO Chairs in CBPR 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/decolon...

Transforming Evidence in Oxford with @ingsa.bsky.social today and yesterday. Glorious weather!

💥 New: How is evidence for policy and practical change created by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities as they address climate crisis and adaptation? ✍🏽 Budd Hall & Rajesh Tandon, UNESCO Chairs in CBPR 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/decolon...

"A reflexive perspective in real time": lessons on the value of a research function in a Knowledge Brokering Organisation. 📝 Eleanor MacKillop, Hannah Durrant & James Downe share learning from the Wales Centre for Public Policy. transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-val...

Where does research get made? Who gets to make it? And what evidence does this create? 🎙️ Geoff Marsh takes a deep dive with @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social and @gemmaderrick.bsky.social in this podcast episode "Making #Evidence" ▶️ transforming-evidence.org/resources/tr...

What metaphors help us understand intervention strategies to improve #evidence use in #policy? ✍🏼 Itzhak Yanovitzky, Taylor Scott and @maxcrowley.bsky.social explore the current landscape and remaining challenges in the #URE field. 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/future-...

Super interesting piece on 'invisible work' involved in bridging beyond academia, which we're also tracing wrt interdisciplinarity practices in & beyond @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social. Definitely interested in the idea of a community of practice for this @transformevidence.bsky.social !

Evidence intermediary organisations: what should their future be? @annetteboaz.bsky.social & Jonathan Breckon reflect on possibilities and potential for #evidence #intermediaries to 🌱 share learning and evaluate 🤝🏼 collaborate ➰ be more inclusive 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/evidenc...

What are the aims, roles + intended impacts of knowledge brokering? @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social & @paulcairney.bsky.social share new research exploring this "invisible work" 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-inv...

📙 New: Knowledge translation research priorities - Build funder consensus - Identify gaps to guide investment - Support and share evidence syntheses - Triage cross-disciplinary evidence priorities Working paper with @who.int @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/resources/kn...

⏪ Rewind to our first podcast episode to learn how #evidence is made and used in policy + practice 🎙️ With @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @paulcairney.bsky.social Huw Davies, Vivian Tseng, @kadumont.bsky.social @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/resources/tr...

Evidence intermediary organisations: what should their future be? @annetteboaz.bsky.social & Jonathan Breckon reflect on possibilities and potential for #evidence #intermediaries to 🌱 share learning and evaluate 🤝🏼 collaborate ➰ be more inclusive 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/evidenc...

A great #Science4Policy read! (adding in the tag for the #Sci4Pol feed to catch 😉)

"By joining forces, knowledge brokers can turn existing barriers into enablers, enhancing effectiveness at all levels" ✍🏼 @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social & @paulcairney.bsky.social say the time is right for a new Knowledge Brokering Community of Practice transforming-evidence.org/blog/the-inv...

📙 New: Knowledge translation research priorities - Build funder consensus - Identify gaps to guide investment - Support and share evidence syntheses - Triage cross-disciplinary evidence priorities Working paper with @who.int @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/resources/kn...

I think the term ‘knowledge broker’ is an interesting one - to me the ‘broker’ element always has tones of ‘closing the deal’ which might be a bit limiting - what do people think?

Doing evidence synthesis and grappling with the ever-widening range of promises about using new Large Language Models to speed up the process? Perhaps you’re worried about how such tools may be misused? Yeah, we (the #EPPI-Reviewer team) feel the same. A thread on our journey so far. 🧵 1/n

Interested in understanding the #science of contested #policy issues? @bloggs74.bsky.social outlines the 5 stage analytical framework that informed his research on contested Covid-19 science. 🔗 transforming-evidence.org/blog/how-to-...