Is policy-making in the UK based on evidence? That is the question I address in my new book, Inside the Sausage Factory, in ...

Scaling effective solutions often stalls in state government because funding systems are not designed to reward proof of ...

Evidence-based decision making (EBDM)—using the best available evidence from multiple sources to make informed decisions—is critical to the success of any organization. In a new study, researchers ...

A large study, led by academics from Royal Holloway, University of London, found research used by policy-makers regarding conservation and environmental management is unstable over time and can ...

One of the great—if largely unsung—bipartisan congressional acts of recent history was the passage in 2018 of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. In essence, the “Evidence Act” ...

This report is about using science as evidence in public policy. Science identifies problems—endangered species, obesity, unemployment, and vulnerability to natural disasters or bioterrorism or cyber ...

When evidence-based policymaking is so often mired in disagreement and controversy, how can we know if the process is meeting its stated goals? We develop a novel mathematical model to study ...

Africa’s capacity to generate and deploy locally owned research evidence in policymaking will be the defining focus of the 2026 Evidence to Action (E2A) Conference, scheduled for\xa0 June 22–26 at the ...