Policy Research and Practice Ratna M. Sudarshan ISST, New Delhi March 5-6 2009.
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Policy Research and Practice
Ratna M. Sudarshan
ISST, New Delhi
March 5-6 2009
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The Scope of ‘Policy Research’
Evidence based analysis on questions of policy relevance
Includes evaluations of programme outcomes
Various forms of communicating findings other than academic publications – policy briefs, presentations, etc
(wider scope than just ‘research’)
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The environment of policy research
Policy research organisations/ ‘think tanks’University academics (some?)
Private consulting firms/ Market research organisations
Action based development research NGOs
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Research influence
Research can influence government policy
Can also influence action
‘academic research speaks to a body of
knowledge; activist research speaks to a
structure of power’ (NJ) – how should
‘policy research’ be located?
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Action based research
Qualitative methods, capturing texture of local situation
Emphasis on diversity and difference and hence need for locale specific interventions
Is quality assured (short vs long cycle research; peer review and in the public domain; bias vs holding a position)
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Questions looking forward
Can action based research organisations
make effective contributions to knowledge
as well as to policy?
Role of funding
Research protocols
Research and policy networks