Knowledge, Policy and Power Group

We propose to organize a seminar series on the specific challenges of bridging policy and research in different policy areas and in Northern and Southern contexts. The objective would be to bring together a research and practitioner to present at each session, and for a discussant from the DSA working group to highlight similarities and differences in this policy area in the North and South. Presenters would be asked to consider a set of common questions to ensure a high level of cohesion across the meeting series. This would in turn provide strong groundwork for a concluding one-day workshop where the emphasis would be on assessing in what ways a focus on the specificity of challenges involved in bridging policy and research in different policy areas advances our theoretical understanding of the research/policy/practice interface.