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
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’)
The environment of policy research
Policy research organisations/ ‘think tanks’University academics (some?)
Private consulting firms/ Market research organisations
Action based development research NGOs
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?
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)
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