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Translation of Research into Public Policy: Lessons from Politics/International Studies Cases
11 October 2018 | 14:00–15:00 | Room 505, Esther Lee Building, CUHK
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Speaker
Prof. Claire Dunlop
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Department of Politics, University of Exeter
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Moderator
Prof. Fanny M. Cheung
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor, CUHK; Co-Director, HKIAPS
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In the seminar, Prof. Dunlop presented the first systematic analysis of the case studies in Politics and International Studies that were submitted for a research audit in the UK in 2014 (Research Excellence Framework, REF 2014). She first introduced the background, context, rules, and definition of the impact of REF 2014, and explained the scoring system of the framework. Then, using frequency data and case study examples, she outlined the political economy of the impact of political science and international studies across four broad themes: who has what impact and when; the beneficiaries of the impact; the evidence base of the impact; and generating and validating the impact.
According to Prof. Dunlop’s research, a wide range of actors and sectors are willing to form effective relationships with academics. UK government executives are the major beneficiaries of work conducted in politics and international studies. They are the beneficiaries in two-thirds of cases, while UK parliaments and assemblies feature in more than 40%. Moving beyond how relationships of impact start, she pointed out that there are multiple communication pathways to impact. In most of the cases, direct interaction is the primary pathway: 80% of cases are cited in direct briefings, while 56% are cited in interviews with key stakeholders. Events where academics rub shoulders with citizens are mentioned in only 11% of the cases.
At the end of the seminar, Prof. Dunlop concluded with a discussion on the ramifications for the discipline of her case analysis. More than 30 faculty members and researchers attended the seminar.
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