The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is already here… challenges are as huge and varied as opportunities: are we ready for them? Can...

Researchers keen to see their findings impact on policy and practice are often told that better communication is the magic key to opening...

[Editor’s note: This post was originally published by Joe Luetjens, a PhD fellow in the Successful Public Governance program at Utrecht...

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Brittain, who has recently become the Executive Director of the International Network for...

In 2015, P&I published the case study  The design of the General Directorate of Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation of the Honduran...

By Linda Bullock at flickr.com under CC Within current debates on what is policy influence and how to assess whether a policy research ...

[Editor’s Note: This interview is part of a wider series of talks with current and former officials, politicians and researchers from...

For a decade and a half now, I have been exposed to what I call the 3Ps – politics, policymaking, and politicians.  Particularly, my work...

Thanks to the support of Vayayiko Grants from INASP, at P&I we have recently started a new project to enhance current capacity of...

[Editor’s Note: This post is the second of a series of posts produced by Carlos Alza, ordinary lecturer and Public Policy and Public...

[Editor’s Note: This post is the first of a series of posts produced by Carlos Alza, ordinary lecturer and Public Policy and Public...

[Editor’s note: This post was written by René Cardoso Baltazar (@rcardosob), strategic advisor to the International Foundation for the...

[Editor’s note: This post introduces a new material produced by Anne Lan K. Candelaria for Politics & Ideas. This case study protocol...

The subject of monitoring and evaluation is central to any effort to attempt to improve the connections between policy and research (or...

In 2013, P&I published the paper Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates, by Andrea Ordoñez. A...

Policy must be based on evidence. That is the cornerstone of development and poverty studies, and a discourse adopted by almost all think...

However different policy processes might be around the world, including evidence in them seems generally desirable. The question is...