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SUMMARY:Making evidence credible for public health policy - Dr Kathryn Oli
 ver\, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
DTSTART:20190301T130000Z
DTEND:20190301T140000Z
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CONTACT:Danielle Cannon
DESCRIPTION:Debates about the role of evidence in policymaking have tended
  to focus primarily on how to increase the influence of academic research 
 evidence on policy. This approach to the role of knowledge in policy sides
 teps the question of what types of knowledge are used and valued in policy
 making\, and how different forms of knowledge may interact with policy. Dr
 awing on 55 interviews with policymakers and academics\, I explore how per
 sonal/institutional characteristics and processes are judged to confer cre
 dibility to knowledge for policy in informal and formal contexts. Using th
 e generation of credibility as a lens to understand the effects of these v
 alues on scientific and policy processes allows us to understand the broad
 er strengths and limitations of different forms of knowledge within the po
 licy arena. I explore the implications of these strengths and limitations 
 of credible knowledge in policy practices\, and place our conclusions with
 in a discussion of current approaches to understanding the role of knowled
 ge in policymaking. I close with some reflections on the importance of tra
 nsparent and reflexive policymaking and knowledge-generation practices\, a
 nd the implications of this for public health.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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