Knowledge Brokering Hub

Knowledge brokering facilitates the exchange and translation of knowledge between researchers, experts, policymakers and politicians. It helps inform decision-making and drive positive societal outcomes. The Policymaker’s Knowledge Brokering Hub contains the latest thinking on how to bridge the gap between policymakers and experts to drive evidence-based policymaking. Our contributors offer new ways to understand the challenges and opportunities in breaking down the barriers to collaboration in Australia and beyond.

Contributors

  • Hugh Piper

  • Cressida Gaukroger

  • Angela Kaplish

  • Thea Snow

  • Susan Harris Rimmer

  • Peter Shergold

Latest articles

    Our top tips for writing for The Policymaker

    10 December 2024

    Want to get your research and recommendations in front of key policymakers? Here’s how to write a cut-through article for The Policymaker.

    Hugh Piper

  • Better budgeting: measuring the real long-term costs and benefits of policy

    2 September 2024

    By measuring outcomes beyond immediate upfront costs, governments can develop a more holistic understanding of the downstream effects of their decisions. Here’s where to start.

    Cressida Gaukroger

  • Building bridges between climate scientists and policymakers

    8 May 2024

    What does successful knowledge brokering between climate scientists and government look like?

    Angela Kaplish

More articles

  • Once upon a bureaucrat: exploring the role of stories in government

    6 March 2024

    What role can stories play in supporting people-centred policymaking and place-based reform?

    Thea Snow

  • Hard truths about researchers as honest brokers

    8 November 2023

    What are the challenges to academic influence in public policy? And what practical steps are available to bridge the gap between researchers and policymakers?

    Susan Harris Rimmer, Ed Morgan and Sofija Tanveska

  • No longer lost in translation

    4 September 2023

    The path to optimal collaboration between policymakers and researchers is long and winding – but innovative new institutions are helping accelerate the journey.

    Peter Shergold

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