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

  • Angela Kaplish

  • Thea Snow

  • Susan Harris Rimmer

  • Peter Shergold

  • Brian Head

Latest articles

    Building bridges between climate scientists and policymakers

    8 May 2024

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

    Angela Kaplish

  • 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

More articles

  • 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

  • How research can enhance policymaking: improving the interface between academia and government

    16 August 2023

    Breaking down the barriers to collaboration between researchers and policy practitioners takes relationships of trust, innovative knowledge-brokering institutions and better mutual understanding.

    Brian Head

Delivering pragmatic and smart policy solutions that will have far-reaching benefits for the people of NSW and beyond.

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