From Research to Policy
Dissemination Status Report
Dieter Zinnbauer
Cristina Vélez-Vieira
Transparency International
WP12
3 parts
• Dissemination in more detail
• What you need to pay attention to
• What we need from you
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Deliverables´ Timeline
+ Compilation
+ Dissemination
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8
+ Promotion
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0
Dissemination in more detail
• Web
• Member Space vs. Public Site
• New sections / Twitter
• Multimedia
• 3 Multimedia specials
• Videos
• Webinars: 2-5
• Events
• 10 national level policy
roundtables
• 2 Pan-European practitioners´
workshops
• 1 Looking-forward visionary
workshop
• 1 Concluding academic
meeting
Multimedia
Packages
Dissemination in more detail
• Print and Branding
• Flyer
• Working papers
• Forthcoming publication series (Budrich)
• Anticorrp space in ACRN Quarterly Newsletter
• Policy briefs and research summaries
(Heather)
Working papers´
template
www.gsdrc.org
The research-policy gap
“Researchers cannot
understand why there is
resistance to policy
change despite clear and
convincing evidence.
Young, John (2004) “Research and policy: parallel universes?” ODI Opinions 14.
Overseas Development Institute. http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/458.pdf
Policymakers bemoan the
inability of researchers to
make their findings
accessible and digestible in
time for policy decisions.”
Policy Briefs & Research
Summaries
• Both valued by policy-makers but serve different purposes
• Clear, well-written, engaging & QUICK!
• 1 page research summaries – sums up the approach & the
main findings
• What is the research all about?
• 2 page policy briefs – more space for pulling out policy
relevant implications
• What am I going to do differently on Monday morning?
A Policy Brief…
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Explains and conveys the relevance and/or urgency of an issue
Presents policy implications around the issue
Gives evidence to support the reasoning behind the implications
Points the reader to additional resources on the issues
Avoids making recommendations unless you really know what your
audience needs (which most academics don’t!)
From Developmental Leadership Programme Style Guide – www.dlpprog.org
Suggested Process – Research
Summaries
Output author produces
draft research summary
based on simple guidance
we’ll produce
GSDRC edits this, puts it in
the right format for
publishing (ensuring
‘common voice’) & sends to
the author for approval
Once approved, it will be
published on the ANTICORRP
website & through other
communication channels
Suggested Process – Policy
Briefs
WP leaders identify
outputs/clusters of outputs
with clear policy implications
GSDRC receives author’s
draft with identified
implications (using our
guidance note) & uses these
and the research summary
to produce draft for
approval
Steps 2 & 3 as above
3 things to pay attention to
Managing libel and defamation
risks
• Why?
• potential collective liabilities
• easy to underestimate challenge of defence
• high financial risks
• How?
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adhere to established standards for research ethics
conduct and document fact-check
conduct and document libel check
flag critical cases to disseminator (at least 4 weeks in advance of
submission)
• insert disclaimer
Speaking for the consortium?
• organisational representation through coordinator
• no collective representation / voice with regard to content
(findings, policy suggestions, commentary)
• Disclaimer: „The
information and views set
out in this publication are those of the
author(s) only and do not reflect any
collective opinion of the Anticorrp
consortium.”
Submitting a working paper
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prepare full final draft
draft research summary
libel check
paste into template (logos, acknowledgements, disclaimers)
decide on copyright
forward to work package leader
Wp leader to sign off and submit to disseminator for posting at least 10
days before due date for delivery
What we need from you
• Help fine-tune your audience, your outreach modes!
Google doc to identify specific target audiences,
distribution channels
• Help build a bigger pan-European distribution list, incl. social
media influencers
• Your institutional contact for dissemination
Overshare,
rather than undershare!