Spanning the boundaries between policy, politics and science to solve wicked problems: policy pilots, deliberation fora and policy labs.

ABSTRACT: Current crises have highlighted the importance of integrating research, politics and practice to work on solutions for complex social problems. In recent years, policy deliberation fora,  policy pilots and policy labs have increasingly been deployed to mobilise science to produce solutions, help create popular support and guide implementation of policies addressing major public policy problems. Yet, we know little about how these approaches manage to transcend the boundaries between research, politics and practice. By systematically comparing policy deliberation fora, policy pilots and policy labs, this paper explores their mechanisms of boundary spanning including relationship and trust building, knowledge translation and developing solutions. We situate our analysis in heal

SUBMITTER: Zeigermann U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395888 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature