Explaining differences in research utilization in evidence-based government ministries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10355318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesper Dahl Kelstrup (0000-0002-0649-2961, Roskilde University, corresponding author), Jonas Videbæk Jørgensen (0000-0003-0698-324X, Roskilde University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-280 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2687 • E-ISSN: 1573-0891 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11077-024-09529-6 |
| OpenAlex | W4395010728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 74 |
Studies of evidence-based policy have found that research often fails to influence policy-making and identify a number of barriers to research utilization. Less is known about what public administrations do to overcome such barriers. The article draws on a content analysis of 1,159 documents and 13 qualitative interviews to compare how and why evidence standards affect research utilization in two Danish ministries with available evidence, policy analytical capacity, and broad political agreement on key policy goals. The article finds support for the proposition that more exclusive evidence standards in ministries will lead to higher levels of research utilization by showing that average levels of research utilization are higher in the Ministry of Employment than in the Ministry of Children and Education in the period 2016?2021. In active employment policy the adoption an evidence hierarchy and the accumulating evidence in a knowledge bank has interacted with stakeholder support and a continued coordination with the Ministry of Finance to provide economic incentives for policy-makers to adopt evidence-based policies thus stimulating research utilization. Evidence for public education policy, by contrast, has been more contested and the Ministry of Children of Education retains inclusive evidence standards in an attempt to integrate evidencebased and practical knowledge from stakeholders, which has led to lower average levels of utilization in the period
Business · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Public economics · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Administration
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Hierarchy of evidence
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Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy
A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice From 1990 to 2009
Super‐users and hyper‐experts in the provision of policy advice
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Perceptions on the role of evidence
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Knowledge Utilisation Analysis
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Policy-oriented foresight as evidence for policy making
Use of academic social research by public officials
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The Evidence Movement
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Evaluation Under Contract
When bureaucratic expertise comes under attack
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How bureaucrats shape political decisions
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Neglected challenges to evidence-based policy-making
Appeals to evidence for the resolution of wicked problems
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Policy analytical capacity and evidence‐based policy‐making
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Agenda Control, Organizational Structure, and Bureaucratic Politics
A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice
From bureaucratic capacity to legislation
Studying expert influence
The Design and Practice of Integrating Evidence
Issue expertise in policymaking
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Transactional Authority and Bureaucratic Politics
Climbing the Ladder of Research Utilization
The power of rank information
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A Brief History of Evidence-Based Policy
The Two-Communities Theory and Knowledge Utilization
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| Citations per year | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |