Building informal knowledge‐sharing relationships between policy makers and academics
Insights from a PM&C engagement project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11961007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annette Quayle (0000-0001-8060-3167, Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author), Bernadette Kelly (Communications Policy Section, Industry, Infrastructure and Environment Division PM&C) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311-318 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12341 |
| OpenAlex | W2920851853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article outlines an innovative project to encourage knowledge sharing and engagement between academics and a policy team within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). The project was designed to enhance policy advice by drawing on a group of academics outside the policy ranks to act as a sounding board, to question, and provide differing perspectives within the policy process of crafting advice to government. External expertise and particularly academic research has the potential to improve evidence‐based policy but often fails to be specific or timely for those at the “pointy end” of policy decision making. An informal knowledge sharing framework has the potential to improve the exchange of information through confidential and targeted conversations between researchers and public servants as one way of overcoming these barriers
Business · Cabinet (room · Confidentiality · Government (linguistics · Knowledge management · Knowledge sharing · Political science · Process (computing · Public policy · Public relations · Sociology · Academic Research and Education Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |