Developing and testing a new measurement instrument for documenting instrumental knowledge utilisation
The Degrees of Knowledge Utilization (DoKU) scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12889348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Søren Bøllingtoft Knudsen (0000-0001-7645-9393, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-80 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evidence & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-2648 • E-ISSN: 1744-2656 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/174426417x14875895698130 |
| OpenAlex | W2599443176 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Focus on evidence-based policymaking is greater than ever, and public spending on evaluations is rising. A primary merit of these expenditures is that politicians actually use new knowledge instrumentally – to influence and inform decision making. Nevertheless, we know surprisingly little about whether and how research-based knowledge is utilised. This paper presents a new way of documenting Degrees of Knowledge Utilisation: The DoKU-scale. The scale is tested empirically in a five-year meta-evaluation covering 54 evaluations and 334 legal sources. Through robust method triangulation, the DoKU-scale enables comparison of knowledge utilisation across large numbers of knowledge sources and over time
Cartography · Data science · Geography · Scale (ratio · Survey instrument · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation · Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |