There will be a national symposium in Melbourne on 14 November 2008 on the topic “Understanding Practice Change by Farmers”. Back in PD#125 I mentioned
read morePractically, what can policy makers do to enhance the prospects of having their policies founded on sound research? Quite a lot has been written giving
read morePractically, what can researchers do to enhance the prospects of having their research adopted and used by policy makers? There is no easy recipe, but
read moreContinuing the theme of research-policy links, this week’s PD outlines some of the key differences between researchers and their world on the one hand, and
read moreSome research, probably a minority, is conducted with the serious intent of supporting or influencing policy. Within that subset of research, only a minority succeeds
read moreEnvironmental advocates damage their own cause by confusing two distinct questions about the public environmental budget. In recent years I’ve put quite a bit of
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