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Closing the Close the Gap between Science Push and Policy Pull

Closing the Close the Gap between Science Push and Policy Pull

The relationship between scientific advice in response to immediate policy questions on one hand, and research and evidence based on academic drivers on the other, is a complex one and in practice has often been fraught.

On 24 February 2022, professor Joanna Chataway spoke on the importance of developing new concepts to join policy and science, as part of a Sussex Development Lecture at the Institute of Development Studies.

Please click here for more information about this lecture series.