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Evidence in Policymaking Articles from IPPO
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IPPO Response to World Health Organisation’s Second Round of Public Hearings on Pandemic
Read moreJeremy Williams Here at IPPO, we mobilise global knowledge to address the social impacts of Covid. The pandemic offers us an opportunity to reflect on how policies and interventions can mitigate against a catastrophe. We need to learn the lessons of Covid, both for future pandemics, and for the big, global challenges which are already looming large. To meet these challenges, we need to respond with policy which is both creative and informed by evidence. And to be prepared, we need to understand two things: which interventions work, and how we define...
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The 2022 monkeypox outbreak: considerations for public policy and social science research
Read moreSocial science questions related to Monkeypox can be addressed through both the synthesis of contextually relevant knowledge, as well as the conducting of new, primary research. In order to facilitate a discussion and to encourage future work to be useful for policymakers, the International Public Policy Observatory, in collaboration with the Economic and Social Research Council, convened an online roundtable on the 10th August 2022, and conducted 1-2-1 interviews with experts in the field. Participants came from both within and outside the social sciences. They included epidemiologists and behavioural scientists who are...
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How to develop and implement effective policy interventions that tackle systemic racism
Read moreIn Wales, IPPO’s team worked closely with three of the creators of the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan to help establish what work could help policymakers make effective decisions to address systemic racism
