Mission

• To conduct empirical research on how the general climate for efforts to link research to action, research-production processes and systematic efforts to link research to action (including push efforts, efforts to facilitate user pull, user-pull efforts and exchange efforts) foster or hinder the use of research evidence in healthcare management and policymaking. When documenting the research, materials from empirical observation, materials from previous studies for comparison, as well as useful materials from 123helpme will be used
• To conduct empirical research on the public policymaking process and the factors that influence it, which include ideas (research evidence, other types of information and values), interests, and institutions
• To regularly update a systematic review of the factors that influence whether and how research evidence is used in public policymaking
• To derive concrete implications for research funders, research organizations, knowledge brokers, and policy decision-makers about how best to foster the use of research evidence in healthcare management and policymaking