ON-MERRIT D5.3 Networks of Engagement in Deliberative Policy-making: Expert Reflections on Barriers to Participation

Cole, Nicki Lisa; Reichmann, Stefan; Ross-Hellauer, Tony; Wieser, Bernhard

doi:10.5281/zenodo.5550533

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“…(3) How does it affect the way you engage with policymakers, specifically? 4 The research reported here was part of a larger study that sought to deepen understanding of participatory processes in the production of scientific knowledge and in processes of policymaking (Cole et al 2021). For a more detailed account of methods and more findings, see this report.…”

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“…We note, however, that implementing inclusive and collaborative OR can be challenging. Such practices can be complex, with multiple stakeholder types involved with varying competencies, skill sets, and styles of communication, and are therefore high in time cost (Cole et al 2021). And, while many governments and institutions have adopted policies that support OR outputs (namely OA and open data), the inclusive and collaborative aspects are not well supported by existing structures of reward and recognition, and effectively even discouraged, with focus on products rather than process (Pontika et al 2022;Kraemer-Mbula et al 2020;DORA 2012).…”

Section: Inclusive Open Research For the Common Goodmentioning

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The potential of inclusive and collaborative Open Research processes at the science-policy interface

Cole¹,

Reichmann²,

Ross-Hellauer³

2023

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Proponents of Open Research often assert that it can support evidence-based policy-making by making scientific outputs more readily available to policy-makers and other policy actors, yet there is little empirical work to support or deny this claim. This paper fills this void by reporting the results of a qualitative study with researchers who regularly work at the science-policy interface. We found that there is little evidence that Open Research products, namely Open Access and open data, which aim at increasing access and transparency, are useful in integrating science into policy-making. Instead, we found that the cognitive accessibility of research outputs is more important than their physical accessibility, and that inclusive and collaborative Open Research processes, like upstream engagement, co-creation and Citizen Science, are most effective at doing so.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Inclusive Open Research For the Common Goodmentioning

confidence: 99%