For the past two years, Clare Moran, CSaP’s Policy Fellowships Coordinator, has been co-editing a Routledge volume that explores relationships between knowledge and practice.

Securing policy influence requires skillful working within and across personal, professional and disciplinary networks.

A CSaP Policy Workshop organised in collaboration with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) explored research cultures, how they are formed and what influences them.

What is preventing the use of personal data for evidence based policy? Drawing on rapidly evolving commercial best practice, what practical steps can be taken to overcome these obstacles? How can data science support policy?