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Studying the Use of Research Evidence

The Foundation is focused on strengthening our understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth.

RECOMMENDED GENERAL READING

Learning About the Use of Research to Inform Evidence-Based Policy and Practice: Early Lessons and Future Directions by Vivian Tseng (8 pages, 104kb PDF). This essay, which is featured in our 2009 Annual Report, discusses our developing knowledge about the field and its capacity.
Focusing on Demand: Studying Research Use in Policy and Practice Affecting Youth by Vivian Tseng with the Senior Program Team (6 pages, 117kb PDF). Featured in our 2008 Annual Report, this essay is an update of our thinking about studying the use of research evidence.
Studying the Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice by Vivian Tseng with the Senior Program Team (8 pages, 113kb PDF). This essay is from our 2007 Annual Report and explains our interest in the use of research evidence.

FOUNDATION REFERENCES

The most recent RFP for the Use of Research Evidence is designed to help us better understand the acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence in policy and practice that affect youth.
Annotated Bibliography prepared by staff and updated in March 2011, which includes selected theoretical publications, empirical studies, and research syntheses that we have found useful for conceptualizing and studying the use of research evidence in policy and practice. Some of the publications are not in policy or practice areas directly relevant to youth, but they offer useful conceptual frameworks or research methods for studying research use in policy and practice affecting youth.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Nelson, S.R., Leffler, J.C. & Hansen, B.A. Toward a research agenda for understanding and improving the use of research evidence, 2009. (80 pages, 514kb PDF) This report, published by NWREL, focuses on the conditions that influence the use of research evidence, other sources of evidence used in decision-making, and the factors that impede or facilitate the use of research evidence in educational policy and practice.
Davies, H.T.O. & Nutley, S.M. Learning More About How Research-Based Knowledge Gets Used: Guidance in the Development of New Empirical Research, 2008. (35 pages, 203kb PDF) This paper, commissioned by the Foundation, is based on the review work described in their book: Nutley, Sandra M., Isabel Walter, and Huw T.O. Davies. Using Evidence: How research can inform public services. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2007.
Bibliography prepared by the Forum for Youth Investment, which covers a broader terrain including reflection pieces, discussion papers, resources related to evidence-based policy and practice, efforts to produce stronger research evidence, and efforts to improve the use of research evidence.

Funding Opportunties in the Use of Research Evidence

More information about the RFP, including eligibility information and application instructions, is available through the link below.

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Publications from Grantees

Foundation grantees studying the use of research evidence have begun to share their findings through journal articles and other communications.

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