Prevention Works podcasts from The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre: preventioncentre.org.au/resources/podc…

‘Being evidence-based is really, really hard’: shifting evaluation culture themandarin.com.au/94412-being-ev… via The Mandarin

So many assumptions underpinning coproduction! One of them is the assumption that the process and impact will be seen as broadly positive for all involved...but is this always the case? #KM2018

Prof Mays sums up: Co-production has its place, but we should careful, thoughtful & reflective about when to use it, & think what we want out of it. And remember there’s no guarantee it will be better or easier to use #KM2018

The co-production of what? Knowledge, values, and social relations in health care dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… #PLOSBiology:

themandarin.com.au/95760-evidence…

Our job as scientists is to find the truth. But we must also be storytellers theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcblog/2014/0…

A grumpy post from the olden days: How not to write a public policy article paulcairney.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/how…

w/ Deborah Gleeson & @Powerful0wl published a cutting edge concept paper for moving political discourse in Kathryn Oliver 's Evidence & Policy

How do we describe methods in complex systems research?

Knowledge mobilisation for chronic disease prevention: the case of the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Our new 'Changing the system' report shows the progress we have made in forging innovative new research–policy partnerships to help reduce the toll of chronic disease. ow.ly/WN5p30mQSX7 Amanda Lee Sax Institute Public Health Australia

A rare opportunity to attend a realist evaluation / research course in Sydney! cdu.edu.au/northern-insti…

Sydneysiders - here's a 3-day course on building successful partnerships for policy-relevant research that has substantial input from (gasp) actual policymakers createsend.com/t/j-0B15C2A297…

"... the quest for contextless knowledge generates little useful knowledge at all". War on empathy themandarin.com.au/103844-war-on-… via The Mandarin

Should academics be expected to change policy? Six reasons why it is unrealistic for research to drive policy change blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

How to increase the relevance and use of social and behavioural science themandarin.com.au/113115-increas… via The Mandarin

Early Bird registration has been extended for our new conference on knowledge mobilisation in Sydney 4–5 July. Find out the best ways to increase the use and impact of evidence in policymaking – including the processes, resources and skills needed bit.ly/2rr5R52

Politicians happy to blame public servants — but not so keen on praise themandarin.com.au/92804-politici… via The Mandarin