Social Science Section at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology

议会科学技术办公室社会科学科

• 批准号: ES/P002250/1
• 负责人: Christopher Tyler
• 金额: $ 96.07万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP002250%2F1
• 关键词: Social; Science; Section; Parliamentary; Office

As the emblem of British democracy and an institution with significant policy influence, Parliament fulfils a number of important and democratic responsibilities through its work to make laws, debate topical issues and scrutinise the work of government. Members of Parliament are required on a daily basis to deal with issues that are widely varied, rapidly evolving and increasingly complex, from rising levels of obesity to cyber security and environmental change. These challenges cannot be adequately addressed by simply using common sense, experience, precedent, or ideological principles; information is vital and comes in a variety of formats, from statistics to consultation responses, and from a range of different sources, including individual experts, groups of stakeholders and the wider public. Scientific research has a key role to play in providing decision makers with the best available evidence to inform their considerations and to hold Government to account effectively; however, high quality research in and of itself is not enough to ensure that decision making - in any context - is informed by it.In recognition of the benefits of scientific research to inform policy, UK Government has in recent years developed comprehensive and formal structures of science advice - broadly defined here as practices involving individuals, organisations and structures that mobilise knowledge from across the social, natural, engineering and medical sciences. Senior government officials and ministers now have access to vast numbers of government researchers and networks of external science advice to support them in their work, with an increased focus on the use of social science research and expertise. By contrast, science advice structures in Parliament are much less mature, and much more needs to be done to enable Parliamentarians to use the insights generated from publicly funded research to inform their considerations.In this context, mobilising multidisciplinary knowledge is essential to meet domestic and global challenges and inform the consideration of pressing social problems. Realising this requires effective knowledge exchange (KE) to ensure that UK social science research meets the needs of, and is used by, Parliamentarians and the staff supporting them. Efforts to enhance awareness and use of social science research within Parliament only gained real traction with the establishment of a Social Science Section (SSS) in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) three years ago. In partnership with University College London (UCL) and the support of the ESRC, over the last three years the SSS has embedded social science across POST's work and developed a stream of social science work to support Parliamentarians, as well as run a programme of research to understand the ways in which research is used in Parliament. This project will build on the foundational work completed to embed social science research and knowledge at the heart of Parliament thereby enabling more effective governance of our democratic society. Specifically, it will use existing evidence to implement innovative and effective KE approaches in POST and across Parliament, including providing Parliamentarians and the staff supporting them with direct access to cutting edge, interdisciplinary academic knowledge that is effectively synthesised and packaged for timely consumption, together with training to develop the skills base needed to make use of this. It will also facilitate links between the research community and Parliament, to increase academics understanding of the ways that they can engage with Parliament through their research, and enhance knowledge and practice about effective KE and the policy impact of academic research.

作为英国民主的象征和具有重大政策影响力的机构，议会通过制定法律、辩论热点问题和审查政府工作等工作履行一系列重要和民主的职责。议员们每天都需要处理各种各样、迅速发展和日益复杂的问题，从肥胖率上升到网络安全和环境变化。仅仅利用常识、经验、先例或意识形态原则是无法充分应对这些挑战的;信息至关重要，而且有多种形式，从统计数字到咨询答复，来自一系列不同的来源，包括专家个人、利益攸关方团体和广大公众。科学研究可发挥关键作用，为决策者提供现有最佳证据，使其了解情况，并有效地对政府问责;然而，高质量研究本身并不足以确保在任何情况下决策都能参考高质量的研究。认识到科学研究有助于为政策提供信息，近年来，联合王国政府制定了全面和正式的科学咨询结构----这里广义地定义为涉及个人、组织和结构的做法，这些做法调动了社会、自然、工程和医学领域的知识。政府高级官员和部长现在可以接触到大量的政府研究人员和外部科学咨询网络，以支持他们的工作，并更加注重利用社会科学研究和专门知识。相比之下，议会中的科学咨询结构还不够成熟，需要做更多的工作，使议会议员能够利用公共资助的研究产生的见解来指导他们的考虑。在这种情况下，调动多学科知识对于应对国内和全球挑战以及为考虑紧迫的社会问题提供信息至关重要。实现这一点需要有效的知识交流（KE），以确保英国社会科学研究满足的需求，并被使用，martentarians和支持他们的工作人员。三年前，在议会科学和技术办公室（POST）设立了社会科学科（SSS），从而在议会内提高对社会科学研究的认识和利用的努力才获得了真实的推动力。在与大学学院伦敦（UCL）和ESRC的支持下，在过去的三年里，SSS已经将社会科学嵌入到POST的工作中，并开发了一系列社会科学工作来支持议会，以及运行一个研究计划，以了解研究在议会中使用的方式。该项目将以已完成的基础工作为基础，将社会科学研究和知识嵌入议会的核心，从而使我们的民主社会能够得到更有效的治理。具体来说，它将利用现有的证据，在邮政和整个议会实施创新和有效的KE方法，包括为议员和支持他们的工作人员提供直接获得尖端，跨学科的学术知识，这些知识被有效地综合和打包，以便及时消费，以及培训，以发展利用这些知识所需的技能基础。它还将促进研究界和议会之间的联系，以提高学术界对他们可以通过研究与议会接触的方式的理解，并提高有关有效KE和学术研究的政策影响的知识和实践。

项目成果

Global Health Inequalities

全球健康不平等

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Barrie S

Leaving the EU: Antimicrobial Resistance

离开欧盟：抗菌素耐药性

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Anderson A

Health in Private-Rented Housing

私人租赁住房健康

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Barton C

Security of UK Food Supply

英国食品供应安全

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Barnes R

Usage and impact metrics for Parliamentary libraries

议会图书馆的使用和影响指标

• DOI: 10.1177/0340035218821391
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: IFLA Journal
• 作者: Al Baghal T