Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Social Science Section (Phase 3)

议会办公室科学技术社会科学科（第三阶段）

• 批准号: ES/T00567X/1
• 负责人: Christopher Tyler
• 金额: $ 87.33万
• 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: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT00567X%2F1
• 关键词: Parliamentary; Office; Science; Technology; Social

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 setting - is informed by it.In this context, and in recognition of the benefits of scientific research to inform policy, this project aims to further develop 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 - in Parliament. This will ensure that social science research evidence and methods can be harnessed to effectively mobilise multidisciplinary knowledge, enabling parliamentarians to use the insights generated from publicly funded research to inform their considerations 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 following the establishment of a Social Science Section (SSS) in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) in 2013. In partnership with University College London (UCL), and with the support of ESRC, over the past six years the SSS has embedded social science across POST's work and developed a stream of social science work to support parliamentarians. It has conducted research to understand the ways in which research is used in Parliament and used this to enhance knowledge and practice about effective KE; building capacity in Parliament to understand and use research evidence, and increasing engagement between academia and Parliament.This project will build on this foundational work embedding social science research and knowledge at the heart of Parliament, thereby enabling more effective governance of our democratic society. Specifically, it will improve the use of research evidence across UK Parliament, by embedding social science across Parliament to mobilise knowledge from all disciplines and further strengthen capacity across Parliament in research use and appraisal. It will also consolidate POST as the lead body for KE in UK Parliament, brokering relationships with academia and other research stakeholders, and training the next generation of policy-wise researchers, as well as sharing learning and insights to enhance understanding about what is effective KE in policy to support effective KE practice in the UK and internationally. It will also support UK Parliament to collaborate more strategically with UK Research and Innovation, which brings together the Research Councils that distribute public funds for research, to maximise each other's impact in addressing key social and economic challenges.

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，高质量的研究本身并不足以确保在任何情况下都能根据研究作出知情的决策。在这方面，并认识到科学研究有助于为政策提供信息，该项目旨在进一步发展议会中的科学咨询结构-在此广义上定义为涉及个人、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。这将确保社会科学研究的证据和方法可以被利用，以有效地调动多学科知识，使议员能够利用公共资助的研究产生的见解，为他们对紧迫社会问题的考虑提供信息，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议员和支持他们的工作人员的需求，并为他们所使用。2013年在议会科学和技术办公室设立社会科学科之后，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牵引力。在过去六年中，社会科学研究所与伦敦大学学院合作，并在ESRC的支持下，将社会科学纳入邮政局的工作，并开发了一系列社会科学工作，以支持议员。它进行了研究，以了解议会如何利用研究，并利用研究来加强关于有效的知识和实践;建设议会理解和使用研究证据的能力，增加学术界和议会之间的接触。本项目将在这项基础工作的基础上，将社会科学研究和知识嵌入议会的核心，从而能够更有效地治理我们的民主社会。具体而言，它将通过在议会中嵌入社会科学来提高英国议会对研究证据的使用，以动员所有学科的知识，并进一步加强议会在研究使用和评估方面的能力。它还将巩固POST作为KE在英国议会的领导机构，与学术界和其他研究利益相关者建立关系，并培训下一代政策明智的研究人员，以及分享学习和见解，以提高对什么是有效的KE的理解政策，以支持英国和国际上有效的KE实践。它还将支持英国议会与英国研究和创新部门进行更具战略性的合作，该部门汇集了分配公共研究资金的研究委员会，以最大限度地发挥彼此在应对关键社会和经济挑战方面的影响。

项目成果

Society, community and COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

社会、社区和 COVID-19：专家们关心什么？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bermingham R

Public health and COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

公共卫生和 COVID-19：专家们担心什么？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bermingham R

Research, innovation and COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

研究、创新和 COVID-19：专家们关心什么？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bermingham R

Education and COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

教育和 COVID-19：专家们关心什么？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bermingham R

Business, trade and COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

商业、贸易和 COVID-19：专家们关心什么？

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bermingham R