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、辩论时事问题和审查政府工作，履行了许多重要的民主责任。国会议员每天都需要处理各种各样、迅速演变且日益复杂的问题，从不断上升的肥胖水平到网络安全和环境变化。这些挑战不能仅仅依靠常识、经验、先例或意识形态原则来充分解决；信息至关重要，其形式多种多样，从统计数据到咨询答复，并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。科学研究可以发挥关键作用，为决策者提供现有的最佳证据，为他们的考虑提供信息，并有效地追究政府的责任；然而，高质量的研究本身并不足以确保决策——在任何情况下——由它提供信息。在这种背景下，并且认识到科学研究为政策提供信息的好处，这个项目旨在进一步发展科学建议的结构——在这里广义地定义为涉及个人、组织和结构的实践，这些实践动员来自社会、自然、工程和医学科学的知识——在议会中。这将确保社会科学研究的证据和方法可以被用来有效地调动多学科知识，使议员们能够利用公共资助的研究产生的见解来告知他们对紧迫社会问题的考虑。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，并被他们使用。2013年，在议会科学技术办公室（POST）成立社会科学科（SSS）后，在议会内提高社会科学研究意识和利用的努力才真正得到了推动。在过去的六年里，SSS与伦敦大学学院（UCL）合作，并在ESRC的支持下，将社会科学融入了POST的工作中，并开发了一系列社会科学工作来支持议员。它进行了研究，以了解研究在议会中使用的方式，并利用这一点来提高对有效KE的认识和实践；建设议会理解和使用研究证据的能力，加强学术界与议会之间的接触。该项目将在这一基础工作的基础上，将社会科学研究和知识嵌入议会的核心，从而使我们的民主社会能够更有效地治理。具体来说，它将通过在整个议会中嵌入社会科学来调动所有学科的知识，进一步加强整个议会在研究使用和评估方面的能力，从而改善整个英国议会对研究证据的使用。它还将巩固POST作为英国议会中KE的领导机构，与学术界和其他研究利益相关者建立关系，培训下一代政策明智的研究人员，以及分享学习和见解，以加强对政策中有效KE的理解，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与创新（UK Research and Innovation）进行更具战略性的合作，该合作将分配公共研究资金的研究理事会聚集在一起，以最大限度地发挥彼此在解决关键社会和经济挑战方面的影响力。

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