Lobbying and influence activities in the Pharmaceutical and Food and Beverage industries

我的研究将探索英国制药和食品饮料行业的影响模式和渠道，特别是绘制这两个行业在影响政策制定方面的一致和不同之处。这两个行业具有重大的经济和公共卫生影响，其治理涉及许多利益攸关方和复杂的科学证据。这些行业对公共和个人健康和预算也有重大影响。我的目标是绘制每个行业游说和影响政策制定的方法。我还将具体研究所谓的第三方组织(如医疗保健组织和倡导组织)在英国制药和餐饮行业中的政策角色和影响。第三方组织的专业知识的性质、通过政策影响社会的尝试以及与其他利益相关者的关系将是关键考虑因素。围绕制药和餐饮政策领域，该项目将探索四个研究问题：1)制药和餐饮行业采用什么策略来影响政策制定？2)第三方组织的活动在多大程度上与制药和餐饮行业的议程保持一致？3)这两个行业在影响政策制定的努力中有何一致和不同？4)这两个行业在英国的影响力有多大？该项目将借鉴权力结构研究传统，考察组织网络和相关意识形态。它将采用创新的混合方法设计，将“大数据”和案例研究相结合，并对方法和数据来源进行三角测量。我的研究将通过展示创新方法的使用产生学术影响，并超越包括决策者在内的非学术受益者(通过揭示第三方组织政策建议背后的影响和机制，展开这一过程，以揭示我们在多大程度上可以信任结果)和公众(因为决策决策对社会，尤其是公共卫生领域有直接影响)。

My research will explore modes and channels of influence used by the pharmaceutical ("pharma") and food and beverage (F&B) industries in the UK, in particular mapping how the two industries align and differ in their attempts to influence policy-making. The two industries have major economic and public health implications and their governance involves many stakeholders and complex scientific evidence. The industries also have major implications for public and individual health and budgets. I aim to map each industry's approach to lobbying and influencing policy-making. I will also look specifically at the policy role and impact of so-called third-party organisations (such as healthcare organisations and advocacy organisations) in the context of the pharma and F&B industries in the UK. The nature of third-party organisations' expertise, attempts to influence society through policy, and relationships with other stakeholders will be key considerations. Focusing on the pharma and F&B policy fields this project will explore four research questions: 1) What tactics do the pharma and F&B industries deploy to influence policy-making? 2) To what extent does third-party organisations' activity align with pharma and F&B industry agendas?3) How do the two industries align and differ in their attempts to influence policy-making?4) How powerful are the two industries in the UK?The project will draw on the power structure research tradition examining organisational networks and associated ideologies. It will use an innovative mixed-methods design, combining "big data" and case-studies, and triangulating methods and data sources.My research will have an academic impact through demonstrating the use of innovative methods, as well as transcending to non-academic beneficiaries including decision-makers (through casting light on the influence and mechanisms behind third-party organisation policy recommendations, unravelling the process to reveal the extent to which we can trust the outcomes) and the general public (as policymaking decisions have a direct impact on society, particularly in the domain of public health).