Workshop: Enhancing Scientists' Capacities for Catalyzing Policy Innovation

社会和行为科学创造的知识具有产生社会效益的巨大潜力。例如，对人们在飓风、洪水和其他自然灾害期间的行为的科学理解导致了更安全的疏散程序的开发，而对儿童如何学习的研究有助于改善教育政策。然而，这种知识进入公共政策背景的机制还没有得到充分的了解。在一个政策挑战日益复杂的时代，各种不同和广泛的利益攸关方(如立法者、公共行政人员和社区领导人)定义并采取行动，科学知识的成功转让需要对政策制定和实施有深入的了解。了解科学和政策之间的相互作用将有助于政府和社区更好地将科学发现转化为有益的政策创新。在前一个题为“催化发现产生社会影响：探索研究-学术-政策联系的力量以刺激政策创新”的研讨会的基础上，本次研讨会将特别探讨企业家科学家在促进科学和政策之间的知识交流方面的作用。社会科学家和行为科学家往往没有接受过如何将他们的知识转移到公共部门的培训。因此，这一挑战的一个主要因素是确定和发展社会科学家需要的必要技能集，以帮助将他们的研究转化为实际应用。这次研讨会将召集一个由国家顶尖研究人员、思想领袖和课程开发人员组成的充满活力的小组，他们正在积极研究或撰写关于建立和持续建立强大的学术-研究-政策关系所带来的挑战。利用参与性行动方法，并借鉴参与者的专门知识和经验，这次讲习班将合作建立一个技能清单和课程，以培养这些技能。

The social and behavioral sciences create knowledge that has significant potential for producing societal benefit. Scientific understanding of people's behavior during hurricanes, floods, and other natural disaster has, for example, led to the development of safer evacuation procedures, while studies of how children learn have helped improve education policy. However, the mechanisms by which such knowledge makes its way into public policy contexts are not fully understood. In an era of increasingly complex policy challenges, defined and acted upon by a diverse and wide-ranging set of stakeholders (e.g. legislators, public administrators, and community leaders), the successful transfer of scientific knowledge requires an in-depth understanding of policy development and implementation. Understanding the interactions between science and policy will help governments and communities better leverage scientific discoveries into beneficial policy innovations. Building on the findings from a previous workshop titled "Catalyzing Discovery for Social Impact: Exploring the Power of the Research-Academic-Policy Nexus to Stimulate Policy Innovation," this workshop will explore, in particular, the role of entrepreneurial scientists in facilitating the exchange of knowledge between science and policy. Social and behavioral scientists are often not trained in how to transfer their knowledge into the public sector. Therefore, a major element of this challenge is identifying and developing the necessary skill sets social scientists need to help catalyze the transformation of their research into practical application. This workshop will convene a dynamic group of the nation's top researchers, thought leaders, and curriculum developers who are actively studying or writing about the challenges posed by the creation and sustainability of strong academic-research-policy relationships. Utilizing participatory action methods and drawing on participants' expertise and experience, this workshop will collaboratively build a skills inventory and a curriculum to build such skills.