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

我的研究将探索模式和渠道的影响力所使用的制药（“制药”）和食品和饮料（F&B）行业在英国，特别是映射如何两个行业对齐和不同的尝试影响政策制定。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。这些行业还对公共和个人健康和预算产生重大影响。我的目标是绘制每个行业的游说和影响政策制定的方法。我还将特别关注英国制药和F&B行业背景下所谓的第三方组织（如医疗保健组织和宣传组织）的政策作用和影响。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。本研究以医药与餐饮B政策领域为中心，探讨四个研究问题：1）医药与餐饮B产业采取何种策略影响政策制定？2)第三方组织的活动在多大程度上与制药和F&B行业议程相一致？3)这两个行业在试图影响政策制定方面是如何协调和区别的？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，研究组织网络和相关的意识形态。它将采用创新的混合方法设计，将“大数据”与案例研究相结合，并将方法和数据源进行三角化。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，分析过程，以揭示我们可以信任结果的程度）和一般公众（因为决策决定对社会有直接影响，特别是在公共卫生领域）。

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).