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Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs?

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  • Eleanor MacKillop
  • Andrew Connell
  • James Downe
  • Hannah Durrant

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Knowledge-brokering organisations (KBOs) have multiplied in the evidence–policy landscape worldwide, changing how decision-makers are accessing evidence. Yet, we still know little about their emergence and roles. This research helps to understand KBOs and their place in evidence-based policymaking by highlighting the varied work that they do, the relationships they cultivate with policymakers, the complex knowledge-brokering processes they negotiate, and how they establish their credibility in different ways. We build on boundary organisation theory and the concept of policy entrepreneur (PE) (drawn from the multiple streams analysis) to develop a better understanding of KBOs who play multiple roles. By using the PE concept, we bring a greater focus on the politics of brokering. This duality involves them in seeking to provide ‘objective’ evidence while simultaneously determining what counts as evidence for policy and making recommendations for political decisions.

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  • Eleanor MacKillop & Andrew Connell & James Downe & Hannah Durrant, 2023. "Making sense of knowledge-brokering organisations: boundary organisations or policy entrepreneurs?," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(6), pages 950-960.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:50:y:2023:i:6:p:950-960.
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