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SUMMARY:PSI seminar: 'What makes evidence credible in policymaking?’  pr
 esented by Kathryn Oliver - Professor Kathryn Oliver (Professor of Evidenc
 e and Policy\, LSHTM)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260311T123000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260311T140000Z
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DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, Professor Kathryn Oliver will introduce rese
 arch drawing on interviews with policymakers and academics to explore how 
 different forms of knowledge gain credibility in policymaking\, and what t
 his means for transparency and public health.\n\nThe seminar is hosted by 
 PSI and will be chaired by Tess Johnson. It will take place on Wednesday\,
  11 March 2026\, from 12.30 to 13.30\, followed by lunch and a chance to n
 etwork with colleagues.\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nProfessor Kathryn Oliver 
 is a social scientist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicin
 e. She is interested in how we make\, mobilise and use evidence in policy 
 and practice.  \nProfessor Oliver co-directs the research collaboration 'T
 ransforming Evidence'\, which brings together funders\, decision-makers\, 
 practitioners and researchers from a range of disciplines and sectors. Thi
 s collaboration aims to both do research on evidence production and use\, 
 and to ensure that the research scientists do is used by policymakers. \n\
 n\nSeminar outline \nDebates about the role of evidence in policymaking ha
 ve tended to focus primarily on how to increase the influence of academic 
 research evidence on policy. This approach to the role of knowledge in pol
 icy sidesteps the question of what types of knowledge are used and valued 
 in policymaking\, and how different forms of knowledge may interact with p
 olicy. \nDrawing on 55 interviews with policymakers and academics\, Profes
 sor Oliver will explore how personal/institutional characteristics and pro
 cesses confer credibility to knowledge for policy in informal and formal c
 ontexts.  \nUsing the generation of credibility as a lens to understand th
 e effects of these values on scientific and policy processes allows us to 
 understand the broader strengths and limitations of different forms of kno
 wledge within the policy arena.  \nProfessor Oliver will close with some r
 eflections on transparency in policymaking\, and the implications of this 
 for public health. \n\nSpeakers:\nProfessor Kathryn Oliver (Professor of E
 vidence and Policy\, LSHTM)
LOCATION: Hybrid event. MS Teams or LG 1 Seminar room\, Big Data Institute
 \, Old Road Campus Oxford OX3 7LF.
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/284398ef-58ae-4ccd-8bda-075733d6e042/
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