The Development of Proposals for a Robust Rural Evidence Base to Underpin Rural Policy Making in Northern Ireland
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sociology Social Policy and Social Work
Abstract
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Organisations
- Queen's University Belfast (Lead Research Organisation)
- Dept of Agri, Env & Rural Affairs DAERA (Co-funder)
- Northumberland County Council (Collaboration)
- NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Northern Ireland Assembly's Research and Information Service (Collaboration)
- Cornell University (Collaboration)
- GATESHEAD COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Monash University (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Sally Shortall (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Glenna L
(2014)
Neoliberalism, the University, Public Goods and Agricultural Innovation
in Sociologia Ruralis
Shortall S
(2013)
Sociology, Knowledge and Evidence in Rural Policy Making
in Sociologia Ruralis
Shortall S
(2013)
Using Evidence in Policy: The Importance of Mediating Beliefs and Practices
in Sociologia Ruralis
Shortall S
(2012)
The Role of Subjectivity and Knowledge Power Struggles in the Formation of Public Policy
in Sociology
Shortall, S
(2018)
PUBLIC VALUE: A RESEARCH ANTHOLOGY
Shortall, S.
(2014)
Knowledge for Whom? Public Sociology in the Making
| Description | How public policy is constructed is very complex. A range of evidence is used from academic evidence to user group experiential evidence. It is important to ensure open and accessible dialogue between all groups involved in policy making |
| Exploitation Route | My findings have been taken forward; the policy priorities I identified were adopted, and a rural statistician was appointed |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Description | Discussions on how evidence is used in policy |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Rural statistician appointed to government department |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Increased availability of rural statistics to inform rural policy decision making |
| Description | Wrote rural policy priorities for the region |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Wrote rural policy priorities for the region |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Description | Faculty Granger & Cottman Endowment Fund Scholarship through Monash University in Melbourne to consider public policy for rural proofing in Australia |
| Organisation | Monash University |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This will happen in 2015. I will directly work with the Australian government to consider the merits and demerits of public policy for rural proofing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This will happen in 2015. I will directly work with the Australian government to consider the merits and demerits of public policy for rural proofing. |
| Impact | Briefing papers will be prepared for government Scientific journal articles will be produced |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Assembly's Research and Information Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Following my time as a Knowledge Transfer Fellow, I began to think more widely about the need for knowledge transfer across the university. I established the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series with a colleague in the Northern Ireland Devolved Government. |
| Collaborator Contribution | My partner, Eileen Regan developed the series from the Government side. They identified 'Hot Topics', issues to be discussed in government over the following year. We circulated this round the universities, and people who had conducted relevant research, prepared a user friendly briefing paper and PowerPoint, which were circulated to the relevant select committees and presented in Government. |
| Impact | This is multi-disciplinary (see website) including sociology, social policy, law, planning, economics, geography, politics, biological sciences and so on. There are numerous briefing papers and PowerPoint presentations on various issues available on the website. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Knowledge into Policy |
| Organisation | Cornell University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution to a discussion on how to increase the use of research in public policy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of different perspectives from the US and policy makers. |
| Impact | Panel discussion with: sociologists, planners, geographers, economists and user groups. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Newcastle University Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series: NU KESS |
| Organisation | Gateshead Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This KESS is being established because of the contributions of Eileen Regan and myself to colleagues in Newcastle University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | I initiated the KESS having moved to Newcastle University through working with the Policy Academy. I then brought Eileen Regan and Claire Dewhirst over from Belfast to give workshops and seminars on how we initiated KESS in Belfast. |
| Impact | We are collaborating with all of the local councils. All are involved in this process of knowledge exchange. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Newcastle University Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series: NU KESS |
| Organisation | Newcastle City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This KESS is being established because of the contributions of Eileen Regan and myself to colleagues in Newcastle University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | I initiated the KESS having moved to Newcastle University through working with the Policy Academy. I then brought Eileen Regan and Claire Dewhirst over from Belfast to give workshops and seminars on how we initiated KESS in Belfast. |
| Impact | We are collaborating with all of the local councils. All are involved in this process of knowledge exchange. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Newcastle University Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series: NU KESS |
| Organisation | Northumberland County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This KESS is being established because of the contributions of Eileen Regan and myself to colleagues in Newcastle University. |
| Collaborator Contribution | I initiated the KESS having moved to Newcastle University through working with the Policy Academy. I then brought Eileen Regan and Claire Dewhirst over from Belfast to give workshops and seminars on how we initiated KESS in Belfast. |
| Impact | We are collaborating with all of the local councils. All are involved in this process of knowledge exchange. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | DARD evidence-based policy project : an overview, progress to date, and some early reflections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Powerpoint presentation to the advisory group for the rural evidence-based policy project for DARD This talk contributed to reflections on how to use evidence in policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.dardni.gov.uk/index.htm |
| Description | Knowledge power struggles and the formation of public policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Invited to contribute a book chapter to an edited volume Invited to speak about the public value of the social sciences to the Irish Social Science Platform It led to a general debate about the importance of publicly engaged social science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |