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New publication: Evidence and policy in six European countries: Diverse approaches and common challenges

New publication: Evidence for accountability: using evidence in the audit, inspection and scrutiny of government

UKES conference: keynote presentation

University of Stirling Keywords Seminar: Models and Frameworks for Understanding Research Use

Seminar: Knowledge Co-production

Seminar: Enabling the conditions for nursing expertise to flourish

UKES Conference November 2009 contribution: The impact of audit, inspection and scrutiny: some lessons from practice

New publication: The use of evidence in the audit, inspection and scrutiny of government

New report: NORFACE Seminar Report 3 is now available

KTA Workshop 5th - 6th March 2009. Further information...

International Workshop on Organisational Case Study Methods. Full story...

Research Influences Policy. Full story...

New article: Flows of knowledge, expertise and influence: a method for assessing policy and practice impacts from social science research

ESRC seminar series on Evidence and Knowledge Production. Full story...

Leading national role putting RURU ideas into action. Full story...

New report: NORFACE Seminar Report 2 is now available

Details for NORFACE Seminar 3 are now available full story...

Scottish Funding Council support for a Knowledge Exchange Network. Full story...

New article: Why "knowledge transfer" is misconceived for applied social research

Upcoming event: Prof Sandra Nutley to speak at 'Knowledge in Motion Conference 2008'

New article: Evidence and Policy Networks: the UK debate about sex offender community notification

New article: The many forms of research-informed practice: a framework for mapping diversity

Quality Improvement Scotland – two funded research projects. Full story...

NORFACE Seminar Series update...

New project: 'The use of evidence in the audit, inspection and scrutiny of government' full story...

RURU to co-host NORFACE Seminar Series full story...

Seminar on 'Using Evidence in the Scottish Polity' full story...

Using evidence: How Research Can Inform Public Services full story...

RURU has relocated to Edinburgh full story...

RURU - the New Zealand Owl full story...

RURU-Related, Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Davies HTO, Nutley S, Walter I. Using evidence: how social research gets used to improve public services. In: From knowing to doing: connecting knowledge and performance in public services. K. Walshe et al. (Eds). Cambrideg university Press (2009, forthcoming).

Davies HTO, Nutley S, Walter I. (2008) 'Why "knowledge transfer" is misconceived for applied social research', Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 13(3):188-190

Laura Meagher, Catherine Lyall and Sandra Nutley (2008) 'Flows of knowledge, expertise and influence: a method for assessing policy and practice impacts from social science research', Research Evaluation, Sept 2008

Nutley SM, Walter I and Davies HTO (forthcoming) ‘Promoting evidence-based practice: models and mechanisms from cross-sector review’, Research on Social Work Practice, forthcoming

Jung T and Nutley SM (2008) ‘Evidence and Policy Networks: the UK debate about sex offender community notification’, Evidence & Policy, 4(2): 187-207

Nutley SM, Jung T and Walter I  (2008) ‘The many forms of research-informed practice: a framework for mapping diversity’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 38(1): 53-71

Davies HTO What’s the use? (2007) ‘Research evidence and the decision making process’. Transformation Journal (spring) pp46-49.

Davies HTO, Nutley S, Walter I. (2007) ‘Academic advice to practitioners – the role and use of research-based evidence. Public Money & Management’ 27(4):232-5.

Davies HTO. What’s the use? Research evidence and the decision making process. Transformation Journal 20007 (spring) pp46-49.

Nutley S (2007) ‘Using evidence – where have we got to and how do we go forward?’ PMPA Review No 38, September pp 5-7

Exworthy M, Bindman A, Davies HTO, Washington AE (2006) ‘Evidence into policy and practice? Measuring the progress of US and UK policies to tackle disparities and inequalities in health and health care’. Milbank Quarterly, 84(1):75-109.

Lavis JN, Davies HTO, Gruen RL, Walshe K, Farquhar CM. (2006) ‘Working within and beyond the Cochrane Collaboration to make systematic reviews more useful to healthcare managers and policy makers’. Healthcare Policy, 1(2):21-33.

Price L., Ravenscroft J. and Nutley S (2006) ‘Fostering voices and fostering messages.  An evaluation of new strategies to promote research utilisation’, Adoption and Fostering,Volume 30, Issue 1, pp 6-17

Nutley SM and Homel P (2006), ‘Delivering evidence-based practice: lessons from the implementation of the UK Crime Reduction Programme’ Evidence & Policy, 2(1): 5-26

Walter I, Nutley SM and Davies HTO (2005) ‘What works to promote evidence-based practice? A cross-sector review’ Evidence & Policy, 1(3):335-364

Lavis J, HTO Davies, A Oxman, J-L Denis, K Golden-Biddle, E Ferlie (2005). ‘Towards systematic reviews that inform health care management and policy making’ Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Vol 10 (Sup 1): July: 35-48.

Rushmer RK, Kelly D, Lough M, Wilkinson JE, Davies HTO (2004). ‘Introducing the Learning Practice (Part 3): leadership, empowerment, protected time and reflective practice as core contextual conditions’. J Eval Clin Pract 10(3):399-405.

Rushmer RK, Kelly D, Lough M, Wilkinson JE, Davies HTO (2004). ‘Introducing the Learning Practice (Part 2): becoming a learning practice’. J Eval Clin Pract 10(3):387-398.

Rushmer RK, Kelly D, Lough M, Wilkinson JE, Davies HTO (2004). ‘Introducing the Learning Practice (Part 1): the characteristics of learning organisations in primary care’. J Eval Clin Pract 10(3):375-386.

Rushmer RK and Davies HTO. ‘Unlearning in health care’. Quality and Safety in Health 2004 Care. 2004;13(suppl II):ii10-ii15.

Wilkinson JE, Rushmer RK, Davies HTO. (2003) ‘Clinical Governance and The Learning Organisation’. J Nurs Man 12(2): 105-113

Walter I, Nutley SM, Davies HTO. (2003) ‘Increasing research impact through partnerships: evidence from outside of health care’. Journal of Health Service Research & Policy 8(2):58-61

Nutley, SM, Davies HTO, Walter I, (2003) “Evidence-based Policy and Practice: Cross Sector Lessons from the United Kingdom”, Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 20 (June) p.29-48

Nutley SM, Walter I, & Davies HTO (2003), ‘From knowing to doing: a framework for understanding the evidence-into-practice agenda’ Evaluation 9(2): 125-148

Nutley SM (2003) ‘Bridging the policy-research divide: reflections and lessons from the United Kingdom’ Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 108 (June 2003): 19-28

Newman J & Nutley SM (2003), ‘Transforming the Probation Service: “what works”, organisational change and professional identity’, Policy and Politics, 31(4): 547-63

Nutley SM, Bland N & Walter I (2002), ‘The institutional arrangements for connecting research and policy: the case of drug misuse’, Public Policy and Administration, 17(3): 76-94

Powell AE, Davies HTO. (2001) ‘Reading and assessing qualitative research’. Hosp Med 62(6):360-3.

Nutley SM, Davies HTO. (2001) Developing organisational learning in the NHS. Medical Education. 35:35-42.

Goddard, M. and Smith, P. (2001), “Equity of access to health care services: theory and evidence”, Social Science and Medicine, 53(9), 1149-1162.

Davies HTO, Mannion R, Marshall MN. (2001) Treading a Third Way for Quality in Health Care. Public Money & Management ; 21(2):6-7.

Davies HTO (2001) How to present the findings of research. Hosp Med. 62(10):631-3.

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