The Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre is based at
the Social Science Research Unit within the UCL Social Research Institute,
a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.
Our mission is to promote and support collaborative, rigorous evidence for a fairer world, by focusing on:
- Evidence synthesis methods: Developing state-of-the-art reliable evidence synthesis methods and tools,
fusing optimised inputs from people, processes and enabling technologies.
- Participation: Employing meaningful and ethical approaches for people from diverse backgrounds
to take part in generating and using evidence for the public good.
- Research impact: Supporting mobilisation of research knowledge so that it can be used to make a positive,
meaningful and equitable difference to people’s lives.
- Capacity building: Developing skills, processes, structures and cultures conducive to research-informed policy
and policy-relevant research.
Professor Ann Oakley established the centre in 1995. Her work, spanning multiple disciplines and employing
a wide range of research methods, engendered our problem-focused approach to evidence synthesis:
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“What matters is the question, and then the answer. The bit in-between
the question and the answer is a long and careful process requiring much thought and judgement as well as dedicated tools and approaches.”
(Oakley, A. Foreword. In: Gough D, Oliver S, Thomas J Eds. An Introduction to Systematic Reviews. Second edition. Sage; 2017).
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