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Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge
Authors
R Doubleday
N Mukherjee
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RJ Robertson
DC Rose
BI Simmons
WJ Sutherland
ER Tew
ABM Vadrot
Publication date
31 July 2017
Publisher
'Elsevier BV'
Doi
Abstract
© 2017 The Authors. Scientific knowledge is considered to be an important factor (alongside others) in environmental policy-making. However, the opportunity for environmentalists to influence policy can often occur within short, discrete time windows. Therefore, a piece of research may have a negligible or transformative policy influence depending on when it is presented. These ‘policy windows’ are sometimes predictable, such as those dealing with conventions or legislation with a defined renewal period, but are often hard to anticipate. We describe four ways that environmentalists can respond to policy windows and increase the likelihood of knowledge uptake: 1) foresee (and create) emergent windows, 2) respond quickly to opening windows, 3) frame research in line with appropriate windows, and 4) persevere in closed windows. These categories are closely linked; efforts to enhance the incorporation of scientific knowledge into policy need to harness mechanisms within each. We illustrate the main points with reference to nature conservation, but the principles apply widely.European Union Seventh Framework Programme EU Biodiversity Observation Network (No. 308454); Fondation Wiener Anspach, Belgium; Scriven fellowship; Natural Environment Research Council Cambridge Earth System Science NERC DTP [NE/L002507/1]; Natural Environment Research Council Industrial CASE studentship [NE/M010287/1]; Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Arcadia
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