Policy development and analysis

Good social research and program evaluation should contribute to evidence-based policy development. The key elements of evidence-based policy include:*

• Discovering all existing evidence, information, research & literature
• Systematically assessing this evidence
• Establishing sound evidence through research and evaluation where the evidence is unsatisfactory
• Adopting a collaborative approach to research
• Presenting & disseminating findings in an organized and systematic manner so as to influence the practices of others

* Drawn from Diane Stone, with Simon Maxwell & Michael Keating, 'Bridging research and policy', Paper presented at an international workshop, Warwick University, 16-17 July 2001.

Orfeus Research can assist in the development of evidence-based social and public policy. Gianni has experience in the provision and analysis of social and economic policy at Federal, State and Local levels of government. Key areas of policy expertise include labour market analysis, industrial relations, corporate citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, and the Third Sector (e.g. volunteering, not-for-profits, community development).

See examples of some of the policy related projects in Not-For-Profits and Government