Duncan Russel

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the relationship between EPI and climate policy integration and find that EPI is less about ambitious and expansive integration across all policy sectors and more about engaging a narrower set of sectors to work together in particular ways to meet specific goals.

TL;DR: In this article, a synthesis paper bringing together literature from the fields of political science, geography, sociology and science and technology studies is presented to better conceptualise the evidence-policy relationship.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse whether the uptake of ex ante assessment of policies is nonetheless capable of creating opportunities for policy deliberation and learning informed by new assessment knowledge, and they find that there are several ways in which assessment knowledge is used in the policy process.

TL;DR: This paper studied the empirical patterns of tool use across 37 cases in three European countries and the European Commission and found that even when tools are embedded in policy assessment systems, their use is differentiated and on the whole very limited, in particular when it comes to more advanced tools.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify institutional capacities supporting and constraining attempts to make policy assessment more integrated, including international policy commitments, the perception that assessment should support rather than determine policy, organisational traditions, and the sectorisation of policy making.