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Understanding and enhancing research-policy linkages in Australian housing, with particular reference to AHURI

Summary

Project Number: 20216
Research Theme: Demographics_and_Modelling
Project Leader: Jones, Andrew
Funding Year: 2003
Research Centre: Queensland

Research & Policy Bulletin

Issue 057: Enhancing research-policy linkages in Australian housing

A key ingredient in the successful delivery of a policy relevant research program is a process of engagement between the research and policy communities, centred on the conduct, dissemination and use of research. The research recommends that AHURI continue to build and extend its 'engagement strategy' to further realise the benefits of a research program relevant to policy.

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Description

This project aimed to develop a systematic framework for understanding the relationship between social science research and public policy, and to build more effective linkages between social researchers and policy practitioners in the Australian housing system, particularly through AHURI. The project is explicitly applied and solution-focused. It was undertaken in close collaboration with AHURI and has contributed to AHURI's overall mission and strategy to enhancing research-based housing policy. It provided an opportunity for the AHURI policy community to engage in a process of action-oriented, self-reflection around its core business of applied housing policy research.

The specific research questions addressed were:

• What are the various ways that the relations between social science research and public policy processes can be conceptualised?
• How are these relations conceptualised by Australian housing researchers and policy practitioners?
• Where does AHURI fit in terms of the various conceptualisations of the research-policy interface?
• How might social science researchers conceptualise and approach the task of undertaking research that is relevant to housing policy practitioners?
• How do Australian housing researchers currently conceptualise and approach this task, and how can they do this better?
• How might housing policy practitioners conceptualise and approach the task of utilising research in policy development?
• How do Australian housing policy practitioners currently conceptualise and approach this task, and how can they do this better?
• On the basis of the above, what can be done to enhance the effective use of social science research in Australian housing policy?
• What new structures or processes can be designed and developed to ensure a more effective relationship between researchers and policy practitioners in Australian housing policy? In particular, what are the implications of the research for AHURI?

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Research and Policy Bulletin: Issue 057: Enhancing research-policy linkages in Australian housing
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Positioning Paper: No. 075: Understanding and enhancing research-policy linkages in Australian housing: a discussion paper
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Final Report: No. 079: Enhacing research-policy linkages in Australian housing: an options paper
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