Making energy behaviour research relevant to policy: A tale of two studies

Chatterton, Tim; Tsang, Flavia; Oliveira, Sonja; Burge, Peter; Prestwood, Emily; Poghosyan, Anush; Gething, Bill

Abstract

Within a context of shrinking government resources and greater pressure on academics and other researchers to generate ‘impact’ from (publically funded) research there is a greater need than ever to ensure that published research is readily usable by and relevant to policy end-users. Through examining and comparing two energy related evidence reviews commissioned by the UK government, this paper presents a set of recommendations for those researchers who seek to make their publications (in both the white and grey literature) more accessible, usable and relevant to those working in policy and practice domains.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 6, 2017
• Online Publication Date: May 29, 2017
• Publication Date: May 29, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 19, 2017
• Journal: Proceedings of eceee 2017 Summer Study
• Print ISSN: 1653-7025
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: energy, policy, research, domestic, heating controls, evidence, review
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/887080
• Publisher URL: http://www.eceee.org/
• Contract Date: May 18, 2017