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Evidence and Policy
Seminar Series

(NORFACE)
The University of Edinburgh (Scotland) organised a seminar series on Evidence and Policy
with the University of Iceland, National University of Ireland, University of Oslo and Erasmus
University (Rotterdam). The seminars aimed to advance international and comparative understanding of the use of different forms of knowledge and evidence in the policy process through a process of sharing of ideas and discussion across these jurisdictions.

Three seminars and a final workshop details below:

• exploring the role of different forms of evidence in the policy process and assess the
relative weight attached to each of these by policy makers (Edinburgh, November 2007)

• considering the impact of the social sciences on policy and the impact of evidence-based
policy on the social sciences (Rotterdam, April 2008)

• documenting the strategies and interventions employed in a range of countries to improve
the use of evidence in the policy process and consider any evidence on their effectiveness
(Oslo, September 2008)

• drawing out overall conclusions and seek to initiate new comparative research on the role
and use of different types of evidence in the policy processes of different countries (Dublin,
March 2009)
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