Emails with personal stories may be more likely to catch lawmakers’ attention
Email is one of the easiest ways to contact policymakers, especially for researchers who want to share their expertise on complex topics like substance use, but can an email effectively foster connection? Researchers at Penn State recently found that policymakers were more likely to engage with…
Penn State social scientists head to D.C. for advocacy day
A delegation of Penn State faculty members traveled to Washington, D.C. recently to participate in the 2024 Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day. Held April 8 - 9, the event brought together social and behavioral scientists from across the country to…
Call for ambassadors for Research-to-Policy Collaboration program
Research findings can often be underutilized in policymaking, leading to limited public benefit from taxpayer-funded research. A program at Penn State is offering scholars from across the country the opportunity to engage with policymakers to help research evidence and expertise inform policy…
Why Social Science? - Because It Makes An Outsized Impact on Policy
The new "Why Social Science?" post comes from Camille Gamboa from Sage who interviews Euan Adie, Overton's managing director, to learn more about the large impact that social science makes on policy and his work creating tools to connect the scholarly and policy worlds. We know that…
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Connecting researchers and legislators can lead to policies that reflect scientific evidence
In this article written for "The Conversation", RPC's Taylor Scott describes how a disconnect between research-based information and decision-making can lead to ineffective policies. Read more here.
Blog on politics and policy seeking submissions
3Streams is a looking for blog submissions focusing on the convergence of politics, policy, and ideas, according to Chris Witko, blog editor and professor of public policy and political science at Penn State. Blog editors are particularly interested in elevating the work of scholars with novel…