The Use of Innovation Surveys for Policy Evaluation in Italy

The Qualitative Descriptive Approach in International Comparative Studies: Using Online Qualitative Surveys

International comparative studies constitute a highly valuable contribution to public policy research. Analysing different policy designs offers not only a mean of knowing the phenomenon itself but also gives us insightful clues on how to improve existing practices. Although much of the work carried out in this realm relies on quantitative appraisal of the data contained in international databa...

The Study of Critical Realism Implications in Evaluation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Making

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

The use of dried whole blood absorbed on filter-paper for the Evaluation of Diphtheria and Tetanus Antitoxins in Mass Surveys

طراحی و ساخت پایگاه وب منابع اطلاعات شاخص های پایش و ارزیابی علم، فناوری و نوآوری

So far, many indicators for evaluation of science, technology and innovation have been presented in various documents in Iran. Also, many indicators have been mentioned in the reports of international organizations. Selection and use of the indicators is difficult for policy makers and researchers because of the abundance and distribution of them in various domestic and international documents ...

What Health System Challenges Should Responsible Innovation in Health Address? Insights From an International Scoping Review

Background While responsible innovation in health (RIH) suggests that health innovations could be purposefully designed to better support health systems, little is known about the system-level challenges that it should address. The goal of this paper is thus to document what is known about health systems’ demand for innovations.   Methods We searched 8 databases to perfo...