The role of science in policy making, specifically in the management of complex sociotechnical systems, has been increasing in the past three decades. Particularly in the case of permit processes requiring environmental impact assessment for new projects, such as those covered under the 1969 National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), science has been the main criteria for sound decision maki...

Despite several calls to support evidence-informed policy-making, variations in uptake of evidence into policy persist. This editorial brings together and builds on previous Knowledge Translation (KT) frameworks and theories to present a simple, yet, holistic approach for promoting evidence-informed policies. The proposed conceptual framework is characterized by its impact-oriented approach and...

353 Authors’ Note: The authors would like to thank Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) for the financial support, Don Green for helpful commentary and guidance, and Terence Leong for valuable technical assistance. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Shang E. Ha, Postdoctoral Associate, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, P.O. Box 20...

the present study was conducted with the aim of identifying and evaluating the internal and external factors, affecting the sina trauma and surgery research center, affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences and propose some of related strategies to senior managers. we used a combined quantitative and qualitative methodology. our study population consisted of personnel (18 individuals)...

although, once, in the far past, sending gifts and missionaries was called a type of public diplomacy, today it is manifested as academic disciplines, policy making institutions, and multi-purpose organizations. the most important institutions of these kinds, now, exist in the us, whose purpose is to promote the politics of this country as public diplomacy and to follow local and international ...

Over the past two decades, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in South Africa have been formulating e-learning policies to assist them realise full potential of using ICTs teaching and learning. E-learning serve as guiding frameworks that create enabling environments for embedding The development has attracted various stakeholders actors with varied interests, views, priorities, influence pow...