Policy Points: Co‐creation—collaborative knowledge generation by academics working
alongside other stakeholders—is an increasingly popular approach to aligning research and …

Background: This report reviews approaches and tools for measuring the impact of research
programmes, building on, and extending, a 2007 review. Objectives:(1) To identify the range …

Background Closing the gap between research production and research use is a key
challenge for the health research system. Stakeholder engagement is being increasingly …

There is extensive health and public health literature on the 'evidence-policy gap', exploring
the frustrating experiences of scientists trying to secure a response to the problems and …

Background Implementation science research, especially when using participatory and co-
design approaches, raises unique challenges for research ethics committees. Such …

Background Knowledge mobilisation in healthcare organisations is often carried out through
relatively short-term projects dependent on limited funding, which raises concerns about the …

Background: There is increasing interest in using systems thinking to tackle 'wicked'policy
problems in preventive health, but this can be challenging for policy-makers because the …

The Rycroft-Malone paper states that co-production relies on 'authentic'collaboration as a
context for action. Our commentary supports and extends this assertion. We suggest that …

In these challenging times, research funding is seen as an investment, and funders expect
demonstrable returns in both monetary and societal terms (including morbidity, quality of life …

Background Having a research-engaged health and medical workforce is associated with
improvements in clinical outcomes for patients. As such, there has been significant …