10.30, Friday 29 June 2018
Portcullis House, Westminster
London UK
Co-hosted with the Royal Society as part of Sense about Science's Evidence Week, this is an interactive workshop for parliamentary staff exploring the principles behind good evidence synthesis.
Evidence synthesis is the process of bringing together information and knowledge from a range of sources and disciplines to inform debates and decisions on specific issues. This broad definition encompasses a spectrum of techniques that range from a full systematic review to the rapid drawing together of evidence to inform an emergency situation. Together, synthesis techniques can support evidence-based policy development across disciplines and sectors.
The Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society earlier this month published a joint report, ‘Evidence synthesis for policy: a statement of principles’, which identifies a set of principles that aim to define the fundamental features of good synthesis and guide the production of future synthesis. This workshop will test these principles with real world examples.
For more information, please visit https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/06/evidence-synthesis-workshop/
Evidence synthesis for policy