International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI.
Health Res Policy Syst. 2011 Jun 16;9 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S11. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-9-S1-S11.
This paper discusses the practices of organisations that cross the boundary between research and politics, to promote evidence-based policies and programmes.
It uses the experience of a network of organisations in Africa to describe the methodology, challenges and successes of efforts to promote utilisation of research on the inter-connections between HIV/AIDS, food security and nutrition in South Africa. It emphasises that crossing the boundary between science and politics can be done systematically and is inevitable for any attempt that seeks influence policy making.
The paper reveals the complexity of the research-policy making interface and identifies key lessons for the practice of networking and engaging policy and decision-makers.
The concept of boundary organisation is a helpful means to understand the methodological underpinnings of efforts to get research into policy and practice and to understand the 'messy' process of doing so.
本文讨论了研究与政治之间界限模糊的组织的实践，以促进循证政策和项目。
本文利用非洲一个组织网络的经验，描述了促进利用关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病、粮食安全和营养之间相互关系的研究的努力的方法、挑战和成功，强调了跨越科学和政治之间界限的系统性做法，以及任何寻求影响政策制定的尝试都是不可避免的。
本文揭示了研究与政策制定界面的复杂性，并为网络和参与政策制定者和决策者的实践确定了关键经验。
边界组织的概念是理解将研究转化为政策和实践的努力的方法基础以及理解这样做的“混乱”过程的有用手段。
