Knap Linda J, Friele Roland D, van Gameren Rob, Legemaate Johan
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (Nivel), Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tranzo Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
J Legis Stud. 2025 Jul 3;31(3):852-875. doi: 10.1080/13572334.2023.2268320. Epub 2023 Oct 25.
This article explores the factors that influence the impact of ex-post legislative evaluations and suggests that these factors can be divided into three main categories: context, research quality, and interaction. Contextual factors, including the evaluation's initiation, it's place in the legislative process, the varied functions given by stakeholders, and the level of political or social attention, are beyond researchers' control. However, researchers can influence research quality and interaction with stakeholders, such as the evaluations' commissioner, as well as the society at large, thereby increasing the likelihood of achieving impactful results. They should engage with the evaluation context to improve impact, but must also maintain independence while being influenced by the context. These findings are in line with the much broader literature on the impact of policy and programme evaluations which pays less attention to the policy instrument legislation. Therefore, both disciplines have an interest in a better exchange of knowledge.
本文探讨了影响事后立法评估效果的因素，并指出这些因素可主要分为三类：背景、研究质量和互动。背景因素，包括评估的启动、其在立法过程中的位置、利益相关者赋予的不同功能以及政治或社会关注程度，超出了研究人员的控制范围。然而，研究人员可以影响研究质量以及与利益相关者（如评估委托方）以及广大社会的互动，从而增加取得有影响力结果的可能性。他们应该参与评估背景以提高影响力，但在受到背景影响的同时也必须保持独立性。这些发现与关于政策和项目评估影响的更广泛文献一致，而后者较少关注政策工具立法。因此，这两个学科都有兴趣进行更好的知识交流。
