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Building the research-policy nexus in South Africa: insights from a skills planning policy intervention

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines the formation and operation of a research-policy nexus in a research-based national-level government department intervention to improve skills planning policy in South Africa. Through the lens of evidence-informed policymaking, it reflects on understandings of evidence use in policy; it explores the interactions between actors in the nexus and the dynamic exchanges that shape this relationship. Based on interviews with researchers and senior government managers, this paper highlights points of concordance and discordance in research(-er) and policy(-maker) interactions in a functioning research-policy nexus. It suggests key means by which the nexus may be improved.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32383779

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Social Science and Policy Research

Subfield: General Social Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162188665

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