Co-hosted by Northeastern University
Sponsored by: The American Evaluation Association

A fundamental intention of public policy analysis and related forms of scholarship is to be relevant to the design and implementation of policy. “Policy relevance,” however, can adopt many forms depending on various factors. This conversation will pass the mic to a policymaker and a community leader to explore whether, when, and why “policy-relevant scholarship” is actually relevant to them in their work, based on many years of collaboration with academics. The session will start with a fireside chat moderated by one of the Co-Directors of Northeastern University’s Policy Innovation Hub–who has been an academic, a policymaker, and an NGO leader–which will be followed by a “reverse Q&A” that invites the audience to share their own perspectives on policy-relevant scholarship, surfacing the range of strategies, methods, values, and norms associated with this work.

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