Choosing policy-relevant research questions - Good Questions Review (Bridges version)

Choosing policy-relevant research questionsWhat might work and why is it important?This is a post from a living literature review project called Good Questions Review. It was originally posted on another site on 07 June 2024, but it has been migrated to Bridges to maintain persistent links to versions of record. The latest posts from the project can be found on https://www.monash.edu/msdi/research/good-questions-review/ and their versions of record are deposited here on Monash University's Bridges system.See document for text.Good Questions Review explores emerging insights about how social science research can be more useful for making decisions. Articles will be guided by at least one of the following questions:What are the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches we currently identify, develop, and prioritise questions and set research agendas?What makes "good" questions in the social sciences for policy and program impact? How is this changing? How should it change?Who writes "good" questions? In what conditions and with what skills? Who needs to be involved for better questions addressing complex social issues?This Good Questions Review post was written by Paul Kellner in his role as Research Fellow at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute through support from Open Philanthropy.