Research to Practice Brief Series

The Research to Practice Brief Series provides short summaries of scholarly publications produced by center-affiliated scholars and practitioners.

They are designed to highlight a publication’s most essential takeaways, including the research topic and main findings, and to encourage readers to consult the original work for more information.

Evidence-based practices & US state government civil servants: Current use, challenges, & pathways

Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter

This brief provides a summary of "Evidence-based practices and US state government civil servants: Current use, challenges, and pathways forward," co-authored by Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter in Public Administration Review.

April 2, 2025

Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts

Tomás Olivier, Sechindra Vallury

This brief provides a summary of "Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts," co-authored by Tomás Olivier and Sechindra Vallury in the journal Policy Studies Journal.

September 24, 2024

Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance

Graham Ambrose, Jangkim Kim, and Saba Siddiki

This brief provides a summary of "Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance: A study of environmental justice councils," co-authored by Graham Ambrose, Jangmin Kim, and Saba Siddiki in Review of Policy Research.

August 15, 2024

Evaluating Use of Evidence in U.S. State Governments: A Conjoint Analysis

Chengxin Xu, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Shuping Wang, Weston Merrick, Patrick Carter

This brief provides a summary of "Evaluating Use of Evidence in U.S. State Governments: A Conjoint Analysis," co-authored by Chengxin Xu, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Shuping Wang, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter in Social Science Research Network.

July 10, 2024

A policy design perspective on electricity rates

Nicholas Oesterling

This brief provides a summary of "A policy design perspective on electricity rates," authored by Nicholas Oesterling in the journal Policy Design and Practice.

June 10, 2024

Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages

Darzhan Kazbekova, Rebcca Schewe

This brief provides a summary of "Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages: Methodological Lessons, Messages, and Ideas," co-authored by Darzhan Kazbekova and Rebecca Schewe and published in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.

June 10, 2024

Emotional Distress During COVID-19 by Mental Health Conditions and Economic Vulnerability

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Kohei Watanabe, Hajime Sueki

This brief provides a summary of "Emotional Distress During COVID-19 by Mental Health Conditions and Economic Vulnerability: Retrospective Analysis of Survey-Linked Twitter Data With a Semisupervised Machine Learning Algorithm," co-authored by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Kohei Watanabe, and Hajime Sueki and published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

June 10, 2024

Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time

Saba Siddiki, Graham Ambrose

This brief provides a summary of "Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time: A Study of Environmental Justice Councils," co-authored by Saba Siddiki and Graham Ambrose and published in the journal Environmental Management.

June 10, 2024

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