The evidence-policy-interface is a two-way street: policymakers and researchers both benefit from sharing insights about the problems that governments face and how they seek solutions. Yet, too often, the response is one-way activity. This article argues that elite interviewing has become logistically easier but politically harder when elites are disincentivised to share perspectives with outsiders.

Australia's civic participation is declining but across our lives we are active in different ways. This report summarises a forum to test the practical value of a civic life journey framework, looking at how policies could approach civic life from a life course perspective.

This case study examines Korea’s use of participatory and collaborative approaches to policymaking through the Open Policy Lab (OPL). The OPL functions both as a platform and a structured methodology, bringing together subject-matter experts, frontline practitioners and other stakeholders to co‑create policies. It focuses particularly on early‑stage policy design under conditions of uncertainty and complexity.

This guide is the 2026 update to the Magenta Book, the United Kingdom Government’s central guidance on evaluation. It provides guidance on scoping, design, conduct, use and dissemination as well as the capabilities required of government evaluators. The revised guide introduces several new and significantly expanded areas of focus to support high-quality evaluation across government.

Young women are persistently absent from policymaking, but are overrepresented in experiences of financial stress, gender-based violence, medical misogyny and climate anxiety. This policy brief, written by young women, presents the most pressing policy issues impacting young Australians, and calls on the Australian Government to resource their expertise and safeguard their futures.