Kate Williams

Hybrid knowledge production and evaluation at the World Bank

K Williams

Journal article  |  2022  |  Policy and Society

Before problems can be solved, they must be defined. In global public policy, problems are defined in large part by institutions l..

What counts: Making sense of metrics of research value

K Williams

Journal article  |  2022  |  Science and Public Policy

There is no singular way of measuring the value of research. There are multiple criteria of evaluation given by different fields, ..

The impact of research undertaken by universities in Hong Kong

Jonathan Adams, Ryan Beardsley, Jonathan Grant, Martin Szomsor, Katherine Williams

Report  |  2022

Research assessment: Origins, evolution, outcomes

Jonathan Adams, Ryan Beardsley, Lutz Bornmann, Martin Szomsor, Katherine Williams

Report  |  2022

Understanding, measuring, and encouraging public policy research impact

Kate Williams, Jenny M Lewis

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Journal of Public Administration

Academics undertaking public policy research are committed to tackling interesting questions driven by curiosity, but they general..

Credibility in Policy Expertise: The Function of Boundaries Between Research and Policy

Kate Williams

Journal article  |  2021  |  POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL

As science becomes an increasingly crucial resource for addressing complex challenges in society, extensive demands are placed upo..

Playing the fields: Theorizing research impact and its assessment

Kate Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  RESEARCH EVALUATION

How research is assessed affects what types of knowledge are valued, incentivized, and rewarded. An increasingly important element..

Strategic positioning: How policy research actors situate their intellectual labour to gain symbolic resources from multiple fields

Kate Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

The process of knowledge production involves negotiating several social worlds, whereby actors engage in positioning and repositio..

An evaluation of the impact component of the Australian Research Council’s 2018 Engagement and Impact Assessment

Katherine Williams, Alexandra Pollitt, Jonathan Grant, Terry Nolan

Report  |  2020

Organisations and Policy-Relevant Knowledge Production

Kate Williams, Marcos Gonzalez Hernando

Journal article  |  2018  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICS CULTURE AND SOCIETY