ABSTRACT

Researchers have many incentives to make sure that the work they do is relevant to policymakers and implementers. First, it may secure them funding; second, ‘impact’ is part and parcel of academic evaluations; and third, researchers are often attracted by the prospect of doing work that matters and that contributes towards social justice. Moreover, the mandate and urge to be relevant are central to governments’ capacity to formulate effective and just policies, but this may also constitute an epistemological challenge by creating blind spots. In this article, I explore key challenges that emerge from the relationship between policy and research. I take as a starting point my own experiences as a migration scholar, who mainly conducts research on migration to Norway and the development and implementation of Norwegian migration policies, and use these to reflect on the consequences of external and internal pressures on research to be relevant and have an impact.

摘要

研究人员有很多动机来确保他们所做的工作与决策者和实施者相关。首先，它可以为他们提供资金；第二，“影响”是学术评价的重要组成部分；第三，研究人员经常被从事重要工作并有助于社会正义的前景所吸引。此外，相关授权和迫切要求对于政府制定有效和公正政策的能力至关重要，但这也可能因制造盲点而构成认识论挑战。在本文中，我探讨了政策与研究之间的关系中出现的主要挑战。我以自己作为移民学者的经历为出发点，主要从事挪威移民研究以及挪威移民政策的制定和实施，