The impact of scientific research beyond academia is receiving increasing attention from scientists, science policy, and society in general. However, the mechanisms driving this impact remain unclear.

A lottery-first approach followed by peer review is accompanied by increased female representation both at the submission stage and among funded projects as well as by lower estimated costs.

This paper examines the science diplomacy strategies employed in Slovakia by three major global players from America, Europe, and Asia: the United States, France, and China.

This article presents the first behavioural science-based comprehensive diagnosis of key predictors of policy engagement using the COM-B model, which explains behaviour based on capability, opportunity, and motivation.

Debates on contested emerging technologies illustrate how publics make sense of science and technology by making unexpected connections between scientific insights, values, hopes and fears.

Libraries are a central part of the academic system, which is increasingly embracing a range of approaches for tackling complex societal and environmental problems, including transdisciplinarity.

Making research evidence accessible and relevant to policymakers is one way that the scientific enterprise confers direct societal benefits.

Local authorities are expected to lead on net-zero delivery, irrespective of their capacity to do so. This paper addresses the extent to which they can act on climate change and how policy entrepreneurs can exert agency.

This study asked UK policymakers if there are common topics for which evidence is requested over time that cut across government departments or agencies, and if there is a preferred style in the way evidence is requested?