Following the signing of the 2017 Evidence Declaration, this report examines the role of the royal colleges, faculties and other professional bodies in mobilising evidence.

This paper brings together views from Nesta on better ways of mapping and measuring public value.

Can mini-publics - an alternative democratic platform - help democracy connect with evidence?

The Joint UCL Public Policy & Alliance for Useful Evidence training programme was an experimental learning programme for researchers across UCL departments that aimed to support researchers to develop their understanding and skills in engaging and...

Jim Vine makes the case for a common set of evidence standards across social policy and practice.

A new resource for the humanitarian sector.

Charities are becoming increasingly sophisticated about how they gather evidence of impact - and there are many great guides and tools out there to help them do so. But there are other ways that the third...

We have developed a Theory of Change to show how we make a difference to decision-makers' use of evidence.

In recent years there has been a rapid proliferation of standards of evidence and other frameworks which aim to tell us what is and isn’t working. Following in-depth consultation with the organisations who use them, Ruth...

The Alliance for Useful Evidence is delighted to publish the translation of the recent French scoping of evidence intermediaries by Agence nouvelle des solidarités actives and partners: 'British What Works Centres: what lessons for evidence-based policy in...

The most downloaded publication on Nesta's website in 2016, this practice guide from the Alliance for Useful Evidence and Nesta's Innovation Skills Team, has been created to help you use research evidence to improve your work.

Our latest summary paper captures learning from a round table event the Alliance for Useful Evidence held on 18th May in Cardiff exploring outcomes based approaches in public sector reform across the UK. This summary paper...

This collaboration between the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS), Alliance for Useful Evidence, and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE) sets out the importance of evidence based decision making in local...

Our 2016 - 2019 Action Plan outlines the organisational objectives and areas of focus for the Alliance.