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𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞-𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐩 – 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 👩‍🔬 Europe is brimming with research expertise. Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany lead the global rankings in the number of PhD holders per capita. Yet, why do European parliaments still struggle to translate cutting-edge research into effective policy? As the OECD notes: "𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦."   The core problem? Policymakers and researchers often don't "speak the same language" – they define complex challenges differently, and research is rarely produced in formats aligned with policy timelines or accessible to non-specialist policymakers.   𝘛𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘮. Each Fellow received a tailored research package summarising today’s most current research on their policy topics, in accessible and policy-aligned formats. Assembled by experts from some of Europe’s leading research institutions, these packages helped to guide Fellows’ thinking throughout the policy design process. Fellows also received real-time consultation and feedback from these experts on the efficacy and structure of their policy prototype models against the challenges they sought to address.   🔎 We're grateful to the researchers who contributed their expertise to this work:   Javier Borràs Arumí (Researcher and Editor at CIDOB) on Making the EU the world's innovation powerhouse by 2040 Eleonora Bertoni PhD (Independent Researcher and Policy Consultant) on Investing in Human Capital and Education to create 'Europeans par Excellence'   Matthew Mclaughlan Merelo (Researcher at CIDOB) and Victor Burguete Vidal (Senior Research Fellow at CIDOB) on A Clean, Secure and Affordable European energy system by 2035   Thanos Chatziioannou (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University) on Promoting Social Cohesion as a Core Element of European Security   Mikael Román, PhD (Independent Strategic Consultant and Docent in Environmental Change, Linköping University) on Making Sweden the World's Most Innovative Economic Area by 2040   Gesine Weber, PhD (Center for Security Studies) on Joint Shield – A Multinational Technical & Intelligence Integrated Standing Force by 2028   Learn more about how the Policy Mission Fellowship is rethinking the policymaker-expert dynamic: https://lnkd.in/deBZ2ieG #evidenceinformedpolicy