The Evidence Information Service: rapid matchmaker for connecting politicians with thousands of UK researchers.

Last month a team of UK academics launched an initiative called the Evidence Information Service (EIS), which seeks to enable rapid dialogue between researchers and policy makers. The initial stage of the EIS includes a citizen-led consultation in which constituents interview their elected politicians, together with a controlled experiment in the UK Parliament. In this post the founders of the EIS describe the response so far and the challenges that lie ahead.