Evidence-based policy and policy as ‘translation’: designing a model for policymaking

The EU referendum campaign and aftermath brought to the fore the ongoing debate about evidence and evidence-based policymaking (EBPM), write Jo Ingold and Mark Monaghan. While Michael Gove’s suggestion that “people in this country have had enough of experts” could be seen as a rebuttal to criticisms of the Leave campaign’s misuse of statistics, it also draws attention not only to what counts as evidence but also to the perceived gap between ‘the academy’, policymakers and the public.