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Knowledge for policy

Supporting policy with scientific evidence

We mobilise people and resources to create, curate, make sense of and use knowledge to inform policymaking across Europe.

Supporting policy with scientific evidence

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Knowledge4Policy (K4P) is the EU Commission's platform for evidence-based policymaking. Our goal: to bridge the science-policy gap by bringing together evidence for policy from scientists across Europe, to policymakers across Europe.

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  • high quality, relevant and scientifically robust knowledge created and curated by 19 teams of European Commission scientists
  • content and interfaces specially created and tailored for policymakers
  • a single database of interconnected knowledge to inform policy
  • an online community where scientist and policymakers collaborate to transfer scientific knowledge into public policy (under construction)

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Cover image of the report "Unlocking the full potential of behavioural insights for policy"
BLOG POST | 17 March 2025

Unlocking the full potential of behavioural insights for policy: From influencing individuals to shaping the system

Systemic change is fundamentally rooted in human behaviour: while structural, political, economic, or technological factors may set the stage, it is the decisions and actions of individuals that ultimately drive change. Behind every challenge lies...
Marion DUPOUX
Marion DUPOUX
JRC - Joint Research Centre
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JRC - Joint Research Centre
 published Building capacity for evidence-informed policymaking in governance and public administration in a post-pandemic Europe - Final integrated country report for Estonia (BLOG POST)
Henry Richards
Henry Richards published Increasing understanding among policymakers, researchers and knowledge brokers and acting on that knowledge is still a priority to build public trust in science-for-policymaking (BLOG POST)
Marie Sophie Mayer
Marie Sophie Mayer published Using Foresight for Climate Security: Three compelling reasons (BLOG POST)
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Tom DE GROEVE
Tom DE GROEVE
JRC - Joint Research...
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Tzameret Rubin
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Niels-Kristian Tjelle Holm
Gavin SULLIVAN
Gavin SULLIVAN
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Petya KOLEVA
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Aikaterini POUSTOURLI
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