HOST Policy Research: Our Services
Policy and Strategic Research
HOST personnel have contributed underpinning research to many of the major policy developments in social and economic policy for successive governments, as well as for the European Commission and other international bodies. As an independent centre of expertise we also conduct policy-shaping research for representative bodies including sector, employer and trade union groupings as well as voluntary sector and other interests groups.
Policy research at HOST draws on the portfolio of methods and methodologies which HOST is able to apply to other research and analytical needs, but with a particular focus on policy impact and integration, and the information needs of decision-makers. Policy and strategic research is often conducted to very intensive schedules, and draws on HOST’s expertise in producing reporting and briefing tools focused on different tiers of executive decision-making.
Policy research teams include senior staff who have past experience as advisers and analysts within government departments and non-departmental agencies, and they continue to contribute to international policy and practice observatories and governmental review bodies.
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