Foreword, Andrew Wilkins (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
Introduction, Craig Skerritt (University of Manchester, UK)
Part I: Knowledge and Evidence
1. Evidence-Informed Education Policy in a Complex Knowledge System, Dirk Van Damme (Center for Curriculum Redesign, Boston, USA)
2. Co-Constructing Knowledge and Policy: Exploring Positionality in Research-Policy-Practice Partnerships, Claire Forbes (University of Manchester, UK)
3. Enhancing Policy Making in Education: Towards Collaborative and Evidence-Based Approaches, João Miguel Alves Ferreira (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Sergii Tukaiev (Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland) and Taras Shevchenko (National University of Kyiv, Ukraine)
4. How to Gauge What Matters and to Whom: Towards a Capital-Based Framework for Improved Policy Making in Education, James Hall and Chris Brown (University of Southampton, UK)
5. Minding the Data Gap: Challenges to Informing Education Policy in Northern Ireland, Erin Early (Ulster University, UK), Laura Dunne and Sarah Miller (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Dale Heaney (Department of Education, Northern Ireland, UK)
Part II: Academics and Advice
6. Policy Formation in England and Scotland: Opportunities and Challenges for Academic Researchers Navigating the Pathways to Policy Impact, Alice Tawell and Hilary Emery (University of Oxford, UK), Gillean McCluskey (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Ian Thompson (University of Oxford, UK)
7. From Lived Experience to Informed Policy: The Transformative Vision of Working-Class Academics, Teresa Crew (Bangor University, UK)
8. Academics Battling for Teacher Education in England, Clare Brooks (University of Cambridge, UK) and Joanna McIntyre (University of Nottingham, UK)
9. Changing Paradigms and Future Possibilities for Academics in Policy Advice and Policy Making in Pakistan, Sajid Ali and Sohail Ahmad (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)
Part III: Citizens and Democracy
10. Polycentrism in Education Policy Making in England and New Zealand, Taylor A Hughson and Loic Menzies (University of Cambridge, UK)
11. Devolved Policy Making in Wales: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future, Caroline Lewis (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)
12. Teachers as Policy Makers: A Warning Against a 'Big Bang' Approach to Decentralisation, Gareth Evans and Elaine Sharpling (University of Wales, UK)
13. Framing Equitable Stakeholder Engagement and Authentic Participation for Education Policy Development, Louise Campbell (University of Dundee, UK) Charlaine Simpson (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Anna Beck (University of Glasgow, UK)
Conclusion, Craig Skerritt (University of Manchester, UK)
References
Index