Presenters: Nicola Jones, Katie Shamash
As global efforts intensify to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), understanding how academic research informs and influences policy is more vital than ever. Springer Nature and Overton are working together to produce an industry first report on this topic and will share their early findings in this exclusive session. The landmark study, which uses Overton’s database of over 12 million policy documents, looks at how research is cited in SDG policymaking all over the world and by whom. It also analyses the role publishers play in facilitating these citations through open access and inclusive journals as well as other key knowledge brokers in the research to policy ecosystem, like think tanks. Join this discussion to hear more about how publishers, researchers, institutions and policymakers can work together to ensure the creation of evidence-based policy that moves the dial forward on the goals. What role will we all play in ensuring that research continues to shape a more sustainable and equitable future?
- Nicola Jones, Director, SDG Programme, Springer Nature
Nicola is responsible for coordinating the publishing activity across Springer Nature where it relates to the UN SDGs, with the aim of bringing research that has the potential to help achieve the Goals to the attention of those best placed to implement it. In order to do this, she works with the editors and publishers across Springer Nature’s journals, books and other products and across all relevant disciplines to ensure that the approach is joined up, information is shared across departments and that all relevant colleagues are engaged with the programme. Nicola is passionate about the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for solving complex global problems, and the need for solid research evidence to inform policy and practice. - Katie Shamash, Head of Data, Overton
Katie leads the data team at Overton. Her priority is making sure Overton’s data is as good as possible to help answer customers’ questions. She’s spent her career using data to understand the research landscape – most recently at Digital Science, where she worked with government, funder and corporate clients, and previously at Jisc, where she worked on open access and licensing. She is based in London, UK.