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The societal and economic burden of insomnia in adults: An international study

This study sought to examine the societal and economic burden of insomnia through a literature review, secondary database analyses and economic modelling. Findings indicate a substantial burden.

Marco Hafner, Robert J. Romanelli, Erez Yerushalmi, Wendy M. Troxel

Journal Article

The Nuffield Early Language Intervention Scale-Up: Evaluation Report Year 1

This study was a mixed methods process evaluation of the implementation of NELI at scale. The objectives were to assess and understand the scaling process and to provide recommendations for supporting future scale-up of educational interventions.

Emma Disley, Madeline Nightingale, Giovanni Amodeo, Asha Haider, Andreas Culora, Sashka Dimova, Lucy Gilder, Mann Virdee

Journal Article

The Nuffield Early Language Intervention Scale-Up: Evaluation Report Year 2

The Year 2 Report is a mixed methods process evaluation of the implementation of NELI at scale across schools in England, using surveys, interviews and case studies. It focuses on schools who signed up to deliver NELI in the 2021/22 academic year.

Emma Disley, Madeline Nightingale, Asha Haider, Giovanni Amodeo, Mann Virdee

Journal Article

If I Knew Then What I Know Now... A Short Guide to Introducing New Technology in Adult Social Care

This booklet is for decision makers considering using technology in social care.

Jon Glasby, Ian Litchfield, Sarah Parkinson, Lucy Hocking, Denise Tanner

Journal Article

Evaluation Framework for the Strength in Places Fund: A Report for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This report sets out the evaluation framework for the Strength in Places Fund. It includes a process evaluation to understand what has worked in the design and delivery of the fund and an impact evaluation to understand what SIPF has achieved.

Sarah Karlsberg, Susan Guthrie, Andrew Leicester, Advait Deshpande, Will Carpenter, Mann Virdee

Report

Strategic advantage in a competitive age: Definitions, dynamics and implications

SONAC commissioned RAND Europe to refine their working definition of strategic advantage. The team developed case studies and conducted expert workshops to explore the types of advantage and how actors seek to maintain and exploit their advantages.

James Black, Diana Dascalu, Megan Hughes, Benedict Wilkinson, Maeve Ryan, Ahron Bregman, Peter Carlyon, Jennifer Cheung, Lawrence Freedman, Rebecca Lucas, Alessio Patalano, Patrick Porter, Fiona Quimbre, Sam Stockwell, Mann Virdee

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Quantifying the link between COVID-19, conflict risk, and the global economy

Our research suggests that COVID-19 will significantly increase the risk of civil conflict in African countries. We estimate this effect will, in turn, have negative global repercussions via international trade losses.

Grant Johnson, Sean M. Zeigler, Marco Hafner, Catherine Galley

Journal Article

A Quantitative Analysis of the Costs of Corruption in the EU

The aim of this report is to quantify the economic and societal losses due to corruption in the European Union, and to identify potential for action at EU level, to address the challenges identified.

Marco Hafner, Eliane Dufresne, Stijn Hoorens, Emma Disley

Report

The relationship between research spending and research performance: A cross-country and in-depth study

This study investigates the relationship between spending and research performance through an econometric analysis and also investigates potential nonlinearities in the relationship between spending and performance through a series of case studies.

Joachim Krapels, Marco Hafner, Anne Kirtley, Enora Robin, Paulina Pankowska, Louise Lepetit, Jacopo Bellasio, Susan Guthrie

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Study to Support an Evaluation of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL): Final Report

This is the final report of the study to support the European Commission's evaluation of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL).

Shann Hulme, Emma Louise Blondes, Emma Disley, Niccolò Theodoli, Luca Marcolin, Sam Cole, Jirka Taylor, Lucy Gilder

Journal Article

Early Evaluation of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Trailblazer Programme: A Rapid Mixed-Methods Study

An early evaluation of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Trailblazer programme examines the development, implementation and early progress of the 25 mental health support teams created as the first step of the programme.

Jo Ellins, Lucy Hocking, Mustafa Al-Haboubi, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah-Jane Fenton, Kelly Daniel, Stephanie Stockwell, Brandi Leach, Manbinder Sidhu, Jennifer Bousfield, Gemma McKenna, Katie Saunders, Stephen O'Neill, Nicholas Mays

Report

Inzichten in de effectiviteit van preventieve instrumenten in de strijd tegen georganiseerde criminaliteit: [Insights into the effectiveness of preventive instruments tackling organised crime]

This study responds to a call from the Dutch Research and Documentation Centre to gather insights into the effectiveness of preventative instruments in the field of organised crime, drawing on a review of the literature and expert interviews.

Mafalda Pardal, Lana Eekelschot, Stijn Hoorens, Emma Louise Blondes

Brochure

Spotlight 2022–2023

The events of 2022 underscore the continuous nature of change and the constant need for policy informed by evidence. Spotlight 2022-2023 highlights selected projects that we undertook in our 30th anniversary year to address some of today's most pressing policy issues.

Journal Article

Strengthening the Fight Against Corruption: Assessing the EU Legislative and Policy Framework

This study aims to provide recommendations for possible EU measures in the area of corruption prevention and repression and to assess and compare the impacts of the identified policy options.

Ilia Gaglio, Jacopo Guzzon, Katarina Bartz, Luca Marcolin, Rrap Kryeziu, Emma Disley, Jirka Taylor, Shann Hulme

Journal Article

Improving Care for Patients with Clostridioides Difficile Infection: A Clinical Practice and Healthcare Systems Perspective

This paper addresses the paucity of multidisciplinary perspectives that consider clinical practice related and healthcare system-related challenges to optimizing care deliver for C. difficile infection.

Lucy Hocking, Mark Wilcox, Nicola Petrosillo, Paul Griffin, Theodore Steiner, Gail Attara, Joel Doré, Mark Cabling, Stephanie Stockwell, Robert J. Romanelli, Sonja Marjanovic

Journal Article

Study on a Future-Proofing Analysis of the 2017 EU AMR Action Plan

This preliminary outcome assessment and future-proofing study of the 2017 European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) identifies priorities to inform improvements that can make the EU AMR Action Plan fit for the future.

Helene Beaujet, Joana Gomes Beirao, Mark Cabling, Ellie Cook, Jessica Dawney, Christina Dziewanska-Stringer, Nick Fahy, Simona Guagliardo, Georgina Morris, Sarah Parkinson, Constantin Radu, Romen Rivero Cabrera, Elta Smith, Selma Stearns, Stefan Strilciuc

Report

Evaluatie rijksbrede Brexit-inzet van de Nederlandse overheid: Eindrapport: [Evaluation of the Dutch government's efforts to prepare for Brexit]

Evaluation of how the Netherlands determined its position in the Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, to what extent the Dutch government sufficiently prepared for its consequences, and whether public expenditures were effective.

Stijn Hoorens, Fook Nederveen, Giselle Schellekens, Douwe Hylkema, Romana Michelon, Vincent Janssen, Iris Leussink, Christian Van Stolk, Robert Wester

Report

Naar een evidence-based aanpak van radicalisering en extremisme: Een eerste evaluatie van de gemeentelijke Versterkingsgelden 2020-2021: [Towards an evidence-based approach to tackling radicalisation and extremism: A first evaluation of municipal Reinforcement Funds 2020-2021]

Evaluation of funding (Versterkingsgelden) by the Netherlands government intensifying local preventive measures in combating radicalisation, (violent) extremism and terrorism allocated to municipalities where these issues are most prevalent.

Fook Nederveen, Emma Zürcher, Lana Eekelschot, Emma Leenders, Iris Leussink, Stijn Hoorens

Journal Article

Faecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent C. Difficile Infections: Challenges and Improvement Opportunities for Clinical Practice and Healthcare Systems

This paper aims to identify key components of faecal microbiota transplantation provision relating to the patient care pathway, stool donor pathway and wider healthcare system, and to explore variation in practice.

Lucy Hocking, Gianluca Ianiro, Rupert W. Leong, Tariq Iqbal, Dina Kao, Mark Cabling, Stephanie Stockwell, Robert J. Romanelli, Sonja Marjanovic

Journal Article

Seven Features of Safety in Maternity Units: A Framework Based on Multisite Ethnography and Stakeholder Consultation

In this article we aim to characterise features of safety in maternity units and to generate a plain language framework that could be used to guide learning and improvement.

Elisa Liberati, Carolyn Tarrant, Janet Willars, Timothy J. Draycott, Cathy Winter, Karolina Kuberska, Alexis Paton, Sonja Marjanovic, Brandi Leach, Catherine A. Lichten, Lucy Hocking, Sarah Ball, Mary Dixon-Woods