Research to Practice Brief Series

The Research to Practice Brief Series provides short summaries of scholarly publications produced by center-affiliated scholars and practitioners.

They are designed to highlight a publication’s most essential takeaways, including the research topic and main findings, and to encourage readers to consult the original work for more information.

Rule-mediated connectivity in social-ecological-technological systems

Tomás Olivier, Hoon C. Shin, David J. Yu, and Margaret Garcia

This June 2025 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Rule-mediated connectivity in social-ecological-technological systems: A comparative network analysis of reservoir operation rules in Coyote Valley Dam (United States) and Ameghino Dam (Argentina)," co-authored by Tomás Olivier, Hoon C. Shin, David J. Yu, and Margaret Garcia in the Journal of Environmental Management.

June 3, 2025

See related: Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Latin America & the Caribbean, Natural Resources, Research Methods, United States, Water

Evidence-based practices & US state government civil servants: Current use, challenges, & pathways

Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter

This April 2025 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Evidence-based practices and US state government civil servants: Current use, challenges, and pathways forward," co-authored by Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Leslie Thompson, Shuping Wang, Jules Marzec, Chengxin Xu, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter in Public Administration Review.

April 2, 2025

See related: Government, Research Methods, State & Local, United States

Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts

Tomás Olivier, Sechindra Vallury
This September 2024 Research to Practice Brief provides a summary of "Institutional fit and policy design in water governance: Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts," co-authored by Tomás Olivier and Sechindra Vallury in the Policy Studies Journal.
September 24, 2024

See related: Environment, Government, Natural Resources, Research Methods, Rural Issues, Sustainability, United States, Water

Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance

Graham Ambrose, Jangkim Kim, and Saba Siddiki
This August 2024 Research to Practice Brief provides a summary of "Evaluating conflict in collaborative environmental governance: A study of environmental justice councils," co-authored by Graham Ambrose, Jangmin Kim, and Saba Siddiki in the Policy Studies Journal.
August 15, 2024

See related: Environment, Government, Research Methods, Social Justice

Evaluating Use of Evidence in U.S. State Governments: A Conjoint Analysis

Chengxin Xu, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Shuping Wang, Weston Merrick, Patrick Carter
This June 2024 Research to Practice Brief provides a summary of "Evaluating Use of Evidence in U.S. State Governments: A Conjoint Analysis," co-authored by Chengxin Xu, Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Shuping Wang, Weston Merrick, and Patrick Carter in Social Science Research Network.
July 10, 2024

See related: Government, Research Methods, State & Local, United States

A policy design perspective on electricity rates

Nicholas Oesterling
This May 2024 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "A policy design perspective on electricity rates," authored by Nicholas Oesterling in Policy Design and Practice.
June 10, 2024

Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages

Darzhan Kazbekova, Rebcca Schewe
This December 2023 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Research in a Closed Political Context, COVID, and Across Languages: Methodological Lessons, Messages, and Ideas," co-authored by Darzhan Kazbekova and Rebecca Schewe in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
June 10, 2024

See related: COVID-19, Government, Health Policy, Research Methods, Russia

Emotional Distress During COVID-19 by Mental Health Conditions and Economic Vulnerability

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Kohei Watanabe, Hajime Sueki
This August 2023 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Emotional Distress During COVID-19 by Mental Health Conditions and Economic Vulnerability: Retrospective Analysis of Survey-Linked Twitter Data With a Semisupervised Machine Learning Algorithm," co-authored by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Kohei Watanabe, and Hajime Sueki in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
June 10, 2024

See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, Mental Health, Research Methods

Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time

Saba Siddiki, Graham Ambrose

This April 2023 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Evaluating Change in Representation and Coordination in Collaborative Governance Over Time: A Study of Environmental Justice Councils," co-authored by Saba Siddiki and Graham Ambrose in Environmental Management.

June 10, 2024

See related: Environment, Government, Research Methods

A policy design perspective on electricity rates

Nicholas Oesterling
This May 2024 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "A policy design perspective on electricity rates," authored by Nicholas Oesterling in Policy Design and Practice.
June 6, 2024

See related: Energy, United States

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