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This chapter examines the notion of system-level co-ordination of education research production. The first section presents the challenges that exist in systems to co-ordinate education research production and presents a range of policy mechanisms that can help build a high-quality knowledge base that policy makers and practitioners can draw on. The chapter then discusses different types of education research and their relevance to policy makers and practitioners. It subsequently examines the emerging optimism around collaborative research, in particular the need to incentivise knowledge mobilisation efforts and address stakeholders' divergent knowledge needs. The chapter showcases examples of promising mechanisms that countries have implemented to co-ordinate education research production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This chapter introduces the theme of the report: developing a culture of research engagement. It discusses key concepts and lessons from the knowledge mobilisation literature. In particular, the chapter briefly explains what a culture of research engagement means at the organisational and system level and identifies two cross-cutting themes in developing such a culture. The two themes - developing skills and capacity and creating stable structures and processes - are then introduced along with a set of questions the remaining chapters in this publication will be exploring. Finally, the chapter outlines the structure of the report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This chapter examines the use of research in governing and developing the education sector in Norway. It maps the landscape of education research stakeholders and strategies in the policy arena and provides an overview of the status quo of education research in Norway. It presents an analysis of policy makers' use of education research and perceptions of the strengths and gaps in using knowledge and evidence in education policy making in Norway. The chapter details the main processes and structures that Norway has put in place to facilitate the use of education research within the public sector and explores the public sector PhD programme as a particular example of a promising practice. It concludes with some key takeaways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This chapter brings together the lessons learnt from the chapters in this report. It starts by elaborating on the ingredients and basic enabling conditions of thoughtful engagement with research. It then discusses insights on learning both as a core component of a strong research engagement culture and as an explicit capacity-building strategy. The chapter summarises structures, processes and tools that bridge the research-policy-practice gap and discusses implications for leadership. It concludes with thoughts about the future of research engagement and suggests concrete actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Why have population monitoring, migration control and surveillance become a significant area of common ground in EU-African migration cooperation? This article examines the securitisation of borders in the West Africa region. It finds that state actors in Senegal and Ghana perceive the technocratic solutions that arise from this cooperation as useful in attaining domestic governance and statebuilding goals, and have presented the ECOWAS regional integration agenda and border securitisation project as congruent. This article proposes that the depoliticised nature of security cooperation, alongside specific features of the domestic policymaking contexts, allows the circumvention of domestic critique of securitisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]