Kathrin Frey
University of Zurich
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American Journal of Evaluation | 2011
Kathrin Frey; Thomas Widmer
Evidence-based policy-making and other recent reforms in public steering emphasize the role systematic evidence can play in improving decision making and public policies. Increasing deficits heighten the pressure on public authorities to legitimate public spending and to find savings. Existing studies show that the influence of research-based information on decision making is shaped by several factors, but they typically do not distinguish between different types of information. Our contribution aims to compare the influence of efficiency analysis to information about performance effectiveness. We do so by looking at 10 cases in which public policies are being revised at the federal level in Switzerland, and do so by tracing the entire policy reform process. This qualitative analysis sheds light on which actors use efficiency information, how and under which conditions, and highlights the contribution of efficiency analysis for evidence-based policy-making.
Journal of the International AIDS Society | 2011
Kathrin Frey; Daniel Kübler
BackgroundResearch policy in the field of HIV has changed substantially in recent decades in Switzerland. Until 2004, social science research on HIV/AIDS was funded by specialized funding agencies. After 2004, funding of such research was “normalized” and integrated into the Swiss National Science Foundation as the main funding agency for scientific research in Switzerland. This paper offers a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between the changing nature of funding structures on the one hand and the production and communication of policy-relevant scientific knowledge in the field of HIV on the other hand.MethodsThe analysis relies on an inventory of all social sciences research projects on HIV in Switzerland that were funded between 1987 and 2010, including topics covered and disciplines involved, as well as financial data. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 stakeholders.ResultsThe analysis highlights that the pre-2004 funding policy ensured good coverage of important social science research themes. Specific incentives and explicit promotion of social science research related to HIV gave rise to a multidisciplinary, integrative and health-oriented approach. The abolition of a specific funding policy in 2004 was paralleled by a drastic reduction in the number of social science research projects submitted for funding, and a decline of public money dedicated to such research. Although the public administration in charge of HIV policy still acknowledges the relevance of findings from social sciences for the development of prevention, treatment and care, HIV-related social science research does not flourish under current funding conditions.ConclusionsThe Swiss experience sheds light on the difficulties of sustaining social science research and multidisciplinary approaches related to HIV without specialized funding agencies. Future funding policy might not necessarily require specialized agencies, but should better take into account research dynamics and motivations in the field of social sciences.
Widmer, Thomas; Uffer, Sabina; Frey, Kathrin; Widmer, Alexander; Widmer, Céline (2007). Wirkungsanalyse Umweltbildung : Kurzbericht. Bern: Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU. | 2007
Thomas Widmer; Sabina Uffer; Kathrin Frey; Alexander Widmer; Céline Widmer
Die Wirkungsanalyse analysiert die Aktivitaten des BUWAL/BAFU im Bereich der Umweltbildung seit 1993 und formuliert Empfehlungen fur eine zukunftige Ausrichtung des Dienstes Umweltbildung. Der Bericht zeigt auf, was das BUWAL/BAFU im Bereich Umweltbildung bis anhin erreicht hat und wo Ansatzpunkte fur Verbesserungen bestehen.
Governance | 2010
Kathrin Frey
Archive | 2012
Kathrin Frey
Frey, Kathrin (2012). Evidenzbasierte Politikformulierung in der Schweiz: Gesetzesrevisionen im Vergleich. Baden-Baden: Nomos. | 2012
Kathrin Frey
Eberli, Daniela; Bundi, Pirmin; Frey, Kathrin; Widmer, Thomas (2014). Befragung Parlamente und Evaluationen : Ergebnisbericht. Zürich: SynEval, Universität Zürich, Institut für Politikwissenschaft. | 2014
Daniela Eberli; Pirmin Bundi; Kathrin Frey; Thomas Widmer
Frey, Kathrin; Widmer, Thomas (2013). Vom Eigenen oder Fremden lernen bei der evidenzbasierten Politikgestaltung? In: Hense, Jan; Rädiker, Stefan; Böttcher, Wolfgang; Widmer, Thomas. Forschung über Evaluation. Münster: Waxmann, 165-185. | 2013
Kathrin Frey; Thomas Widmer; Jan Hense; Stefan Rädiker; Wolfgang Böttcher
Archive | 2009
Kathrin Frey
Frey, Kathrin; Ledermann, Simone (2017). Nutzung von Evaluationen in Regierung und Verwaltung. In: Sager, Fritz; Widmer, Thomas; Balthasar, Andreas. Evaluation im politischen System der Schweiz. Zürich: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Verlag, 211-242. | 2017
Kathrin Frey; Simone Ledermann; Fritz Sager; Thomas Widmer; Andreas Balthasar