Research areas
Sandra's research centres on two core areas: (1) understanding and improving research use and impact in public policy and practice contexts; and (2) performance management systems, with a particular focus on public service audit and inspection regimes. She has published widely in both of these areas. She has wider research interests in public management reform and managing change.
She was the founding Director of the Research Unit for Research Utilisation (www.ruru.ac.uk), which is a research collaboration that investigates the use of social science research in public policy and service delivery settings. She has served on the editorial boards of several academic journals including Evidence & Policy, Public Administration, and Public Money and Management.
Selected publications
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Open access
New development: what works now? Continuity and change in the use of evidence to improve public policy and service delivery
Nutley, S., Boaz, A., Davies, H. & Fraser, A., 2019, In: Public Money & Management. 39, 4, p. 310-316 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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What works now? Evidence-informed policy and practice
Boaz, A. (ed.), Davies, H. T. O. (ed.), Fraser, A. (ed.) & Nutley, S. M. (ed.), 27 Mar 2019, Bristol: Policy Press. 418 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Facing the challenges of research-informed knowledge mobilization: ‘practising what we preach’?
Powell, A., Davies, H. T. O. & Nutley, S. M., 25 Mar 2018, In: Public Administration. 96, 1, p. 36-52 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Missing in action? The role of the knowledge mobilisation literature in developing knowledge mobilisation practices
Powell, A., Davies, H. & Nutley, S., May 2017, In: Evidence & Policy. 13, 2, p. 201-223 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
New development: Turning around failing schools - lessons from Lahore
Irfan, S. & Nutley, S. M., 2017, In: Public Money & Management. 37, 1, p. 69-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Open access
Analysing performance assessment in public services: how useful is the concept of a performance regime?
Martin, S., Nutley, S. M., Downe, J. & Grace, C., 7 Mar 2016, In: Public Administration. 94, 1, p. 129-145 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Debate: Using ideas from the West to improve education in Pakistan?
Irfan, S. & Nutley, S. M., Sept 2016, In: Public Money & Management. 36, 6, p. 396-397 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Evidence-based policy and practice
Nutley, S. M. & Boaz, A., 2016, Public Management and Governance. Bovaird, T. & Loffler, E. (eds.). Third ed. Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Exploring and mapping the knowledge and practice terrain
Nutley, S. M., Bain, R., Moran, C., Orr, K. M. & Russell, S. L., 3 May 2016, Knowledge and Practice in Business and Organisations. Orr, K., Nutley, S., Russell, S., Bain, R., Hacking, B. & Moran, C. (eds.). New York and London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 234-246Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Improving skills and care standards in the support workforce for older people: a realist synthesis of workforce development interventions
Nutley, S. M., Rycroft-Malone, J., Burton, C., Williams, L., Edwards, S., Fisher, D., Hall, B., McCormack, B., Seddon, D. & Williams, R., Apr 2016, 12 ed. London: National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation.Research output: Book/Report › Other report