Sponsored reports: David Baxter on the interface between research and policy

Anthony Haynes writes: In this episode, I interview David Baxter of the University of Alberta on the topic of sponsored reports. We pay particular attention to reports on gambling, whether sponsored by industry or government.Amongst the topics we discuss are the career incentives for researchers, readability, the selection of research questions, and changes required.Links and referencesThe website for Grey Literature Guides is here: http://www.greylitguides.com/.The Goldsmiths report, Fair game: producing gambling research, is here: https://www.gold.ac.uk/gamblingineurope/report/.The journal, Critical gambling studies, is here: https://criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cgs.Further listeningOur previous interview with David, on the factors that make reports effective, is here: https://thegreylitcafe.buzzsprout.com/1936705/10489614-david-baxter-on-effective-grey-literature-the-case-of-reports-on-gambling.Support the showAbout the publisherThis episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoringediting and writingtrainingand work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.