Abstract:

This panel will discuss the potential and current relevance of sociological research for evidence-based policy advice. What criteria and standards must social research meet in order to serve as a basis for policy recommendations? What are the prerequisites for evidence-based results to be heard politically and incorporated into political decision-making processes? What are the obstacles to communicating and transferring scientific findings into policy? Why is the transfer more successful in some fields than in others? How do political decision-makers perceive the contribution of sociology to solving practical problems? These questions will be explored using the examples of two highly relevant fields of society, namely the education system and the labor market, and the challenges posed for these fields by contemporary migration processes. The panel will represent the perspectives of science, politics, and policy advice in the fields mentioned above.