ABSTRACT
Relatively few studies have looked at the research utilisation strategies of intermediary groups, and even fewer at how their organisational design might influence the impact of their work on policy and policy-makers (e.g. Lavis, Oxman, Moynihan, & Paulsen, 2008; Lenihan, 2013). This article aims to address some of these lacunae in the literature. As the UK and other countries seek to improve their evidence infrastructures in response to the call for EBP and build internal capacity that goes beyond individual researchers, for example, with the creation of the UK What Works Network (see Bristow, Carter, & Martin, 2015), it is especially important to understand what strategies and attributes adhere to those knowledge brokerages with formal government relationships or backing.
