Evidence and policy in six European countries: diverse approaches and common challenges

This issue of Evidence & Policy contributes to these efforts to learn from international developments in the evidence and policy field. It draws together papers from a seminar series that considered developments in six European countries: Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and Sweden. The seminar series was funded through the New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co operation in Europe (NORFACE) initiative,2 a partnership between 14 research councils to increase cooperation in research and research policy in Europe, and we gratefully acknowledge their support.