✪ Editorial: Learning for action in policy implementation

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Introduction

Policy implementation science (IS) is an emerging field that intersects implementation science and public policy studies to support the translation of evidence into policy. As a multidisciplinary field, Policy IS uses methodologies and frameworks from economics, political science, sociology, public administration, knowledge translation, and other fields. Policy IS would benefit from broader consensus on definitions, theories, frameworks, methodologies, and outcomes, so that a wide range of studies could build on a common conceptual foundation and thus build scientific knowledge more rapidly. The objective of this Research Topic is to reach consensus and drive learning for action in policy implementation by strengthening...

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