Academic Knowledge And Public Policy:Harvard University Think Tank Research

With the needs of national development,China takes the university think tank as the hot spot of construction and development.However,most university think tanks in China are transformed from university scientific research institutions,and the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy has not been properly handled in the actual construction,thus affecting the influence of the decision-making.Therefore,in order to deal with the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy and better realize the transformation of academic knowledge to public policy,what kind of university think tank do we need?It has become a key problem to be solved in the process of university think tank construction in China.In terms of Harvard University think tanks,Harvard University think tanks have combined academic research with political realities since its inception,constantly improving research quality,working to influence research results in public policy,Continuously handling the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy in the development process,and realizing the effective transformation of academic knowledge into public policy.For this reason,Harvard’s think tanks account for the largest share of the University’s think tank rankings in the 2017 University of Pennsylvania Global Think Tank Report.Among them,Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs ranked first in the ranking for several consecutive years.This research is based on comparative research methods,supplemented by research methods such as literature research,interdisciplinary research,historical research,and case analysis,and comprehensively utilizes the theoretical perspectives of higher education,new political economy,and public management,from the perspective of the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy,based on the theoretical discussion of the university think tank from the perspective of the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy,explores the historical evolution of Harvard University think tanks and analyzes the actual operation of Harvard University think tanks.And pay attention to the value implication of the Harvard University think tank in the United States;then use these values as the basic background and basis,combined with the specific situation and practical problems of the construction of the university think tank in China,the American experience is used as a local reference,and the future direction of the university think tank is expected.Therefore,it not only has rich theoretical value of university think tanks,but also has important practical significance for the construction of Chinese university think tanks,the transformation of academic research results and the scientificization of government decision-making.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,this study is divided into the following five parts:The first part:This section first determines the relevant concepts of the university think tank from the perspective of academic knowledge and public relations to ensure the clarity and consistency of the research concept.Then,using the Burton Clark Triangle Coordination Model to understand why academic knowledge focuses on public policy,The theory of Government Failure explores the need for public policy to support academic knowledge,and analyzes how the academic knowledge of university think tanks influences public policy by using the theory of;"Knowledge Use",so as to analyze the university think tank from the perspective of the relationship between academic knowledge and public policy;The interpretation of the meaning of the university think tank from the perspective of academic knowledge and public relations forms the analytical clues of this study.The second part:the historical evolution of the Harvard University think tanks.The development history of Harvard University think tanks is a dynamic development process.This part divides the historical evolution of Harvard University think tank into four stages:germination,rise,prosperity and expansion.It analyzes the specific characteristics of Harvard University think tanks at each stage,and pays attention to the evolution logic and development law of Harvard University think tanks.The third part:the actual operation of the Harvard University think tanks.This part selects belfer center for science and international affairs,Center for Education Policy Research and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University as a typical case.It systematically analyzes and interprets it from three dimensions:target location,operation mechanism and function influence.The basic state of Harvard’s think tanks reality operation.The fourth part:the value of Harvard University think tanks.Based on the theory of university think tank research from the perspective of academic knowledge and public policy relations,this part discovers the value of Harvard University think tanks with academic foundation,public spirit,independence and two-way openness through the historical evolution and realistic operation of Harvard University think tanks.The value implication of Harvard University think tanks helps to provide value guidance for the construction of university think tanks in China.The fifth part:Chinese Mirror of the Harvard University Think Tanks.This part takes the value of the Harvard University think tanks as the basic background and basis,combined with the specific situation and practical problems of the construction of the university think tanks in China,and is committed to localizing the American experience,so as to look forward to the future direction of the university think tanks in China.China’s university think tanks should combine the academic foundations to build a think tank brand;clarify organizational goals and strengthen the spirit of think tanks;specialize in managing funds,flexible investment and management;absorb high-quality resources and optimize the introduction of resources;think tanks "go global" and attach importance to sharing China’s strength I started to improve the construction.