%0 Book Section
%A Pretelli, Ilaria
%A Asatsa, Stephen
%A Puschkarsky, Tatjana
%+ Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Policy : A brief guide to understanding and influencing real-world decision making : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-2B22-7
%R 10.11647/obp.0440.09
%D 2025
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X This chapter focuses on one often overlooked outcome of behavioral research: its potential to guide policymakers and local actors in designing projects with real-world impact. Research impact is not only of interest to funding agencies and university hiring committees. It is also a sincere concern for many researchers, but we often lack the tools to effectively interact with policymakers. In this chapter we provide researchers with a general understanding of the policy world, provide examples of real-world interventions, and outline pathways by which researchers working in education, psychology, and anthropology can influence real-world outcomes. Much charitable action focuses on children, and research on children’s learning across cultures can provide important avenues to make this action more culturally appropriate, effective, and ultimately beneficial to children across the globe.
%B A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning: 
Theoretical, Methodological, Practical, and Ethical Considerations for an Interdisciplinary Field
%E Lew-Levy, Sheina; Asatsa, Stephen
%P 309 - 344
%I Open Book Publishers
%C Cambridge 
%@ 978-1-80511-467-3