پژوهشگاه علوم و فناوری اطلاعات ایران (ایرانداک) پژوهشنامه پردازش و مدیریت اطلاعات 2251-8223 39 ویژه نامه انگلیسی 2 2024 01 21 How does the evidence-based approach contribute to ethical policy making in science and technology? How does the evidence-based approach contribute to ethical policy making in science and technology? 1 26 711523 10.22034/jipm.2024.711523 FA Leila Namdarian Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc) 0000-0002-1411-6368 Hamid Reza Khedmatgozar Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc) 0000-0003-2259-9811 Journal Article 2023 04 03 Evidence-based policy-making is an ongoing process of gathering legal and ethical information, analyzing it intelligently, and disseminating intelligence at the operational level in a controlled manner to policymakers. This approach makes the policymakers have a proactive approach to the consequences of science and technology (S&T) and formulate ethical policies to achieve desirable economic and social results in the field of S&T. The purpose of this research is to describe how the evidence-based approach contributes to ethical policy-making in S&T. To achieve this goal while explaining the evidence-based policy-making approach, the concept of strategic intelligence in policy-making has been used to explain the theoretical foundations of the research. Then, the ethical components of evidence-based policy-making are identified from related resources and documents using the documentary study. To classify the ethical components of evidence-based policy-making, identify the relationships between them, and formulate the framework of evidence-based ethical policy-making, a thematic analysis method inspired by the 7-step approach of Noblit and Hare (1988) has been used. Based on the results of this research, the steps of evidence-based ethical policy-making are the Identification of information sources, Analytical tools of strategic intelligence in policy-making, Policy intelligence, and ethical policy formulation. Also, in all these steps, policymakers must follow the principles of politics that have an ethical aspect, including participation, objectivity, methodicality, and learning. Evidence-based policy-making is a continuous process of collecting valid and ethical information, intelligently analyzing it, and effectively communicating the findings to policymakers at the operational level in a controlled manner. This approach enables policymakers to take a proactive stance toward the consequences of science and technology (S&T) and develop ethical policies to achieve favorable economic and social outcomes in the S&T field. The purpose of this research is to describe how the evidence-based approach contributes to ethical policy-making in science and technology (S&T). To achieve this goal of explaining the evidence-based policy-making approach, the concept of strategic intelligence in policy-making has been utilized to elucidate the theoretical foundations of the research. The ethical components of evidence-based policy-making are then identified from relevant resources and documents through a documentary study. To classify the ethical components of evidence-based policy-making, identify the relationships between them, and formulate the framework for evidence-based ethical policy-making, a thematic analysis method inspired by the 7-step approach of Noblit and Hare (1988) has been used. Based on the results of this research, the steps of evidence-based ethical policy-making include the identification of information sources, the use of analytical tools for strategic intelligence in policy-making, policy intelligence, and ethical policy formulation. Also, in all these steps, policymakers must adhere to ethical principles of politics, which include participation, objectivity, methodicality, and learning. https://jipm.irandoc.ac.ir/article_711523_86b16ffe2a9f0caa588f253c830265ad.pdf