تحديات استخدام البحث العلمي الاجتماعي في صنع السياسات بالوطن العربي

The current research has focused on the study of the challenges which facing the utilization of applied social research in policy and decision-making, and the transfer of its findings to the practice of the Arab community. To achieve this, it has been surveying the perceptions of Arab academics about: first, Characteristics of the overall political context unique in the Arab societies, second, the reality of the institutional context of policy-making process, Third, a diagnosis of knowledge production, Forth, the quality of knowledge and its connection with decision-making process, and Fifth, recognizing the interaction process between research and policy. The research is descriptive and analytical approach, based on a set of methodological procedures. It is based on a social survey method. The research has come to a number of important results, and ended to put up a number of recommendations to bridge the gap between research and policy, and activating the role of scientific research in policy formulation in Arab world.