José Manuel Torres, Policy Analyst at the OECD presents at the OECD webinar "Who sparks the engine for research to fly? The role of knowledge intermediaries in education on 13 February 2025. The webinar recording can be found here - https://oecdedutoday.com/webinars/ you can check out the latest report via this link 👉 - https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/everybody-cares-about-using-education-research-sometimes_5ef88972-en.html

1. Percentage of organisations reporting to
engage in the given activity “To a large
extent” or “Systematically”.
Source: OECD (2025), Everybody Cares
About Using Education Research Sometimes
Formal
intermediary
Public
intermediary
Research
institute
ITE
institution
Inspectorate
/
QA
service
Funding
organisation
Teacher
union
Consulting
firm
Conducting systematic reviews or meta-analyses
Conducting intervention/programme evaluations
Curating and maintaining an evidence repository
Disseminating research in user-friendly formats
Establishing/maintaining communication channels for disseminating research
Mapping research users or mobilisers
Facilitating connections/collaboration among actors to increase research use
Training practitioners or policy makers to help them use research
Training researchers (e.g. to communicate research)
Training intermediaries to develop brokerage skills
Building leadership capacity to support research use
Co-development or implementation of policies/practices with ministries/schools
Scaling/sustainability of effective knowledge mobilisation initiatives
Coordinating knowledge mobilisation at the system-level
Creating system-level infrastructure, processes or incentives for knowledge mobilisation
4% 80%
Heatmap of knowledge mobilisation

2.  Membership fees for
education associations and
unions
 European Union funding
 Commercial operations (e.g. capital
gains, interest on endowments,
selling products/ services)
Public Non-profit sector Private International
organisations
Other
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
86%
44% 43%
25%
18%
68%
11% 13%
2%
6%
Respondents receiving funding Average level of funding
Who is funding knowledge mobilisation?
Source: OECD (2025),
Everybody Cares About Using
Education Research Sometimes

3. Better understand “what works in what works”
19%
36%
22%
19%
3%
No / Not yet
To a limited extent
Yes, occasionally
Yes, in most initiatives
Yes, in every initiative
Does your organisation monitor or evaluate
the reach or impact of its knowledge
mobilisation activities?
Number of participants in events 58%
Bibliometric indicators 45%
Students' academic achievement 43%
Change in practices | Increased research use 32%
Users’ research knowledge and skills 15%
Source: OECD (2025), Everybody Cares
About Using Education Research Sometimes