The Broker acts as an intermediary between knowledge networks, brokering global development knowledge to inform practitioners and provide new and integrated perspectives on current global policy issues. As such we act as an intermediary between disciplines, sectors, and viewpoints from local to global level. We striveto provide this knowledge to inspire informed decision-making and agenda-setting
processes. Focusing on five general themes (human security, inclusive economy, food security, social change and global development strategies), we aim to contribute to evidence-based policymaking and better-formulated research questions. All our editorial content is based on academic or other established knowledge sources, which are summarized and presented in short and accessible articles and newsletters, and through social media.The Broker works with co-readers who are all experts in the specific field of interest to peer-review editorial content and make sure it contains the most recent, top-notch insights. The Broker helps policymakers, practitioners and researchers to make better use of the results of state-of-the-art research. We do so, for instance, by hosting international debates on current topics (employment, social entrepreneurship,social protection, inequality, food security, green economics, human security) on our website. Our target group are high-level policymakers working in areas like economics, governance, security and social change in think tanks, international institutions, NGOs, multinationals and universities. The Broker is based in Amsterdam and has a worldwide network of policymakers, researchers and practitioners.
