Beyond Belief The remarkable story of the global movement championing the idea that evidence, not opinions, should guide our decisions

📢 My book, Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works, is out 28th April. 🚨🚨

“an incredibly engaging popular science book that illustrates why we should care about good quality evidence.”

Preorders *really* help! 🙏
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Gillian Earle and John Lavis

Health misinformation is one of the biggest challenges of our time – shaping public trust, influencing policy, & impacting lives. @lavisjn.bsky.social and Gillian Earle weigh in on how @McMasterU can lead the way in shaping health information for the public good healthsci.mcmaster.ca/fly-on-the-w...

Accelerating Inclusive Social Development through AI-enabled Evidence and Evaluation Synthesis - Solution Session to the 2nd World Summit for Social Development

How can AI-powered evidence synthesis accelerate inclusive social development? Register for this virtual Solutions Session at the Second World Summit for Social Development events.teams.microsoft.com/event/69ac2a...
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Key insights from ESIC's Cape Town consensus meeting YouTube video by mcmasterhealthforum

@lavisjn.bsky.social, Director of the McMaster Health Forum, shares some key insights from the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s Cape Town consensus meeting youtu.be/NaTzlGA_l6I

What is the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative and what does it hope to achieve? YouTube video by mcmasterhealthforum

What is the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative and what does it hope to achieve? @lavisjn.bsky.social provides an overview of the initiative youtu.be/BEIJn2ZUpZI

Diverse perspectives strengthen evidence synthesis. Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative. Supported by Wellcome

Update: 200+ participants are in Cape Town for the #ESIC Consensus Meeting on Transforming Evidence Synthesis to Improve Lives. For 3 days participants representing diverse geographies, sectors & interests are stress testing & refining the ESIC roadmap & using the meeting as a springboard for action

Responsible AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE): guidance and recommendations The RAISE guidance is currently written in three documents. The first document, ‘RAISE 1’, provides tailored recommendations for eight of the distinct roles in the evidence synthesis ecosystem: eviden...

Just published - updated guidance and recommendations for the responsible use of AI in evidence synthesis (RAISE): osf.io/fwaud/

We're doing a webinar on this in about an hour!

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Wilton Park dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge management in evaluation synthesis

Forum Director @lavisjn.bsky.social recently participated in a @wiltonpark.bsky.social dialogue on AI & knowledge management in evaluation synthesis organized in partnership with Global Affairs Canada & the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-A6CF09D4...

Update 2025 - Why the world can't afford to take its eyes off global goals for better evidence use YouTube video by mcmasterhealthforum

The Global Evidence Commission has served its purpose in a number of ways, says @lavisjn.bsky.social youtu.be/UC5Urp9Eauc

Global Evidence Commission Update 2025 YouTube video by mcmasterhealthforum

Our Update 2025 report is now available and Evidence Commission co-lead @lavisjn.bsky.social shared some key reflections youtu.be/Mm-55r1v4BE

Screenshot of title banner for article published in jBI Evidence Implementation: SHOW ME the evidence: Features of an approach to reliably deliver research evidence to those who need it. Lavis, John N.; Grimshaw, Jeremy M.; Stewart, Ruth; Elliott, Julian; Moy, Will; Meerpohl, Joerg J. JBI Evidence Implementation 23(1):p 131-137, January 2025

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outlines features of the 'SHOW ME the evidence’ approach for reliably delivering research evidence to those who need it: journals.lww.com/ijebh/fullte...
#EvidenceSynthesis

The first consultation for the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative is now live. If you're interested in the future shape of global evidence synthesis do take a look and have your say!

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Webinar series on advancing evidence-informed policy-making for impact: innovations in evidence synthesis, guideline programmes, science ecosystem, and global initiatives

1s session, 12Feb 1200 EET, led by Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane Editor-In-Chief.
Zoom Link: lnkd.in/dtCY2ReN

"The SHOW ME the evidence features are really about articulating what we want the future to look like," said @lavisjn.bsky.social, Global Evidence Commission co-lead. Learn more >> www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi...

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In 2025, we look forward to continuing our work to support health and social systems, and those supporting evidence-informed policymaking, in Ontario, across Canada, and around the globe newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-BEBEA080...

The ‘SHOW ME the evidence’ consensus is now available in seven languages and has been co-published in five leading journals.
"We now need groups to start to take the actions necessary to make this vision a reality," says @lavisjn.bsky.social
www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi...

The ‘SHOW ME the evidence’ consensus has now been translated into seven languages (AR, EN, ES, FR, JA, PT, ZH) and co-published in five leading journals (Campbell, Cochrane, CEE, GIN, JBI). All the links are here: www.mcmasterforum.org/networks/evi....