It is not possible for any one team to organise the world’s scientific knowledge in a domain and synthesise it for policymakers. 

In 2021 we therefore began working on the first of a series of community features to allow users to:

• contribute scientific knowledge;
• comment on the knowledge they find here;
• stay up to date via subscribing to newsletters and following conversations;
• ask questions to scientific experts;
• collaborate on evidence-informed policymaking.

The following features are currently available:

• Create a K4P account – see FAQ: What is a K4P account and how do I create one?
• Create and manage your personal profile (required before you can contribute anything to Knowledge4Policy) – see FAQ: What is my personal profile and how do I create and manage mine?
• Contact me: allows members to message each other without sharing their email address, as long as both users have opted in (see FAQ: What is ‘Contact me’ and how does it work? in the Members user manual)
• Ask a scientist: submit a (private) question to an EC community manager (see FAQ: What is ‘Ask a scientist’, and how does it work? in the Members user manual)
• Contribute knowledge to a knowledge service
• Comment on blog posts and other commentable content 
• Follow the resulting conversations
• Subscribe to newsletters.

More details on the above features are provided via the Members' user manual.  

Future developments will include:

• (un)Subscribe to all K4P newsletters from a one stop shop;
• Create and manage profiles of your organisation and/or projects;
• Join closed working groups to collaborate with other members in a private space.