Two ships passing in the night? Practice and academia in public management

The article investigates the divide between research and practice in public management. The article does not discuss the advice-giving role of academia which has been dealt with by other authors. Instead, it focuses on gaining an understanding of its core business: research and teaching. The views of senior academics and practitioners, along with an analysis of secondary data and a review of the literature on knowledge production and collaborative research, provide answers for ways forward.