At the 6th Conference on Interpretive Policy Analysis "Discursive Spaces. Politics, Practices and Power", which was held from 23-25 June, 2011, in Cardiff, UK, Sabine Weiland (FUB) presented a paper entitled "How to bridge the science-policy gap: knowledge brokering for more sustainable policies?". This was part of the session on "The policy analyst as a facilitator", convened by Sophie Allain and Frank Fischer.