van der Heijden, Jeroen2023-02-172023-02-171748-5991http://hdl.handle.net/1885/285287This article is an introduction to meta‐research, a systematic and replicable process of synthesizing research findings across a body of original research. After introducing the reader to the core of meta‐research methodology, meta‐research logic and tools are applied to present an evidence synthesis of empirical research on responsive regulation. The article concludes with a meta‐research agenda for regulation and governance scholarship, and five key lessons from the empirical responsive regulation literature.Jeroen van der Heijden receives funding from the New Zealand Government Regulatory Practice Ini-tiative (G-REG) and kindly thanks them for theirfinancial supportapplication/pdfen-AU© 2020 The Author. Regulation & Governance published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/evidence synthesismeta-researchresponsive regulation202110.1111/rego.123782021-12-02Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License