📢NEW BLOG
Are you interested in reaching policy makers with your researchers but aren't sure where to start?

Read our new blog 'Getting started in Policy Engagement: pathways to engagement'
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Q. Can engaging with NGOs be a pathway to policy engagement?

A. Engaging with NGOs is a great pathway for sharing research with policy makers as they can act as an advocate for your findings
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Q. Are there ways to engage with policy on a long term basis - to support systemic change?

A. Yes. Involvement in advisory bodies is a great way to do this. Find out how Seena Fazel|Oxford Psychiatry is doing this by working with Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody

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A benefit of including policy engagement when planning your research is it makes it easier to integrate MEL activities.

Dr Hollie Booth's research supported the development of policy engagement around incentive-based plans to help protect marine life
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Q. How do you monitor and evaluate policy engagement activity?

A. Visit the OPEN website for resources on how to undertake MEL for policy engagement or get in touch at [email protected] ox.ac.uk/research/using…

Researchers from Oxford Martin School have called for a more considered approach when embedding ethical principles in the development and governance of AI for children.

Read more ⬇️
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Find out how @Hbudnitz|TSU Oxford is working with Oxfordshire County Council & #carclubs to investigate the viability of electric car clubs around #oxfordshire
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Q. How important is participatory research for policy engagement?

A. Policy decisions are based on multiple influences so if you have research that involves participatory research is especially useful to decision makers.
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When engaging with policy makers it is important for researchers to remain evidence-led. In this blog Dr Caitlin Hafferty|ECI, Univ of Oxford provides 10 recommendations for best-practice evidence led stakeholder engagement

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Policy engagement can take many different forms.
Dr Jack J Matthews worked with UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 & others to help establish International Geodiversity Day

Geodiversity is the parts of nature that aren't alive; including everything from minerals & fossils, to soils & landscapes.
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Carolyn Hoyle's Oxford Criminology Public Policy Challenge Fund project helped to make resources from their research accessible to policy makers, challenging assumptions in decision making around the death penalty.

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Are you looking to increase your capacity and skills for policy engagement?

Want to hear from academics who have successfully had policy impact?

Check out our calendar of events and workshops. New events added each term ox.ac.uk/research/using…

Q. Can I build policy engagement into my research plan?

A. Building policy engagement into research is a key way to help shape your research questions for maximum impact & engage with policy stakeholders early
You can find advice here👇or get in touch ox.ac.uk/research/using…

Research has a lot to offer to policy decision makers, but policy also has a lot of relevance for research!

See how Jamie Hartmann-Boyce|Oxford Postgrad: EBHC|OxPrimaryCareSci worked with both policy & NGOs to provide fair, neutral & useful evidence for decision making around #ecigs
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Q. If your work has an international focus can you still engage with policy?

A. Absolutely! Governments and around the world value research evidence. There are also many multi and cross national ways to engage with policy.
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📢NEW BLOG
Did you miss the recent 'Research to policy impact: strategies for translating findings into policy messages' workshops? No problem, you can catch up with this blog from the speakers Kay Jenkinson & Dr Sarah Higginson
CREDS|Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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If you are doing your #PhD and are wondering how you can use your research to help make the work a better place check out this video from University of Oxford doctoral students on how they are engaging with policy
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