What is policy engagement?

Why is policy engagement important for researchers and where can you start?

Government and policy engagement

How does Government work, what is the role of the civil service and where are there opportunities to engage with policymakers?

Parliament and policy engagement

What is the role of the UK Parliament in policymaking and what are the routes for policy engagement for academics?

Devolved, regional and local Government and policy engagement

What is the role of devolved, regional and local Government within policymaking and how can academics contribute and influence through policy engagement?

Think tanks, advocacy groups, business and charities

Understand the role of think tanks and other policy actors in policymaking and consider routes for policy engagement.

What Works Centres

What are What Works Centres and how do you engage with them?

Government consultations and evidence requests

Ways to apply your research and expertise to respond to written consultations and evidence requests.

Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)

What are ARIs and how can researchers contribute to them?

Select Committees and APPGs

Introducing Parliament's Select Committees and APPGs, and ways to engage with them.

Parliament's Libraries and POST

The role of Parliament's Libraries and the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology and ways to engage.

Academic policy fellowships and placements

Gain first-hand experience of working with policymakers in areas aligned with your research.

Stakeholder mapping

Advice on segmenting and reaching relevant policy audiences.

Communicating research for policy audiences

Guidance on framing and crafting compelling messages about your research.

Policy briefs

How to produce and disseminate a policy brief.

Policy events and roundtables

Policy events and roundtables to enable networking, two-way learning and to disseminate your research findings.

National policy networks

National policy networks exist to offer learning opportunities and routes to build your policy networks.

IPR Policy Fellowship Programme

Learn more about the IPR's Policy Fellowship Programme which connects senior policy and decision makers with University of Bath researchers.

Dr Jo Daniels and policy engagement

Whether presenting findings in Parliament, or taking a secondment within government, learn about how Jo Daniels has built policy engagement into her work.

Dr Kit Yates and policy engagement

From mathematical modelling about Covid-19, to sharing his research via media and social media, learn about Kit's experiences of engaging policymakers.

Dr Poornika Ananth and policy engagement

Poornika is currently undertaking a secondment with the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) using her research to inform policy.

Dr Geoff Bates and policy engagement

Via 'TRUUD', Geoff is developing a research project alongside policymakers. Learn more about how he has engaged policymakers in this process.

Lois Player and policy engagement

Throughout her PhD, Lois has been involved in numerous policy discussions about her research and also undertook a secondment with the Climate Change Committee.

Dr Kate Woodthorpe and policy engagement

With a focus on end-of-life care, death and dying, and via an IPR sabbatical, Kate's research has generated policy impacts in Government and in Parliament.