CANCELLED - Bartlett Policy Exchange

What does academic policy engagement mean? Who is it engaging with and how? Why do it? How can it be done better?

At the Bartlett our research is often policy-focused or has the potential to have significant policy impact but rarely do we have the time and space to step back and explore ways of effecting policy and to talk to policy professionals and colleagues to learn from their expertise. Policy is also a complex and shifting sphere, with evidence-based policy making becoming increasingly important and a concurrent increased demand for academic expertise.

The Bartlett Policy Exchange is a half day workshop run in collaboration with UCL Public Policy which will explore these questions with those who work in policy. There will be opportunity to discuss different types and levels of policy engagement with experienced Bartlett colleagues, policy professionals, and civil service fast streamers.

Who should attend?

• Early or mid-career level researchers who want to learn more about policy engagement
• Those who don’t have any policy experience and would like to start
• Those who have some policy engagement experience who want to engage more, better, or differently

What will I get out of the workshop?

• Understanding of academic-policy engagement and why to engage
• Knowledge of what different policy actors are looking for
• Knowledge of support available at UCL
• Easy ways that you can become more visible
• Insight into the ways Bartlett academics engage with different policy actors, and examples of successes and failures