Meet the policymaker: Policy making at the city level

Join Dr Jose Pedro Reis, Senior Policy Officer, Mayor of London, and Dr Ellie Cosgrave, Lecturer in Urban Innovation and Policy, UCL STEaPP, as they discuss how city policy making works, the key challenges, and the role of universities and academics in the process. 

About the series

The world of policy making can be a ‘black box’ for many. Who are policy makers and how do they actually ‘make’ policy? How are experts selected for advisory committees? These questions, among others, can make engaging with policy seem like an impossible task to start.

The Policy Impact Unit is running a series of lunch and learn seminars over the year to give UCL Engineering researchers the opportunity to hear first-hand from policy professionals working in range of policy roles, including in Government, Parliament, Local Government, Expert Institutions and campaigning and lobbying. 

During the seminars, attendees will to hear what it is like to work in a policy role, to learn more about how research evidence is used in policymaking and to hear how researchers can get involved.  

The seminars will be a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in sharing their research with policymakers to learn more about how policy is made and how academics can feed in to the process. 

Joining instructions

You will need to pre-register for the event on Zoom. Details of how to access Zoom can be found on their website.

Please note that the session may be recorded and retained as per UCL’s retention schedule.