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Getting started in policy engagement (online)
In this session, you will benefit from a combination of presentations, short exercises, and opportunities to discuss with peer researchers your motivations, plans, and challenges when it comes to engaging with policymakers and the public policy world.
COURSE DETAILS
This introductory session, tailored to those new to policy engagement, is designed to support MPLS researchers, DPhil students, and professional services staff, in transforming their motivations for impact into a structured understanding of how to get started in academic-policy engagement.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this session you will have:
A better understanding of the differences between policy influence, impact, and engagement.
An enhanced understanding of the policy process at different levels of government (local, regional, national and international).
An increased awareness of practical tools and strategies to start creating a policy engagement plan.
Date:
7 October 2025, 14:00
Venue:
Online
Speakers:
Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division),
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
Organising department:
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
training@mpls.ox.ac.uk
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/training/courses/getting-started-in-policy-engagement-michaelmas
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Sophie Campbell,
Karen Brayshaw
