An introduction to the UK Civil Service and routes from academia into science policy

Helena has an OPEN Visiting Fellowship with Alice Norton’s Policy and Practice Research Group at PSI. In this session targeted at early / mid career researchers, she will give an overview of the UK Civil Service and how science policy works, and will draw on the UK Biological Security Strategy as a case study for how departments and policy areas work together on a single issue. They’ll also be some practical advice at the session on how to approach a transition into science policy and reflections on Helena’s OPEN Visiting Fellowship.