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Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN)

University of Oxford

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Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 25 July 2023

09:30 - Writing for policy audiences (basic)
Delia Lloyd

Wednesday 26 July 2023

09:30 - Writing for policy audiences (advanced)
Delia Lloyd

Thursday 23 May 2024

14:00 - OPEN Conversation: Co-designing horizon scanning tools for ethical innovation policies
Dr Federica Lucivero (University of Oxford), Ruth Marshall (Government Office for Science), Jay Stone (Nuffield Council on Bioethics)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 5 June 2024

13:30 - OPEN Networking Event
TBA
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Friday 14 June 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Stakeholders mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement (Humanities)
Please note, this event has been postponed due to illness. All registered attendees should have been contacted by the OPEN team. New details for the event will be circulated and shared here shortly. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Thomas Kelsey (Humanities and Public Policy Officer)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 20 June 2024

09:45 - Workshop: Getting Started for Policy Engagement (Medical Sciences Division)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 26 June 2024

10:30 - Workshop: Speaking to Policy Audiences
Delia Lloyd
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 9 July 2024

14:00 - Stakeholder mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement (Medical Sciences Division)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Thomas Kelsey (Humanities and Public Policy Officer)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 16 October 2024

14:00 - Workshop: Getting Started in Policy Engagement for Medical Sciences
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 22 October 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Getting Started in Policy Engagement for Humanities (Online)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Dr Thomas Kelsey (Humanities & Public Policy Officer for OPEN (the Oxford Policy Engagement Network)), Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith (Professor of Music, University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 23 October 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Getting Started in Policy Engagement for MPLS
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 27 November 2024

10:00 - OPEN Conversation: International Policy Engagement (Online)
Dr Isang Awah (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Maude (Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand), Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela (University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 28 November 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 1)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 5 December 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 2)
Please note that priority for this opportunity will be extended to our current OPEN award holders.
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 7 October 2025

14:00 - Getting Started in Policy Engagement
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Dr Sara Ratner (University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 14 October 2025

14:00 - Medical Sciences Division: Stakeholder Mapping for Policy Engagement
Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 11 November 2025

13:30 - OPEN Workshop: From Research to Policy Writing
Rosaleen Cunningham (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 13 November 2025

10:00 - Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division: Stakeholder Mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 26 November 2025

10:00 - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning from Policy Engagement - Part 1
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 2 December 2025

15:00 - OPEN Conversation: What Can Researchers Learn from Science Advice at the European Union Level?
Prof Nicole Grobert (Chief Scientific Advisor to the EU), Professor Dimitra Simeonidou (Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, University of Bristol), Karen Fabbri (Deputy Head of Unit, Science for Policy, Advice & Ethics at the European Commission)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 3 December 2025

10:00 - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning from Policy Engagement - Part 2
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 21 June 2022

12:30 - Poverty and the SDGs: Engaging the UK Parliament
For online-only participation, please use this link to get your unique access code: https://bit.ly/zoom-OPHIOPEN
Kelly-Ann Fonderson (Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative)
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN) Showcase 2022

Wednesday 15 May 2024

15:00 - Can research partnerships with policymakers change the world?
Various Speakers
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 6 June 2024

16:00 - IMPACT BEYOND ACADEMIA: Connecting MPLS Researchers with Policy Makers
Thank you for your interest in our event! However, as we have reached full capacity the registration form is now closed. We hope to see you next time.
Prof Nicole Grobert (Chief Scientific Advisor to the EU), Prof Patrick Grant (Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Oxford), Wendy Middleton (Deputy Director for Science and Engineering at the Department of Business and Trade), Dr Mithila Manage (Head of Future Gas Systems and Storage - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), Dr Laura Wheatley (International Atomic Energy Agency)

Tuesday 22 October 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Getting Started in Policy Engagement for Humanities (Online)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Dr Thomas Kelsey (Humanities & Public Policy Officer for OPEN (the Oxford Policy Engagement Network)), Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith (Professor of Music, University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 5 November 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Stakeholder mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement for Humanities
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Dr Thomas Kelsey (Humanities & Public Policy Officer for OPEN (the Oxford Policy Engagement Network))
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 7 November 2024

14:00 - Masterclass: Navigating the Intersection of Science and Policy
Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School), Professor Robin May (Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Food Standards Agency)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 12 November 2024

14:00 - Workshop: Stakeholder mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement for Medical Sciences
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 13 November 2024

14:00 - Workshop: Stakeholder mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement for Social Sciences
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team), Noora Kanfash (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 27 November 2024

10:00 - OPEN Conversation: International Policy Engagement (Online)
Dr Isang Awah (University of Oxford), Professor Richard Maude (Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand), Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela (University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 28 November 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 1)
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 3 December 2024

13:00 - Networking: Peer Mentoring Networking Event (Climate, Energy and the Environment)
*Limited seats available. **You will receive an email confirming your seat at this event
TBA
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 5 December 2024

10:00 - Workshop: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Policy Engagement (Part 2)
Please note that priority for this opportunity will be extended to our current OPEN award holders.
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 20 May 2025

14:00 - OPEN Conversation: Connecting Research, Citizens, and Policy: The Citizen Assembly Approach
Professor Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford ), Dr Alison Chisholm (NDPCHS, University of Oxford), Carole Stow (Oxfordshire County Council)

Tuesday 14 October 2025

14:00 - Medical Sciences Division: Stakeholder Mapping for Policy Engagement
Naomi Gibson (Medical Sciences Division), Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 11 November 2025

13:30 - OPEN Workshop: From Research to Policy Writing
Rosaleen Cunningham (COMPAS, University of Oxford)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Thursday 13 November 2025

10:00 - Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division: Stakeholder Mapping for Academic-Policy Engagement
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 26 November 2025

10:00 - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning from Policy Engagement - Part 1
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Tuesday 2 December 2025

15:00 - OPEN Conversation: What Can Researchers Learn from Science Advice at the European Union Level?
Prof Nicole Grobert (Chief Scientific Advisor to the EU), Professor Dimitra Simeonidou (Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission, University of Bristol), Karen Fabbri (Deputy Head of Unit, Science for Policy, Advice & Ethics at the European Commission)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series

Wednesday 3 December 2025

10:00 - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning from Policy Engagement - Part 2
Jose Rojas Alvarado (Oxford Policy Engagement Team)
OPEN Learning Opportunities Event Series