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UCL Public Policy
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Public Policy works across the institution to build engagement and strengthen links between UCL researchers and public policy professionals. Our work creates opportunities for UCL’s world class research to inform public policy.
🗓️ UCL researchers: Apply by 17 Nov for a 4–6 month Policy Fellowship with OHIDL & GLA
Projects: mental health, overcrowding, health equity & planning.
Bring your expertise to the heart of London’s public health strategy.
🔗 https://bit.ly/3JMCxT2
#PolicyFellowship #OHID #GLA
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨 Researchers: want to shape local policy?
Apply now for UCL’s London Local Authorities Policy Fellowships with Newham, Camden & Islington councils. Great for building networks + making research count.
Deadline: 17 Nov
Apply👉 https://bit.ly/4oD1Wxp
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
How do we share science in an age of disinformation?
Join UCL STEaPP seminar with leading voices from Nature, The Economist, Wellcome & more. 1 Dec at 5:30pm
📍Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road
🎟 Limited seats – book now!
👉 shorturl.at/3hC8G
Science advice in a populist age
How should science advice adapt to an age of populism? A UCL-STEaPP Seminar in partnership with RoRI and hosted by Wellcome
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Find out more about what’s coming up next week at the London Assembly: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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🎫Upcoming event: Paris +10: Reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement | 12 Nov @ 6pm

Join us for a compelling conversation featuring climate experts and policy makers as we revisit the legacy of Paris & explore the path ahead.

Secure your spot 👇
https://shorturl.at/BrTwC
Paris +10: Reflections on the impact of the Paris Agreement
UCL and the French Embassy in the UK bring together an expert panel of scholarship, diplomacy and policymaking.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Applications open: Inequalities ECR Catalyst Grant 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 available for interdisciplinary projects led by early career researchers tackling inequalities in practice.
🗓 Deadline: Friday 28 Nov, 17.00
🔗 https://bit.ly/4oiv1yg
Inequalities Early Career Researcher (ECR) Catalyst Grant Call 2025/26
Funding of up to £5,000 is now available for impactful, interdisciplinary projects that specifically support early career researchers. Application deadline: Friday 28 November, 17.00 (GMT).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📢 Researchers & knowledge mobilisers: Join the Ministry of Justice launch of its 2025 Areas of Research Interest.
Explore key themes, hear from the Evidence & Partnerships Hub, and learn how to get involved.
🗓️ 27 Nov, 11am to 12pm bit.ly/49yG7KG
Ministry of Justice Areas of Research Interest 2025 launch
Join the Evidence and Partnerships Hub from the MoJ as they share their most important research questions and evidence needs from academics.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We’re proud to sponsor the GSS Conference – Ahead of the Curve – on 4 Nov.
UCL’s Allison Littlejohn will close the event with a keynote on how data affects people’s work and relationships.
“Making use of data is more than just technical work—it involves an important social dimension.”
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Last week we were pleased to welcome The Rt Hon Dame Theresa Villiers DBE for a fireside chat with Professor Graeme Reid. Theresa shared candid reflections on life in government, the role of resilience, and balancing scientific advice with other interests.
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🗓️ UCL researchers: Apply by 17 Nov for a 4–6 month Policy Fellowship with OHIDL & GLA
Projects: mental health, overcrowding, health equity & planning.
Bring your expertise to the heart of London’s public health strategy.
🔗 ucl.ac.uk/public-polic...
#PolicyFellowship #OHID #GLA
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 Researchers: want to shape local policy?
Apply now for UCL’s London Local Authorities Policy Fellowships with Newham, Camden & Islington councils.
Deadline: 17 Nov
Info session: 6 Nov
Find out more & apply👉 lnkd.in/eyDNrndt
📧 alice.tofts@ucl.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
📍 Join our next Up Close and Policy: Spatial Inequalities & Place-Based Solutions
🗓️ 20 Jan 2026 | ⏰ 1–2pm | Online

Explore how researchers & policymakers are tackling spatial inequalities, locally & globally. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/up-close-a...
Up Close and Policy: Spatial Inequalities and Place-Based Solutions
Reimagining place-based policy with local lessons for global impact with UCL, North East Combined Authority and the OECD
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October 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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IOE & UCL Public Policy research is addressing how the cost-of-living crisis impacts different demographics in different ways.

The research advocates for
• better cross-government collaboration
• long-term, strategic investment
• improved data collection to address areas of need
uclioe.info/4h19Qhh
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Last chance to apply for Cultural Heritage & Climate Change Networks funding. Institutions within Europe & ODA countries can apply for 12-month AHRC £60k grants to build networks that shape policy through heritage and climate action.
📅 Deadline: 14 Oct www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Cultural heritage and climate change networks to drive policy change
Apply for DCMS funding to maximise the international partnership brokering and networking opportunities of UK arts and humanities research, as a step towards the Horizon Europe Resilient Cultural Heri...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🎙️ New Podcast ep: Intersectionality at UCL
Dr Sinéad M. joins Ethne James-Souch, Professor Sara Mole & Noël Caliste to explore lived experience, equity & institutional change at UCL.
Highlights: Safer Space Conversations, Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter & more.
🔊 Listen: bit.ly/4q6qhwX
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 What matters in education?
Join the next event on 8 Oct, 5.30–7pm for key insights into teacher recruitment & retention from two ERP projects.

🎙️ Speakers from Oxford & Durham
🗣️ Respondents from UCL, Teach First & Birmingham

🔗 Book now:
www.ucl.ac.uk/education-re...
Addressing key issues in teacher recruitment and retention: findings from two ERP projects
In this webinar, Stephen Gorard, Rob Klassen and Rebecca Snell will discuss findings from their two very different projects designed to make a difference to teacher recruitment and retention. In conve...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As #LabourConference spotlights safer streets, a new UCL report offers evidence-based, compassionate recommendations to tackle youth violence.
Developed with 40+ experts across sectors, it shows how research can drive real policy change.
🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/public-polic...
From Risk to Potential: Policy Insights on Youth Violence and Antisocial Behaviour
Insights and Recommendations from Cross-Sector Roundtables Convened by UCL and the Ending Youth Violence Lab
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🎨 Public Art & Public Policy
What can art shape public discourse?

Join us on 8 Oct, 1–2pm for Up Close & Policy with artist Dryden Goodwin & Lucy Wood, exploring how creative practice drives civic change.

🔗 Register: www.shorturl.at/P0YOJ
Up Close and Policy: Public Art and Public Policy
Join us for a conversation exploring the intersection between public art and public policy, through the lens of Breathe.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social
🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities.
🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv
Inequalities in Focus: UCL Grand Challenges launches podcast mini-series on Inclusive & Just Futures
As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers and interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s...
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September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔍 How do we define the skills to connect academia & policy?
Join UPEN & CAPE for a deep dive into knowledge mobilisers' core competencies.
📅 23 Sept | 12:30–14:00 | Online
🔗 Register: https://www.shorturl.at/TQ5zd
📄 Read the report: https://www.shorturl.at/jZPG0
Hidden Talents: Core Competencies of Knowledge Mobilisers
How do you articulate the skills needed to connect academia and public policy? Hear CAPE's key findings from the 'Hidden Talents' report.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🧠 Does UK R&D need a “strategic brain”?
Join us for a seminar featuring Sarah Chaytor (UCL), responding to Stian Westlake (ESRC) on evidence & analytics in UKRI.

📅 30 Sept | 17:00
📍 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH
🎟️ https://www.shorturl.at/psSgc
Does STI policy need a strategic brain?
A seminar on how metascience might sharpen investment decisions across the UK’s research system
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September 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🧠 Does STI policy need a strategic brain?

Join us at UCL on 30 Sep for a discussion with @stianwestlake.bsky.social, Executive Chair of @ukri.org's ESRC, with responses from Molly Morgan Jones (@britishacademy.bsky.social) and Sarah Chaytor (@uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social): tinyurl.com/vekzka23
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📢 Book your place: Reflecting on Resettlement: Insights from Research in the UK
🗓️ 19 Sept | ⏰ 11:00–16:00 BST
📍 Nuffield Foundation, London

Join leading researchers & policymakers to explore UK resettlement schemes

🔗https://shorturl.at/90lDn
September 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Opportunity alert! 📣 we are excited to announce an opening in the OPSS Research Fellowship Scheme for a researcher skilled in #RStudio, #Excel and #EconomicModelling to drive research-informed policy and practice. Find out more & apply https://opss-careers.co.uk/opss-research-fellowship-scheme/
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🧠 Does UK R&D need a “strategic brain”?
Join us for a seminar featuring Sarah Chaytor (UCL), responding to Stian Westlake (ESRC) on evidence & analytics in UKRI.

📅 30 Sept | 17:00
📍 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH
🎟️ https://www.shorturl.at/psSgc
Does STI policy need a strategic brain?
A seminar on how metascience might sharpen investment decisions across the UK’s research system
www.shorturl.at
September 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM