Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN)
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
Connecting researchers & staff @ox.ac.uk with those who share our vision of public policy powered by the best available evidence & expertise.
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#Scientists are increasingly urged to engage with #policymakers & the public about climate change. What works best? Based on 28 interviews Murunga et al. outline 7 strategies & 6 attributes that support engagement, eg, discussion summaries & respect for alternative viewpoints doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Scientists are increasingly urged to engage with #policymakers & the public about climate change. What works best? Based on 28 interviews Murunga et al. outline 7 strategies & 6 attributes that support engagement, eg, discussion summaries & respect for alternative viewpoints doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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We’re proud to have partnered with Sage to create the Sage Policy Profiles tool - built using Overton’s data and developed by our teams to help researchers understand and share their policy impact. You have until November 30th to enter their competition!
#SagePolicyProfiles #PoweredByOverton
#SagePolicyProfiles #PoweredByOverton
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🔹Register for Sage Policy Profiles
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How to enter:
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November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We’re proud to have partnered with Sage to create the Sage Policy Profiles tool - built using Overton’s data and developed by our teams to help researchers understand and share their policy impact. You have until November 30th to enter their competition!
#SagePolicyProfiles #PoweredByOverton
#SagePolicyProfiles #PoweredByOverton
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
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Many thanks to @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social for supporting this collaboration and seed-funding initial workshops, to staff in @oxhumanities.bsky.social for their feedback on application drafts, dand to colleagues in @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social for their encouragement.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Many thanks to @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social for supporting this collaboration and seed-funding initial workshops, to staff in @oxhumanities.bsky.social for their feedback on application drafts, dand to colleagues in @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social for their encouragement.
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TABLE's latest report explores the contentious debates surrounding novel alternative proteins, from cell-cultivated meat to precision fermentation.
Find out where advocates and critics find common ground, where genuine disagreements lie, and where there are spaces for deeper engagement.
Find out where advocates and critics find common ground, where genuine disagreements lie, and where there are spaces for deeper engagement.
Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
TABLE's latest report explores the contentious debates surrounding novel alternative proteins, from cell-cultivated meat to precision fermentation.
Find out where advocates and critics find common ground, where genuine disagreements lie, and where there are spaces for deeper engagement.
Find out where advocates and critics find common ground, where genuine disagreements lie, and where there are spaces for deeper engagement.
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Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith launched the National Strategy Playbook this week, calling for the UK to build long-term strategic capabilities that harness democracy’s strengths while overcoming short-termism and fragmentation.👇
https://ow.ly/svHo50XjSry
https://ow.ly/svHo50XjSry
Heywood Fellow calls for new strategy-focused No.10-HM Treasury unit
Former Defra DG also argues case for new national school of government in 'playbook for national strategy'
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October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith launched the National Strategy Playbook this week, calling for the UK to build long-term strategic capabilities that harness democracy’s strengths while overcoming short-termism and fragmentation.👇
https://ow.ly/svHo50XjSry
https://ow.ly/svHo50XjSry
Do you work in #policy at local, regional, national government level? Fancy spending some time with like-minded researchers at @ox.ac.uk on the burning issues of the day?
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Do you work in #policy at local, regional, national government level? Fancy spending some time with like-minded researchers at @ox.ac.uk on the burning issues of the day?
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
📢 Calling UK-based policy professionals!
Ten @ox.ac.uk departments and units - spanning the medical, physical and life sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities - are inviting policy professionals to join them as OPEN Visiting Fellows from January to July 2026.
Ten @ox.ac.uk departments and units - spanning the medical, physical and life sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities - are inviting policy professionals to join them as OPEN Visiting Fellows from January to July 2026.
OPEN Visiting Fellowships | University of Oxford
The OPEN Visiting Fellowship is a mutual learning and development opportunity for research and policy professionals. As Visiting Fellows, policy professionals have the opportunity to explore policy
www.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 Calling UK-based policy professionals!
Ten @ox.ac.uk departments and units - spanning the medical, physical and life sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities - are inviting policy professionals to join them as OPEN Visiting Fellows from January to July 2026.
Ten @ox.ac.uk departments and units - spanning the medical, physical and life sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities - are inviting policy professionals to join them as OPEN Visiting Fellows from January to July 2026.
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NEW research from @sbeduk.bsky.social finds that UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss - far more than in other EU countries ⬇️
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
NEW research from @sbeduk.bsky.social finds that UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss - far more than in other EU countries ⬇️
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
The deadline to express interest for OPEN's Peer Mentoring Scheme has been extended to Friday, 24 October.
If you're keen to understand how research can inform policy and help catalyse the process; broaden & deepen your academic & policy networks; or strengthen leadership for engagement, apply!
If you're keen to understand how research can inform policy and help catalyse the process; broaden & deepen your academic & policy networks; or strengthen leadership for engagement, apply!
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The deadline to express interest for OPEN's Peer Mentoring Scheme has been extended to Friday, 24 October.
If you're keen to understand how research can inform policy and help catalyse the process; broaden & deepen your academic & policy networks; or strengthen leadership for engagement, apply!
If you're keen to understand how research can inform policy and help catalyse the process; broaden & deepen your academic & policy networks; or strengthen leadership for engagement, apply!
Another exciting funding opportunity from OPEN! 👏
The OPEN Seed Fund offers @ox.ac.uk and policy professionals up to £5,000 to kick-start or deepen collaboration towards addressing a key policy challenge.
Find out more and apply: www.ox.ac.uk/research/sup...
The OPEN Seed Fund offers @ox.ac.uk and policy professionals up to £5,000 to kick-start or deepen collaboration towards addressing a key policy challenge.
Find out more and apply: www.ox.ac.uk/research/sup...
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Another exciting funding opportunity from OPEN! 👏
The OPEN Seed Fund offers @ox.ac.uk and policy professionals up to £5,000 to kick-start or deepen collaboration towards addressing a key policy challenge.
Find out more and apply: www.ox.ac.uk/research/sup...
The OPEN Seed Fund offers @ox.ac.uk and policy professionals up to £5,000 to kick-start or deepen collaboration towards addressing a key policy challenge.
Find out more and apply: www.ox.ac.uk/research/sup...
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📣 Closing soon!
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
📣 Closing soon!
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
🎈🎉 We recently celebrated our fifth birthday and took the opportunity to discuss our exciting future with experts across academia and government in our latest video. Have a look! 🎂🥳
youtu.be/GdonTWYSpsw
youtu.be/GdonTWYSpsw
Oxford Policy Engagement Network: Five Years of Impact
YouTube video by University of Oxford
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October 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🎈🎉 We recently celebrated our fifth birthday and took the opportunity to discuss our exciting future with experts across academia and government in our latest video. Have a look! 🎂🥳
youtu.be/GdonTWYSpsw
youtu.be/GdonTWYSpsw
Are you an @ox.ac.uk researcher or staff? Interested in exploring and informing the policy world? Want your research to have more policy impact?
Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Are you an @ox.ac.uk researcher or staff? Interested in exploring and informing the policy world? Want your research to have more policy impact?
Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
🧐 Are you a researcher or DPhil student @ox.ac.uk? Unsure about your first steps in the policy world? Want to hear from academics who've successfully had policy impact?
Join us for our first learning & development session of the new academic year on on 7 October!
forms.office.com/e/k9WfEALg44
Join us for our first learning & development session of the new academic year on on 7 October!
forms.office.com/e/k9WfEALg44
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🧐 Are you a researcher or DPhil student @ox.ac.uk? Unsure about your first steps in the policy world? Want to hear from academics who've successfully had policy impact?
Join us for our first learning & development session of the new academic year on on 7 October!
forms.office.com/e/k9WfEALg44
Join us for our first learning & development session of the new academic year on on 7 October!
forms.office.com/e/k9WfEALg44
Our Peer Mentoring Scheme, supported by the UK Civil Service Policy Profession is open for applications!
Since 2021, it has brought together nearly 200 @ox.ac.uk researchers and policy professionals from across UK give and local authorities. Apply and share!
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www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Since 2021, it has brought together nearly 200 @ox.ac.uk researchers and policy professionals from across UK give and local authorities. Apply and share!
1/5
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
September 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Our Peer Mentoring Scheme, supported by the UK Civil Service Policy Profession is open for applications!
Since 2021, it has brought together nearly 200 @ox.ac.uk researchers and policy professionals from across UK give and local authorities. Apply and share!
1/5
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Since 2021, it has brought together nearly 200 @ox.ac.uk researchers and policy professionals from across UK give and local authorities. Apply and share!
1/5
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
As Jan Royall, Leon Feinstein, & Marian Knight MBE step back from their roles on our Steering Group, we're really looking forward to working with our new members, Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Hogben and Emily Jones !
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
September 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As Jan Royall, Leon Feinstein, & Marian Knight MBE step back from their roles on our Steering Group, we're really looking forward to working with our new members, Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Hogben and Emily Jones !
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Want to keep up-to-date on new policy-relevant research from @ox.ac.uk ? Want to know about the latest opportunities to engage with our researchers on policy-academic collaborations?
✍️ Sign up to The Oxford Briefing, a monthly personalised policy round-up from across Oxford.
tinyurl.com/yfbs3yrp
✍️ Sign up to The Oxford Briefing, a monthly personalised policy round-up from across Oxford.
tinyurl.com/yfbs3yrp
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Want to keep up-to-date on new policy-relevant research from @ox.ac.uk ? Want to know about the latest opportunities to engage with our researchers on policy-academic collaborations?
✍️ Sign up to The Oxford Briefing, a monthly personalised policy round-up from across Oxford.
tinyurl.com/yfbs3yrp
✍️ Sign up to The Oxford Briefing, a monthly personalised policy round-up from across Oxford.
tinyurl.com/yfbs3yrp
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Earlier this year, policy leaders. researchers and experts from across the UK came together to address children and young people’s #mentalhealth challenges.
🔗 oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/uniting-for-...
🔗 oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/uniting-for-...
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Earlier this year, policy leaders. researchers and experts from across the UK came together to address children and young people’s #mentalhealth challenges.
🔗 oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/uniting-for-...
🔗 oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/uniting-for-...
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Out now: our new study shows that climate change caused nearly 1,700 heat-related deaths in Zürich over 50 years.
We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.
We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Out now: our new study shows that climate change caused nearly 1,700 heat-related deaths in Zürich over 50 years.
We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.
We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.
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Are you a researcher or professional staff member who studies the use of evidence in policy?
Fund your research with Overton’s policy impact grant!
Applications are open to all and must be received by December 12, 2025 - click the link for more information…
Fund your research with Overton’s policy impact grant!
Applications are open to all and must be received by December 12, 2025 - click the link for more information…
Apply to Overton's Policy Impact Grant 2024
Get information about applying to Overton's Policy Impact Grant
www.overton.io
September 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you a researcher or professional staff member who studies the use of evidence in policy?
Fund your research with Overton’s policy impact grant!
Applications are open to all and must be received by December 12, 2025 - click the link for more information…
Fund your research with Overton’s policy impact grant!
Applications are open to all and must be received by December 12, 2025 - click the link for more information…
Better data from policy-making; Including research from Michael Biggs @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on discrepancies in data on on the UK’s LGBT+ population.
Excellent piece by @jamesrball.com for @prospectmagazine.co.uk arguing for better data for policy making. We should all be extremely concerned by the many examples collected here.
A must-read for fans of Bad Data.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...
A must-read for fans of Bad Data.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...
Why the data driving government could be wrong
Government decisions are led by statistics—on the economy, employment, housing and more. But what if the numbers are unreliable?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Better data from policy-making; Including research from Michael Biggs @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on discrepancies in data on on the UK’s LGBT+ population.
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Could you lead a scientific meeting dedicated to your area of research?
Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year.
Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year.
Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
August 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Could you lead a scientific meeting dedicated to your area of research?
Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year.
Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
Fast-forward scientific progress in your field by assembling global scientists for two days of discussion and collaboration. Proposals are considered twice a year.
Submit by 24 September 2025: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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John Muellbauer's w/e opinion for @financialtimes.com has generated 1K comments
🡂 Replace top 2 council tax bands with annual wealth tax of 0.5%
🡂 1% tax on agricultural &unoccupied land valued above £40K p/ha
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @econchange.bsky.social @neonuk.bsky.social
🡂 Replace top 2 council tax bands with annual wealth tax of 0.5%
🡂 1% tax on agricultural &unoccupied land valued above £40K p/ha
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @econchange.bsky.social @neonuk.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
John Muellbauer's w/e opinion for @financialtimes.com has generated 1K comments
🡂 Replace top 2 council tax bands with annual wealth tax of 0.5%
🡂 1% tax on agricultural &unoccupied land valued above £40K p/ha
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @econchange.bsky.social @neonuk.bsky.social
🡂 Replace top 2 council tax bands with annual wealth tax of 0.5%
🡂 1% tax on agricultural &unoccupied land valued above £40K p/ha
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social @econchange.bsky.social @neonuk.bsky.social