Here, we have compiled a list of policy-related events, organised by policy-oriented organizations and units, scheduled for the second half of February and March 2024.
As part of our Innovations in Evidence series, this discussion will focus specifically on the process of translating qualitative research and lived experience evidence into policy-making, and the process of influencing decision-makers with this kind of evidence. How much do we know and understand about using lived experience as evidence to influence policy? What are the benefits and challenges of a ‘lived experience’ approach? And how exactly do you translate the stories of those with lived experiences into concrete recommendations for policy?
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Devolution of the UK state over the past decade has increasingly focused on the decentralisation of powers to regional (combined authority) and local government in England. At the same time, academic policy engagement has emerged as a distinct and significant element of universities' wider civic commitment to knowledge exchange and evidence-based policymaking. The Yorkshire and Humber Policy Engagement and Research Network (Y-PERN) is kindly funded by Research England and is a novel network-based approach to inclusive and place-based academic policy engagement, involving the 12 constituent university members of Yorkshire Universities and all the combined and local authorities across the region. Y-PERN comprises of a team of Policy Fellows, supported by an independent academic steering group, who seek to broker and connect academic research into policy-making circles based at regional, city/sub-regional and local scales.
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In this session classicist Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Vice-Chair of UPEN (Arts and Humanities) and Professor of Public Policy at Durham University, will explain routes into policy engagement for researchers in Arts and Humanities disciplines. She will explain the benefits for academics and their institutions of sharing academic research with policymakers in government, parliament and the devolved nations. This will be a practical and interactive session, with the opportunity to ask questions and design a strategy for getting started.
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Reported by:
Eliza Kania
eliza.kania@brunel..ac.uk