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Making research heard: communicating with policy professionals, Thu 7 May
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social workshop designed for Medical Sciences researchers, research support & comms professionals.
Places limited, book early ➡️ events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event/9c7fadb0-95...
Professor Rachel Condry's pioneering research on adolescent-to-parent violence and matricide draws attention to women often left out of view 👀
Read about her unconventional academic journey and the real-world impact of her investigations on @ox.ac.uk's Pulse 👇
https://shorturl.at/PYCOA
Young Lives' Deputy Director Kath Ford discusses why investing in adolescent girls is essential for building inclusive, resilient, climate-adaptive societies on @socialprotection.org's latest #SPpodcast.
🎧 Listen via the link 👇
@odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social #podcast
The study found that long-term childhood poverty:
- Fell for children born after the late 1990s
- Remained stable for children born in the 2000s
- Rose sharply again among those born after 2013, when the austerity reforms started
- Was experienced by 23% of children in the 2016-17 cohort
NEW: Long-term childhood poverty in Britain rose sharply after austerity reforms 📈
The study, by @sbeduk.bsky.social (Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy) & Anna Yong found that more than 1 in 5 children born after 2013 experience poverty for at least half their childhood.
New POSTnote briefing on 'Diagnosis and treatment of
rare genetic diseases' (POSTnote 763, doi.org/10.58248/PN763) has been published, with contributions from the UOI's Dominic Wilkinson.
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #postnote #rarediseases
'For now, markets are relying on emergency stock releases and hopes of a geopolitical de-escalation. But if not, the world economy could face an unprecedented energy shock, with far-reaching and unpredictable consequences.'
Read more from @oxengsci.bsky.social's Dr Adi Imsirovic ⬇️
🌾 @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social: “We can continue with business-as-usual, watching food systems crumble and costs rise. Or we can act now to improve our health and environment.”
✍️ Write to your MP—and ask what's their response to the @nebriefing.bsky.social and #CANBill.
👉 action.zerohour.uk/write
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We're delighted to see this contribution by @anavaldi.bsky.social of @oii.ox.ac.uk in the latest @post-parliament.bsky.social research on data centres.
A timely note that will hopefully inform future policy.
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Join us at this tomorrow !
Drawing on insights from MIT, this session explores these questions by outlining the main institutions and mechanisms that support engagement between academic research and policy in the United States.
Drawing on insights from #MIT, our next not-to-be-missed (and extremely timely!) webinar explores the institutions, relationships and mechanisms that connect academic research with US policymaking.
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No one can fault @doynefarmer.bsky.social's ambition. The American economist is confident that, with the right funding, he can build a computer simulator of the world’s economy. As it sounds, this is no mean feat.
#complexity @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
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Launching the Global Security Programme Webinar Series — six conversations on conflict, governance & illicit flows across borders. Supported by XCEPT.
Episode 1: Borderlands and the Making of Global (Dis)Order
📅 25 Feb | ⏰ 1pm (UK)
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The newest episode of our podcast The Last Best Hope? is out today. In this episode Adam sits down with Hilary Rodham Clinton to discuss her views on if America is the Last Best Hope for the world. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! #oxford #oxforduniversity #America #podcast #hilaryclinton
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Alumni Spotlight: International Online School in Forced Migration
Sarrinah Tanveer reflects on the December 2025 Online School, describing a session on Syria and the human realities behind displacement as “deeply transformative.”
Applications open for March 2026: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/intern...
The race to make AI a commercial success means that a disaster that could destroy confidence in the technology as a whole says Professor Michael Wooldridge. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Our monthly collection of policy-relevant stories, engagement opportunities, and events from across @ox.ac.uk will be out again next week.
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We're partnering with The ZERO Institute and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk to host a conversation on how to engage with UK Parliament Select Committees as a route to policy impact.
When: 2 March, 16:30-18:00
Where: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street, Oxford
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Our Seminar Series is now available to book through Feb & March. Talks discuss post war Syria including transport, traffic & mobility issues in Homs, urban mobility in Damascus & sustainable housing reconstruction & refugee camp removal. www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/events/index... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
Developing a Complexity Model of the Global Economy
@doynefarmer.bsky.social @inet-complexity.bsky.social outlines his plan for a super simulator:
An economic model of the world in which every company is individually represented
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We excited for the coming weeks with fascinating conversations and learning on and around academic-policy engagement lined up!
The first workshop is exclusively for researchers in @mplsoxford.bsky.social
These second two are open to everyone.
Find out more here: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
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Who influences policy linked to your research – and who’s affected by it?
Join this interactive workshop for researchers and DPhil students on stakeholder mapping, policy audiences, and engagement strategies.
📅 Tuesday 17 February 2026
➡️ Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/mw4akvhz
We're delighted to welcome the 2026 OPEN Visiting Fellows!
This year, ten @ox.ac.uk departments are hosting Visiting Fellows from a widely diverse policy community.
Find out more about this our fellows, hosts departments, and their plans for working together.
📢 Policy professionals: The Oxford Briefing is back tomorrow!
Drawing on research from across all University divisions, we highlight policy-relevant evidence, expert analysis and practical opportunities to engage with researchers working on many of the UK’s most pressing strategic questions.
A quick reminder that we are offering a limited number of bursaries to current employees of the NHS on selected Evidence-Based Health Care Short courses, as part of our new NHS Short Course Bursary scheme.
Find out more here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-nhs-short-cou...
