Such a variety of personal journeys lead to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis). It’s a pleasure to read applications and learn what has sparked a deep interest in bridging the gap between research and making important decisions www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

🗣️ Privileged to have played a small part in this Lancet Commission on improving population health, published today: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... It focused on three interconnected threats: ⚠️ Non-communicable diseases; ⚠️ Outbreaks of infectious diseases; and ⚠️ Environmental degradation (1/2)

This deep-dive course in evidence synthesis looks great

Looking forward to October 2026, we've started offering places to applicants to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Why science for policy? It helps define the policy problem and find underlying causes. It helps reach trade-offs and compromises by understanding impacts. It helps find out what works through evaluation. Most of all, it helps earn trust in democracy by grounding it in facts and reality.

This really is a shame. In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

Thank you to everyone who joined #Stage4 of #ThePeoplesReview. Now, our team working backstage are taking a closer look at the 699 possibly relevant studies to find the ones that answer the People's favourite question. Stay tuned for #Stage5 coming soon...

I’ll be there - looking forward to it.

Oh dear - we desperately need better public understanding of science.

I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

when autistic people talk about research that will actually help to improve autistic people's quality of life, this is the kind of thing we mean. this is a neat study.

Unsolicited writing advice, no.976: Read. Read for pleasure. Read out of curiosity. Read both in and outside your comfort zone. Read in order to a get a thorough understanding of the industry you’re getting into. No time? Find time. Writing without reading is like cooking without food.

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“Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill” Had a wonderful experience writing this piece that was commissioned for The Student BMJ by editor @georgeawebster.bsky.social! www.bmj.com/content/390/...

‼️HOT OFF THE PRESS‼️ ⭐Updated Responsible AI use in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) 3-paper collection on OSF: osf.io/fwaud/files/... ⭐ Now includes: 1️⃣Recommendations for practice for the main roles in the ecosystem 2️⃣ Guidance on building & evaluating AI tools 3️⃣Guidance on selecting & using AI tools

Navigating research on the performance of generative LLM-based tools in health and social care? The freshly updated Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications by @eppicentre.bsky.social is your compass. #AIHealth

Check out this summary of a Campbell evidence and gap map on interventions for improving informal support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse: a small but useful evidence base. Funded by the UK Economic Social Research Council tinyurl.com/ytf9enb8 @sriucl.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social

Check out this exciting master's degree option offered by our department!

This is such important work - and great fun!

The JLA is looking for independent consultants to train and work as Advisers! You’ll support partnerships that bring together patients, carers, and clinicians to shape research priorities. ➡️Apply here: buff.ly/B9ba05R 🔁Please share this opportunity with your networks

Midwives make a difference! 💙 When women receive care from trusted midwives, they’re more likely to have a positive birth experience—choosing their birth position, moving freely during labour, and having their companion by their side. NEW guidance: bit.ly/4kShgEQ

Sigh. LLMs don't lie, because they don't know anything. What all LLMs do, including the latest models, is produce statistically plausible outputs that sometimes resemble the truth and sometimes resemble falsehoods. That's all the tech *can* do www.ft.com/content/2b3c...

I bought a hard copy - and couldn’t put it down. Definitely a ‘must read’. 👇🏻

Many of our students already have an established career in research or policy. So there’s learning for teachers as well as for students during our discussions about evidence for decision-making. If this sounds interesting, see our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

An absolute bargain. This is so worth reading!

📚 Can schools help bridge ethnic divides? This week’s #DEPStudyOfTheWeek from Turkey tested a classroom-based empathy program—and found big social impacts. Less peer violence, more trust, better integration. 🔗 developmentevidence.3ieimpact.org/search-resul...

So sorry to be missing Michael Klintman @hayfestival.bsky.social but I bought his very readable book anyway.

Thread. I have read what resulted, and so should you.

I’m really looking forward to this too! 📑📝💻

Editors to underrepresented researchers: Put your country in the title. Global North authors: Don't bother. Everyone else: Cites the US/UK/Australia... study because it *sounds* universal and more generalizable. Result: Underrepresented voices stay invisible. #AcademicSky

Peer Support and Community Interventions Targeting Breastfeeding in the UK: Systematic Review of Qualitative Evidence to Identify Inequities in Participants' Experiences Rhiannon Evans, Caitlyn Donaldson, @ruthgarside.bsky.social et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted that @natureportfolio.nature.com (Nature Protocols) have generously agreed to allow six months free open access to our paper describing the work of @independentsage.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) MSc graduates have taken up exciting careers in academic & policy organisations, within the public, private & non-profit sectors, nationally & internationally. Study on campus or on-line. If this sounds appealing, get in touch. www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

This!! ⬇️ Don't tell me "they don't integrate."

It’s a public access to (life and death) scientific evidence issue!

“Parents should be empowered to access information that is independent of the firearm industry … They have the right to be informed that having homes & communities free of firearms is the only effective way to prevent firearm injuries among all children and young people.”

Now more than ever we need to support the use of evidence in everyday life. We hope that #ThePeoplesReview might help this a little. Thanks to @evidencecomm.bsky.social for their work to date in this area, during the global pandemic and during the current polycrisis.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Young people thinking critically is even more important in this era of fake news and conspiracy theories

This is well worth reading. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the paperback, but also glad this will attract many more readers

"Trump’s team, often accused of spreading misinformation, slashes misinformation research. Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader" www.science.org/cont...

Looking for a new role related to research, civic tech, data analytics, or policy? Visit this curated list of open positions Tobin Center built along w/ @stanfordimpactlabs.bsky.social @j-palna.bsky.social & many others. Browse jobs or submit a job listing here www.publicsolutionsjobs.org

📣 Just published in Campbell Systematic Reviews, an Evidence and Gap Map of interventions that create or enhance support from friends, family, neighbours or colleagues for victim‐survivors of domestic violence and abuse: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This is a terrible terrible destructive decision. These sorts of long running research programmes take decades to build and their insights accumulate over decades too - the longer they run, the more valuable they become. This is knowledge vandalism. Nothing new and shiny can replace it.

Oh dear, I should have taught my students this…

#CitizenScienceMonth – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Based in Ireland, the project is a 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬, designed to learn together and build more relevant and inclusive evidence. 🔗 Involve: www.thepeoplesreview.ie #CitSciMonth #onemillionactsofscience @scistarter.bsky.social #CitizenScienceMonth

Illustrating the importance of public engagement with science.

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hermeneutical injustice – "when someone is unable to understand or express an important aspect of their own experience because there is a gap in the shared tools of social interpretation" #LongCovid #ME