Joining the Science Policy Collaborative for a session focused on boosting US science policy programme capacity and impact 😊

💡 We’re pleased to be partnering with @wellcometrust.bsky.social and @senseaboutsci.bsky.social to explore how research communication can remain effective amid rising polarisation and scepticism about expertise Find out more ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-kin...

"Turning research into real-world care in health and disability" with Unit Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social Online 24 February 2026 17:00 to 18:00 #BRIResearch www.kcl.ac.uk/events/turni...

📺 Catch our @annetteboaz.bsky.social speaking with the Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital about how research can make a real difference across health and disability services 📆 Tuesday 24 February ➡️ hollandbloorview.ca/research-edu...

Unit Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social involved in new NIHR Mental Health Research Group led by Lancaster University with a focus on Lancashire and South Cumbria www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-fun...

🎉 Congratulations to Zenzo Sibanda, who won the award for best presentation at the first of our Solidarity Symposia, which focused on fighting the climate crisis! 📆 We'll be hosting four more symposia on a range of themes throughout 2026 ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

Meet our speaker🎤 Prof Chris Summerfield, @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk, will explore how capable AI systems are of human influence & what risks they pose to society & to democracy in our forthcoming webinar on 4 Feb. Register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

UK academia’s presence on X is reaching a tipping point blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

In Oslo today for Kari-Elisabeth’s PdD defence - looking forward to discussing her interesting work on evidence use in policy in Norway

Free to download - the @who.int global research agenda for KT/EIP slide deck and infographic 😊

Whoa😲 "DHSC is standing down the NIHR Maximising Impact and Public Partnership contract. Teams across the NIHR Coordinating Centre and wider NIHR community will continue to embed Impact and Inclusion into everything they do": www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/wha... #PPI #PublicInvolvement

🚨 Application deadline: January 18th 🌎 In the second of our Solidarity Symposia – Keeping democracy strong – join Prof Peter John, @gsamaras.bsky.social, Dr Joseph Sherlock & like-minded researchers to explore how we can tackle developing risks to democracies ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/solid...

Come work with us! We're looking for an Senior Lecturer in Public Policy to contribute to the academic life of the School for Government. Apply by 15 January ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

In today's newsletter, we share the NNERPP Yearbook, Youth Voice program, new #edresearch from DC Ed Rsrch Collaborative, DetroitPEER, EPIC, GPL, @iwerc.bsky.social, @uchiconsortium.bsky.social, MERC, PRiME, REL Mid-Atlantic, & RANYCS, and more: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=ac4a754c92...

We’re featured in the December issue of Care Talk Magazine. Our CEO Professor Oonagh Smyth reflects on the achievements and learnings for social care in 2025 and what she hopes 2026 will bring for the sector and workforce. Find us on page 34: https://bit.ly/4q105CO

Alexis Rockman Traces the Unsettling Evolution of a #Climate in Crisis #Art #Paintings Link for more eerie #climatecrisis paintings and info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/alex...

Free to download - the @who.int global research agenda for KT/EIP slide deck and infographic 😊

About to start our @who.int Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Transfer and Evidence Informed Policy Making webinar @transformevidence.bsky.social

Thank you so much @pvandergraaf.bsky.social - also for an engaged and stimulating dialogue this morning. What company!

FINAL CALL: Deadline 30th June 2026 Do you have research to share on the production, mobilisation or use of evidence? Consider submitting your paper to our themed collection on Making and Using Evidence Get in touch if you have any questions! www.nature.com/collections/... @annetteboaz.bsky.social

Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Have a look at the winners of this year's Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) Awards, including a Research award for ARC-supported work 👏 www.adph.org.uk/resources/ad... @arc-em.bsky.social @arcwessex.bsky.social

At the fantastic @ebrnetwork.bsky.social conference in Bergen @transformevidence.bsky.social

@hscwru.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

🚨 Tonight Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions ⬇️

We're launching the refreshed uremethods.org Repository - a free database to share and find tools researchers use to conduct high-quality research into how evidence use made, mobilised and used. Great to be here @ebrnetwork.bsky.social

At the fantastic @ebrnetwork.bsky.social conference in Bergen @transformevidence.bsky.social

"@bobbyduffy.bsky.social director of the Policy Institute at KCL, said the study showed a 'frightening increase' in the sense of 'national division' and decline in the UK" The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social

Newly added to NNERPP Extra’s #ResearchRoundup: New #edresearch from Georgia Policy Labs, Office for Education Policy, and Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research nnerppextra.rice.edu #ResearchRoundupMonday

Alcohol researchers at @arc-southlondon.bsky.social have evaluated a home- and neighbourhood-based treatment approach that improves outcomes for people with serious alcohol problems, while reducing #NHS costs and hospital admissions arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and... 💫 #ARCimpacts

How can different forms of literature can help us make sense of environmental change, reconnect with place, and imagine more hopeful ways of living? Book here for our Art Club event on Thursday which will include a poetry workshop run by Dr Yvonne Reddick www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

Deadline approaching 😊

Kathryn did an awesome inaugural lecture yesterday 👏 @transformevidence.bsky.social

Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt... With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social

'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on: Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy. Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...

📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts: "Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning" Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social Abstracts deadline 3 November. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...

Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...

It was a real pleasure talking to #CFRs for the study mentioned in the Minister of State’s letter @hscwru.bsky.social

What a beautiful evening to be cycling @denbies vineyard. Very lucky to have all this on our doorstep

Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨

Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights 🙏 @itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social

If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool

House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis' www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...

New in British Journal of Social Work Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada. academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...

In our new project, we are exploring how NHS Nursing Associates are working in GP practices. What's their role in the wider healthcare team, the types of work they do and the factors that affect their development and integration? #PrimaryCare arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-are-nurs...

Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit 👇