Calling all @ox.ac.uk folk interested in knowing more about policy outputs, come join me at this hands-on workshop next week!

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.

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

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...

📢 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.

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 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!

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...

📣 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 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

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.

🧐 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

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...

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...

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

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-...

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.

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…

Better data from policy-making; Including research from Michael Biggs @sociologyoxford.bsky.social on discrepancies in data on on the UK’s LGBT+ population.

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...

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

Are you a policy professional interested in our Visiting Policy Fellowships at @ox.ac.uk ? Find out more about what our current fellows are up to and watch our new video here: And if you're a @ox.ac.uk department, consider hosting a policy fellow! #policyengagement www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...

Interested in climate change and the UK #CarbonBudget? Watch this space! @doynefarmer.bsky.social is heading up our latest project to fill evidence gaps ahead of the UK Government setting its Seventh Carbon Budget next year www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/sprint-...

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 Oxford researchers on #policy-academic collaborations? The Oxford Briefing offers all this and more! Subscribe here: lnkd.in/eWy88agr

Do you work on immigrant integration or well-being? At this @compasoxford.bsky.social hybrid seminar on 19 Sep, Adam Komisarof (Keio, Japan) and I will each share work on migration attitudes, with commentary from the brilliant @sbvanoosten.bsky.social! www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/promot... #migcitsky

Are you an academic working on UK economic crime? Into money laundering, fraud, corruption?! The new Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) from the National Economic Crime Centre & Home Office flags current specific research needs. 113 questions are included! Search 'economic crime' at ari.org.uk

Fed up with economists using inappropriate methods to study climate change and net zero? Here is a paper for you, "Economic models and frameworks to guide climate policy"! We speak to governments about what they need, and show which economic methods can deliver. academic.oup.com/oxrep/advanc...

More reforms are needed to the UK’s Cold Weather Payment system ASAP - highlights @tinafawcett.bsky.social from the @ecioxford.bsky.social along with co-authors.

🦔 @drhedgehog.bsky.social 's work on European hedgehogs conservation work has led to their status being heightened to 'near threatened', through policy and media engagement. Find out more about Sophie's impact in a OPEN Researchers Story from @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social ⬇️ youtu.be/tVzgN6cmDi4

🚨 New report! The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal in the UK is out now. What does the current UK CDR landscape look like, and what needs to happen for CDR to scale up sustainably so it helps us reach net zero by 2050? Download the report here: co2re.org/wp-content/u...

A security specialist in the Western Indian Ocean sees how countries work together to counter the threat of a massive oil spill.

'No developing country can deal with a significant marine pollution event alone.' @politicsoxford.bsky.social's Prof Kate Sullivan de Estrada, a security specialist in the Western Indian Ocean, explains how countries work together to counter the threat of a massive oil spill ⬇️ #OxfordClimate

'The usual suspects made their usual comments, but the overwhelming majority of MPs called for more action on climate change.' @smithschool.ox.ac.uk's Dr Wainwright & Prof Fankhauser share their thoughts following Ed Miliband’s speech at yesterday’s Climate Innovation Forum. #OxfordClimate

🌍 | How possible is it to remove greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, from our atmosphere? @smithschool.ox.ac.uk's Prof Cameron Hepburn and @naturebasedsols.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk's Prof Nathalie Seddon explain. ⬇️ www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-... #OxfordClimate

A new era of #sustainablefinance requires reinvention, bold thinking & system-wide change. Tomorrow, we welcome world-leading researchers, policy shapers & finance professionals to 𝗢𝘅𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 to tackle the big questions & shape what comes next @smithschool.ox.ac.uk #OSFS2025

Sir Peter Gluckman - "No policymaker cares whether your paper got published in Nature" 👏 #Metascience2025

Happening today! Hear from Prof @carlbfrey.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk, @oxmartinschool.bsky.social speaking about the impact of AI on remote working with the Home-based Working Committee, Monday 30 June, 14.15 BST. Watch the session here: Parliamentlive.tv - Home-based Working Committee

Professor Mike Wooldridge has commented in The Guardian on Meta’s superintelligence ambitions: ‘There’s a good argument that there should be a CERN for AI’. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A truly insightful day at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social for our first Forum, this year focusing on Risk & Resilience with UK policy people &researchers from @ecioxford.bsky.social @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @psioxford.bsky.social @compscioxford.bsky.social & many others. www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...

In our latest Researchers Stories, @drhedgehog.bsky.social explains how her academic contributions to the conservation of the European hedgehog have been strengthened by her policy, media & public engagement. Be prepare to be charmed! @wildcru.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/tVzgN6cmDi4?...

This conference brings together researchers, industry, policy experts & civil society. It's free to attend and in addition to high-profile speakers and cutting-edge research, features research poster sessions, a link-up with the BIEE conference and a very nice lunch. Sign up now! 🙂

@drhedgehog.bsky.social's conservation work for European hedgehogs has led to their status being heightened to “near threatened”, through policy and media engagement 🦔 Find out more about Sophie's impact in this new video! 👇 youtu.be/tVzgN6cmDi4 @wildcru.bsky.social @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social

📢 Leading UK scholars deliver letter to PM, urging him to put nature at the heart of growth, climate & resilience policy ahead of #COP30 Belém. Covered ‪@businessgreen.bsky.social‬ tinyurl.com/2huncmv4 🙋🏽‍♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names. 🔗 Read letter & sign here: tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb

🚫 Fertility fallacies busted! Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social joined @lbc.co.uk to challenge myths: 1️⃣ Young ppl aren’t choosing fewer kids 2️⃣ Pronatalist policies won’t fix it 📉 Incentives ≠ long-term fertility boost Read the full @unfpa.org report: tinyurl.com/bdd3evsr #Policy #Demography

Reminder: our next GGR Insights webinar takes place at 12pm on 18 June! Join us to hear perspectives from CO2RE researchers, industry & advocacy on what policies can best support greenhouse gas removal. co2re.org/events/ggr-i...

🚨New CO2RE policy briefing! Current UK waste law hinders biochar's scale-up as a method of greenhouse gas removal, argue Navraj Singh Ghaleigh & Luka Štrubelj. But it doesn't have to be this way. Find out how regulations can be improved in their briefing: co2re.org/wp-content/u...

OPEN are delighted to welcome our first cohort of Visiting Policy Fellows to the @ox.ac.uk. Thanks to @somervillecollege.bsky.social for hosting our first gathering last week. Find out more about our new collaborations here: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...

Here's a great opportunity for @mplsoxford.bsky.social people who are new to policy engagement but keen to learn more. Do share! Register here- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧The Children’s Information Project, led by the Rees Centre, is transforming how data from children & families informs support at local and national levels. Want updates? 📰Sign up for our newsletter bit.ly/4dETBol 👉Visit website bit.ly/43S1lzZ

🚨 Our research on the income penalty of informal care was cited in Parliamentary debate by MP @wendychambld.bsky.social (thank you 🙏) Work by our own @dvaldenegro.bsky.social & @crahal.com with @mariapetrillo.bsky.social & co-authors from @centreforcare.bsky.social — here’s what we found 🧵1/6