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Strategic policy engagement:
Resources for effective policy engagement

Module 1: How to Strategise, Scope and Plan Policy Engagement

1. Why engage with policy?

2. Why policy professionals value researchers

3. Why policy colleagues collaborate

4. How policy really works

5. Accessible research for policy makers

6. Interdisciplinarity in policymaking

7. Factors influencing policy decisions

8. Effective research-policy collaboration

9. Engaging relevant groups

10. Managing risk in policy engagement

Module 2: How to Navigate the Policy Impact Process

1. Engaging with UK governments

2. Participating in UK and devolved parliaments

6. Strategic networking

7. Building networks that last

3. Leveraging the Areas of Research Interest

4. ESRC initiatives in public policy engagement

5. Understanding the policy system

Module 3: How to Make a Difference in Policy

1. Integrating scientific evidence into policy

2. Communicating your findings

3. Summarising or synthesising evidence

6. Testifying to inquiries and committees

7. Policy fellowships, shadowing and internships

8. Policy sprints

4. Targeting a policy need, challenge or evidence gap

5. How to make a policy brief that has real impact

Module 4: How to Evaluate and Evidence Policy Impact

1. Evaluating and evidencing policy impact

2. Impact evaluation design

3. Integrating EDIA in evaluation

5. Reporting your evaluation evidence

6. Evidencing policy impact

7. Evidencing policy impact: A worked example

4. Choosing evaluation methods

Additional resources

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