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Struggling with the REF? If so, then you may be interested in learning how to navigate international #policy engagement and the #Research Excellence Framework (REF) in an interactive #masterclass. Date: 23 May 2024 Time: 15:00-17:00 (BST) Location: UCL's Haldane Room, Wilkins Building (North) [REF is a research impact #evaluation of British Higher Education Institutions; the REF outcomes are used to inform the allocation of around £2 billion per year of public #funding for #universities’ research. The REF objectives are to: - provide accountability for public #investment in research and produce evidence of the benefits of this investment; - provide benchmarking information and establish reputational yardsticks, for use in the higher education sector and for public information; and - inform the selective allocation of funding for research more info at: https://lnkd.in/ew9ShiKA] Overview: UCL research and expertise inform policymaking across the globe, and engaging with policymakers is one of our primary avenues for impact. This process, however, is not always straightforward, and setting up successful initiatives can be challenging.  With a particular focus on the challenges of international policy engagement, this masterclass will offer practical insights for the development process of REF #casestudies, from inception to panel evaluation, and allow you to reflect on your own experiences working with policy actors across the globe. The masterclass will include case studies from: Prof Michael Walls (case study): Strengthening institutions in the Global South to address urgent development challenges: co-production of research and policy in Somaliland and Sierra Leone. Prof Courtenay Norbury, Vice-Dean Research, Brain Sciences: Experience of serving as a REF Panel member. Learning outcomes: By the end of the session, you will be able to: - Understand the REF process, its rules and requirements. - Understand what makes an impactful policy engagement activity that combines research excellence and societal impact - Identify the key factors that contribute to a robust REF case study and what to consider early on in your project. - Conceptualise and develop a REF case study based on your past or planned policy engagement activities. Join UCL Global Engagement and the UCL Impact team for an in-person training session by signing up here: #researchfunding UCL UCL Faculty of Life Sciences UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy

What impact do you want your doctoral research to make outside of academia? 📣 Join us for PGR Workshop: Creating Impact in Policy and Practice: https://buff.ly/3RWX5cr on Wednesday 10th July!

🌍 Spotlight on our academic partner: Leiden University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands) 🇳🇱 We are happy to feature Leiden University of Applied Sciences Hogeschool Leiden, a key partner in the DiGiN project. With its vast academic expertise and research capabilities, Leiden plays its role in evaluating the effectiveness of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) interventions across our participating municipalities. Their interdisciplinary approach ensures that the project's DEI strategies are evidence-based, scalable and adaptable setting a high standard for municipal operations throughout Europe. 👉 Follow us to learn how Leiden University of Applied Sciences is transforming municipal DEI practices with impactful research and actionable insights! #DEI #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanMunicipalities

The San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center research team released a study led by Alicia L. Jurek, Ph.D., outlining the steps for Chula Vista to establish a public four-year institution. Click the link below for more information 👇 The researchers at San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center use equity-centered research to identify our region’s biggest needs and opportunities for change, highlight effective policies and programs from around the country, and then lend insights on how those concepts might be implemented locally. https://lnkd.in/gEqr7XuE

The Southern Gerontological Society is accepting abstracts for their 2025 Annual Conference. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM Central Time on January 10, 2025. For more information on how to submit your abstract, visit here: https://ow.ly/iLu250TU7aG. A broad range of topics are open for consideration, encompassing presentations on cutting-edge research, collaborations between research and practice, visionary programs for the future, and dialogues on public policy. Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts, as SGS conferences provide an excellent platform for them to showcase their work. The conference is open to all, and membership in SGS is not a prerequisite for presentation or attendance. The deadline for abstract submissions is January 10, 2025. #SGSRocks #abstracts #research

The Southern Gerontological Society is accepting abstracts for their 2025 Annual Conference. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM Central Time on January 10, 2025. For more information on how to submit your abstract, visit here: https://ow.ly/iLu250TU7aG. A broad range of topics are open for consideration, encompassing presentations on cutting-edge research, collaborations between research and practice, visionary programs for the future, and dialogues on public policy. Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts, as SGS conferences provide an excellent platform for them to showcase their work. The conference is open to all, and membership in SGS is not a prerequisite for presentation or attendance. The deadline for abstract submissions is January 10, 2025. #SGSRocks #abstracts #research

With an increase in community-centred and participatory research approaches in academic research, many questions are raised about valuing different sources of knowledge, how PE practitioners (PEPs) should support diverse communities involvement in active research as active knowledge makers, and how to facilitate an equitable research environment. On Wednesday 5 June, the Next Steps team Faye Watson and Deanne Naula will be hosting a workshop focusing on how we can support both communities and academic researchers develop a more diverse research landscape through collaborative research. In this session we'll discuss: - What are the challenges /advances with the development of these approaches within the current system? - How do we recalibrate the power dynamics in traditional research to create and maintain equitable practices for community centred research? - How do we make space for research with communities to be included in academia. - What is the role of PEPs in these approaches? How do we pivot? - What support do PEPs have for working with marginalised collaborators that are usually involved in these in depth ways? We will be joined by 3 speakers who will share their experiences in collaborative research both within and outside academia and how they are challenging the normative practices that can create inequities. The session will be facilitated by Lewis Hou of Science Ceilidh. The workshops are targeted primarily at Public Engagement Professionals working at a strategic level. We define this as having some experience of working to create structural changes to support engagement and the ability to test and implement changes for this. To learn more and sign up for the free online session please visit: https://lnkd.in/esNZY-mY

#StrongerTogether : SSAH and the future of evidence-informed policymaking "The conference seeks to enhance the integration of SSAH disciplines [Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities] into policymaking processes to address urgent and complex societal challenges in a more efficient and human-centric way, for the benefit of scientists, policymakers, citizens and industry (in the broadest meaning of the term)". https://lnkd.in/eKqvcx_y

We held a webinar in partnership with Bristol University Press that addressed, "Supporting the publishing and discovery journey of young and emerging scholars in the Global South." During the session, Dr. Elizabeth Rasekoala, highlighted the initiatives within academia to credit young scholars in the Global South while acknowledging the challenges the Global South faces in the world of research. Watch the full webinar here: https://zurl.co/NJUY #Webinar #GlobalSouthResearch #GlobalResearch #AcademicResearch #BristolUniversityPress #JointWebinar

Early-bird registration is now open for our 5th international conference at Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa and ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa on 8-10 July 2024. The conference fee includes access to all keynote speeches and parallel sessions during the conference, lunch and refreshments on all three days, as well as the welcome reception and conference dinner. Pippa Norris (Harvard University Kennedy School of Government) will deliver the first keynote speech of the conference on the cultural roots of democratic backsliding. More than 250 #research papers that either analyse our #data from the last 20 years (2020-22) and/or examine relevant #survey methods are scheduled.