UPEN is a voluntary-led network of UK universities and knowledge brokers. We provide a one stop shop for universities and policy organisations to access opportunities to strengthen evidence-informed policy making. UPEN’s mission is to facilitate a connective and collaborative ecosystem to strengthen the use of academic research in public policy.
Our Research-to-Action Compass demonstrates how research organisations can expand their support for knowledge exchange and impact more diverse science advice in three increasingly prominent fields: diverse science advice for policy, effective science communication, and sustainable entrepreneurship. The Research-to-Action Compass provides strategic guidance to translate your vision for knowledge exchange and impact into practice – based…
The European Competence Centre for Science Communication is dedicated to supporting all actors from the research and innovation system and beyond, in their practice of science communication. We are not alone – a number of valuable resources, from handbooks to training materials have been produced by many institutions and individuals and are available in multiple…
The EU Competence Centre for Science Communication is led by the COALESCE consortium, which is funded by the European Commission for an initial period of four years. The Competence Centre itself is virtual in nature, made up of national and regional hubs in countries across Europe, which serve as the venues for its activities and trainings. The…
Is Expanded Evidence a good thing in all cases? Is more science and more knowledge going to translate directly to better policy? And how does our shared statement of values shape how evidence is talked about and used? Ms Tracey Brown is the Director of Sense About Science UK. Filmed at INGSA2024: The Transformation Imperative…
Filmed at INGSA2024 – Kigali: ‘Father’ of the SDGs, Amb. Macharia Kamua, was the co-Chair of the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals, Speaking on how the SDGs changed the global conversation, and what remains to be done to ensure equitable achievement of Agenda2030. Short video (10min)
It has been 15 years since the publication of the joint AAAS-Royal Society report New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy.1 To mark that anniversary, our two organizations are revisiting our report, aiming to publish an update to it in early 2025. Over the past year, we have consulted stakeholders widely, aiming to gather a diverse range of views…
Almost 15 years have passed since New Frontiers in Science Diplomacy introduced three pillars of science diplomacy: science in diplomacy, diplomacy for science, and science for diplomacy. Since then, in 2017, science and technology advisors from New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan proposed three categories for pragmatic reframing of science diplomacy: 1) actions…
In line with its Science and Innovation Strategy, FAO has developed this guidance on strengthening science–policy interfaces (SPIs) for agrifood systems at the national level, helping to ensure that effective policy decisions are made based upon sufficient, relevant, and credible science and evidence. It is targeted to SPIs that are focused on the transformation of…
The last decade saw an explosion in the use of simulation models to provide policy advice from policies to mitigate climate change, address the Covid-19 pandemic to project population movements. Yet there is a growing public concern that policymakers are being left behind when it comes to not only understanding the model advice but questioning…
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