Bridging the Science Policy Divide
Craig Hutton, Professor of Sustainability Science within Geography and Environmental Science, shares a useful list with practical suggestions on bridging the science policy divide.
Welcome to our comprehensive list of the Evidence to Policy Blogs.
PhD Placement with Southampton City Council
Joseph Kimaro, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, reflects on his PhD placement experience with Southampton City Council on Sustainable and Ethical Public Procurement Policies.
Cabinet Office placement
Juljan Krause, doctoral researcher in Web Science and based at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, reflects on his 3 months placement at the Cabinet Office.
Managing expectations in an uncertain environement
Thea Kouraki, PPS Policy Officer, reflects on her experience attending the Universities UK conference in London on 4 Dec 19.
Placement on social integration
Nina Schuller, PhD candidate in web science at the University of Southampton, reflects on her internship experience at Public Policy | Southampton.
Sino-U.S. geo-political power competition
Dr Ming-chin Monique Chu, Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations was invited to take part in a panel debate at Sibos 2019.
Learn the basics of how to get your voice heard
Thea Kouraki, member of PPS, reflects on her experience attending a free entry one-hour workshop organised by the UK Parliament in Porticullis House in London.
My internship at Public Policy | Southampton
Wassim Dbouk, PhD candidate in marine environmental law at the University of Southampton, reflects on his internship experience at Public Policy | Southampton.
Can MPs fight back against prorogation?
Dr Asif Hameed, Lecturer in Law at Southampton Law School, maps out the options for MPs to fight back against the prorogation.
A Secondment to BI4BG
Mark Anderson, PhD candidate at the Web Science Institue, reflects on his secondment experience with the Cabinet Office.
A blockchain prototype for UK Export Finance
Dr Andrea Margeri's work with UK Export Finance has been featured in the Open Innovation Team blog.
Clearing the air with DEFRA
Steve Snow reflects on his work with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
T Levels the next chapter
Richard Cartwright reflects on his work with the Departement for Education in respect to T levels.
Brexit and Maritime Transport
Professor Emily Reid alongside Dr Jenny Zhang discuss their oral evidence to the house of Lords European Union Select Comittee, as part of the sub-committee's Inquiry on Future EU-UK Transport Arrangements.
Blowing in the wind?
A reflection on wonkHE & UUK's the Rules of Engagement conference May 2019.
Public Policy Secondment at DfE
Rhys Llewellyn Thomas, PhD Student in Economics at the University of Southampton, discusses his time at the Department for Education.
Students participate in policy-making workshop
Four Web Science PhD students took the opportunity to try out their policy-making skills during a visit to the houses of Parliament, organised by Public Policy | Southampton.
Online participation and political parties
Gefion Thuermer, Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, assesses various evidence whether online participation can save political parties from oblivion.
Public Policy | Southampton
Gavin Costigan, Senior Adviser to Public Policy | Southampton, discusses the driving force behind having a public policy team at Southampton and the various activities the department engages in.
Use of evidence to aid decison-making
Dr Chandni Maria Jacob, PhD candidate, Human Development and Health, discusses her time at WHO - Regional Office for Europe, for which she produced a HEN report.
Science advice to governments and parliaments
Gavin Costigan, Director of Public Policy | Southampton discusses his time at the INGSA 2018 Conference in Tokyo, Japan and the challenges of the science to policy.
A new network to bring evidence to policymakers
Gavin Costigan, Director of Public Policy | Southampton discusses the aims and challenges associated with the new UK-wide network, UPEN.
Dispatches from the digital chalk face
Public Policy Manager Gareth Giles discusses his time at the 2018 Wonkfest in London, regarding cutting-edge ideas about the future of higher education.
Generating world-class evidence to cliamte policy
Dr Sally Brown together with Dr Phil Goodwin, Prof. Robert Nicholls and Dr Ivan Haigh have developed science that has directly fed into world-leading climate policy.
Public Policy Secondment at Defra
PhD student Rubi Alvarez Rodriguez discusses her time working with the Resources and Waste Strategy Evaluation team, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Government White Paper on Sustainable Fisheries
Professor Paul Kemp reflects on the Government's White Paper on Sustainable Fisheries calling it an opportunity for a science based approach to enhancing UK's food security.
Working with the Open Innovation Team
Read about Gefion Thuermer's experience working on a secondment with the Open Innovation Team at the Cabinet Office.
Reflections on secondment with HCC and PCG
Neil Rogers discusses his time with Connect to Support Hampshire and corporate partners Public Consulting Group UK Limited.
Driving the use of evidence in decision making
Read about Dr Matt Loxham's experience engaging with Parliamentarians at the Evidence Week 2018.
Influencing policy in Antigua & Barbuda
Read about Public Policy|Southampton Director Gavin Costigan's experience in bringing evidence into policymaking in Antigua & Barbuda.
FTA2018: Back from the Future
Public Policy|Southampton manager Gareth Giles discusses his time at the FTA2018 in the latest evidence to policy blog post.
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Public Policy Internship: A Reflection
PPS intern, Gabriella Schneider discusses her time at the department and how it enhanced her understanding of current affairs and the impact of academic research in influencing parliamentary legislation.
Open Innovation and Unexpected Results
Read about PhD student Robert Thorburn's secondment experience with the Cabinet Office's Open Innovation Team.
Using science to understand coastal policy in NT
Learn about Dr Sally Brown's placement experience with the National Trust and how it helped her to better understand the challenges in balancing policies with practice.
Social Media Platforms
Learn why social media platforms have become a form of digital public square where people distil different sorts of bigotry and hate speech and what should be done to address this.
Reflection on time with the Open Innovation Team
Read about PhD student Nic Fair's secondment experience with the Cabinet Office's Open Innovation Team.
Evidence Informed Policy Making
Learn about the role universities play today in evidence informed policy making.
Future of Technical Education in Accounting
A blog discussing technical education in accounting: looking at the role of the Accoounting T-level panel and the proposed T-level programmes.
Extreme Sea Level Rise
Extreme sea level rise is the greatest threat from global warming for the UK. Learn how University of Southampton researchers contribute to better understanding of changes in sea level.
Climate Change and Extreme Events
With near total destruction comes the opportunity to rebuild safer, strong and more sustainable communities in Antigua and Barbuda. Learn how University of Southampton researchers are meeting this challenge.
Hope and climate change
Learn how the Baroness Scotland is driving the Commonwealth of Nations towards climate change drawdown.
Building walls on both sides of the Atlantic
A blog discussing migration: looking at parallels and differences between the United States and Europe.
Survey of Graduating International Students 2017
Professor Jane Falkingham argues that UK is in danger of demininshing its global educational soft power by making the UK less attractive to international students by counting them within the net migration target.
Science in America
The United States has been leading scientific research worldwide for decades. Unfortunately for American universities, President Trump is cracking down on science.
Beyond a single point of truth
Distributed Ledger Technology, what is it and why should you care?
It's the trust, stupid!
Looking at the causes behind the erosion of trust between the scientific and policy communities and mechanisms to restore it.
Sustainable development of oceans - how to succeed
Professor Mikis Tsimplis discusses existing legal framework and future joint action to achieve UN sustainable development goals, including ocean protection.
What do the Oceans mean to you?
As the UN meets for The Oceans Conference Professor Rachel Mills discusses how Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) can raise public awareness of the Earth's oceans.
Fed up with obesity?
Professor Mark Hanson picks over current WHO and UK government strategies to tackling childhood obesity and how the interventions the University of Southampton have created in response to these policy drivers.
Pensions, benefits and Blockchain
Professor Frank McGroarty reports on how industry and regulators are looking to Blockchain to address interoperability in the pensions market.
How Brexit impacts families in the UK
Professor Jane Falkingham OBE and colleagues examine the how Brexit may effect bi-national families in the UK.
Migration: Illusion of prediction & control
Dr Jakub Bijak examines the predictability of migration and our ability to craft policy to successfully control it.
Power Partnering & Policy Change
Read how Dr Thomas Richardson has partnered with the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute to highlight the relationship between mental health and debt which has recently been cited by the Prime Minister.
Using hindsight to plan for the future...
Dr Sally Brown dips a toe into the waters of Maldivian policymaking and finds her research critical to the Government's strategic plan.
LaunchPad: Engaging the afterburners...
Read Marius Strittmatter's account of his placement in the Cabinet Office shortly after Theresa May became PM.
Tackling AntiMicrobial Resistance
Professor Timothy Leighton defines the effects of antimicrobial resistance and urges global funders to consider two key policy recommendations in order to tackle this potentially devastating global challenge.
Indeterminate sentencing and dangerous politics
Dr Harry Annison from Southampton's Law School, examines the policymaking issues around the indeterminate Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence.
Bridging the gap
Richard Smith, PhD candidate studying at NOCS and current intern at the Centre for Science and Policy discusses life at the nexus of evidence and policy.
Interloping in the world of LA research
Dr Andrew Power, Lecturer in Human Geography, examines the space for researchers to engage directly with user-led organisations and how Local Authorities are responding.
Influencing NHS decision making
Dr Honora Smith, Lecturer in Operational Research (OR), addresses the nebulous nature of the NHS and where this leaves the data hungry researcher.
Immigration and Happiness in the UK
Dr Corrado Giulietti examines the relationship between happiness and immigration.
Royal Society Pairing Scheme
Dr Sally Brown shares her experience of the Royal Society's Pairing Scheme which matches policymakers and researchers in order to build networks and understanding of each others role in evidence-based policymaking
Together at the end of life
Dr Aliki Karapliagkou looks at the history, present and future of volunteer led provision of end of life care.