Policy|Membership

Become a member of Public Policy|Southampton and benefit from our dedicated support to help you engage with policymakers and increase the policy impact of your research.

We deliver public policy impact through grant-funded research and provide strategic engagement with key policy partners at a local, regional, national and international level.

As a Public Policy|Southampton member you will get:

• support to justify policy implications of your research project in funding proposals
• support to carry out policy impact activities (when cost into successful grants) - developing policy impact plans, mapping out policy stakeholders, and producing policy briefs
• access to wide ranging networks of contacts in national and local Government, UK Parliament and elsewhere
• engagement with colleagues across the University with experience of working with policymakers
• short, free training courses addressing practical policy engagement skills such as writing policy briefs, answering consultations and writing successful Pathways to Impact statements
• general advice on the policymaking process in the UK
• opportunities to contribute to Evidence to Policy - our blogs dedicated to evidence-informed policymaking
• support in identifying and responding to Government consultations and Parliamentary inquiries
• promotion of policy briefs, policy events, blog posts and consultation responses via our diverse social media audience including over 3,900 Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn followers