Policy Associates Scheme 21/22

Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) is the University of Southampton’s public policy engagement unit that connects researchers and policymakers through capacity building and engagement activities to better support evidence-informed policymaking.

This year we are pleased to announce our new Policy Associates Scheme for 2021/22.

The Policy Associates Scheme aims to support the delivery of variety of UKRI funded research projects. It also allows UoS PhD Students and Post Doctoral Fellows to learn new skills, including in evidence to policy interface, gain experience of working with the PPS team, work with a broad range of researchers within University of Southampton and civil servants within Government.

There are two functions in which Policy Associates can get involved and contribute into the UKRI funded research projects:

Stakeholder analysis will ensure that relevant decision-makers, practitioners, civil society and end point users are identified and engaged in the development of policy implications stemming from UKRI funded research. This analysis will use specialist tools and networks available to PPS and full training will be given to selected Policy Associates.

Policy synthesis will bring together relevant literature from academia and a grey literature (government/ Parliamentary publications, civil society, user groups) into an executive report, verbal presentation and accompanying slide deck made to the research team. This work will provide a map of the current policy landscape to the project team when forming policy recommendations.

How can you get involved?

If you are a UoS PhD Student and Post Doctoral Fellow looking to participate in this scheme please make sure that you join our FREE Membership (by clicking the button below) to stay alert when a position becomes available.
If you are a University of Southampton academic looking to include this service into your research funding proposal please click the button below to find out more.

Selected Policy Associates for the 2021/22 Academic Year

Rebecca Walley is a postgraduate research student within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton. She is currently investigating the drivers of marine ecosystem change through the end Triassic extinction and recovery, using palaeontological and geochemical techniques.

Adam's PhD is focused on applying John Stuart Mill’s harm principle to the policy issue of public health and air pollution. They plan to pursue a career in policy making after their PhD completion.

Miss Alice Booth is a postgraduate research student in Palaeoceanography and Paleoclimate, within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton. Her research interests lie in climate change, both past and present. During their MSc she worked with the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project to investigate the variability of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the mid-Pliocene Warm Period to anticipate how ENSO behaviour might change in response to future warming.

Alice Brock is a PhD candidate funded by the SCDTP at the University of Southampton, her work focuses on exploring the potential of sustainable Personal Carbon Budgeting as a method of reducing global carbon emissions. Alice was Symposium Director for the 2019 edition of the Meliora International Symposium of Student Sustainability Research.

Amy is studying PhD Education after graduating from BSc Education & Psychology titled 'Cognitive processes in Writing to Learn'.

Chloe completed their BSc in Psychology (2:1) and MSc in Social Research Methods (Distinction) at the University of Southampton. They are now a PhD student, funded by the ESRC, studying the psychological benefits of people engaging in social action.

Fatima Ozcan is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Law at Kirikkale University (Turkey) and Master’s Degree in International Maritime Law at Swansea University. She is a qualified lawyer based in Turkey. Her research interests are Marine Insurance, Charterparties, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Autonomous Ships and Cyber Security. She is currently studying PhD on Autonomous Ships, funded by Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education.

Rose is currently studying their PhD about the relationship between music engagement, creativity and wellbeing in adolescents and young adults. They also work as a teaching assistant in Psychology.

Charlotte is a Postgraduate Research Student in Economic Geography at the University of Southampton and a Policy Associate with Public Policy Southampton. Following on from her undergraduate in BA Geography and MSc in Social Research Methods at Southampton, Charlotte's ESRC funded PhD research is focusing on the development and evolution of cultural and creative urban districts, looking specifically at local, regional, and international knowledge flows within and between these districts, as well as how independent businesses have been impacted by COVID-19, their opinions on the support they received, and pathways for support going forwards.