{"id":141,"date":"2016-10-18T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2017-06-09T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:13:55","slug":"how-to-get-your-research-into-parliament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/policy-engagement\/resources-for-researchers\/how-to-get-your-research-into-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get your research into parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014 \u2018impact[1]<\/a>\u2019 is now an additional factor applied in assessing the quality of research.\u00a0 Impact<\/a> is the\u00a0difference\u00a0that research makes to one or more key areas of society. It is the\u00a0change\u00a0that research activity brings to society, and changing policy is one of several types of impact.<\/p>\n

There are many measures used to determine how much impact research has had with policy influence being one such measure.\u00a0 This has led to a significant drive towards engaging with policy-makers as a route to developing research impact.<\/p>\n

But how can academics engage in the policy process?<\/p>\n

Sarah Foxon, has written an excellent blog outlining nine ways you can get your research into parliament. The blog is summarized is this visual:<\/p>\n

\"nine-ways-research\"<\/p>\n

To read the full blog, please see:\u00a0 9 ways research gets into parliament<\/a><\/p>\n

Note that simply presenting research results to policymakers and expecting them to put the evidence into practice is not going to be very successful.\u00a0 Policy processes are inherently complex with the involvement of many different actors and stakeholders.<\/p>\n

There is no definitive plan for successful policy impact. Success will however be more likely if you:<\/p>\n