{"id":368,"date":"2013-02-08T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/?p=57"},"modified":"2013-02-08T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:12:31","slug":"enhancing-research-impact-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/multidisciplinary\/2013\/02\/08\/enhancing-research-impact-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Research Impact: Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lisa Then, Public Policy@Southampton Co-ordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/files\/2013\/02\/Lisa-21.png\"><img class=\"alignright\" title=\"Lisa Then Public Policy@Southampton Coordinator\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/files\/2013\/02\/Lisa-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>The Public Policy@Southampton Team was formed in October 2012 to increase the reach and impact of University of Southampton research. \u00a0\u00a0With a remit to engage world-leading research with key policy makers, I organised the inaugural Public Policy event \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/publicpolicy.southampton.ac.uk\/2012\/11\/12\/effects-of-austerity-on-active-citizenship-in-europe\/\">The Policy Implications of Austerity on Active Citizenship<\/a>\u2019 which took place in December at the House of Commons.\u00a0 This sparked political interest due to the current climate and was notably attended by the European Commission, MPs and MEPs.<\/p>\n<p>The recent <a href=\"http:\/\/publicpolicy.southampton.ac.uk\/policy-commissions\/\">Policy Commissions Competition<\/a> has provided \u00a330,000 for three significant research projects: \u2018Gender Equality at Work\u2019, \u2018Future Availability of Flood Insurance in the UK\u2019 and \u2018Fuel and Food Poverty among Older People in the UK\u2019.\u00a0 Additional support for this research from C2G2, Social Sciences SRDF, ESRC CPC, Ageing USRG and Population Health USRG has established cross-faculty multidisciplinary collaboration and I look forward to arranging successful impact and public engagement opportunities with them throughout the year.\u00a0 In addition we are delighted to be the proud sponsors of the first University of Southampton <a href=\"http:\/\/multidisciplinaryweek_tedxsouthampton-eorg.eventbrite.com\/\">TED X Conference<\/a> \u00a0which will be live-streamed nationally as part of the University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/multidisciplinary\/researchweek\/index.page\">Multidisciplinary Research Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are eager to make further links with USRG members to support innovative research across disciplines to address global challenges in accordance with the University Strategy.\u00a0 A \u2018Pathways to Impact Strategy\u2019 can be viewed on our website and we invite researchers to view this and discover ways which we can assist with their research impact.\u00a0 The profound work of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/projects\/\">Work Futures Research Centre <\/a>is of key interest and we invite researchers to share their work on our external facing <a href=\"http:\/\/publicpolicy.southampton.ac.uk\/category\/guest-blogs\/\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/publicpolicy.southampton.ac.uk\/\">publicpolicy.southampton.ac.uk<\/a> for further information and follow us on Twitter @publicpolicyUoS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/files\/2013\/02\/public-policy.png\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-60\" title=\"Public Policy@Southampton\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wfrc\/files\/2013\/02\/public-policy-300x130.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Then, Public Policy@Southampton Co-ordinator &nbsp; The Public Policy@Southampton Team was formed in October 2012 to increase the reach and impact of University of Southampton 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