Strategy

UCL is committed to using its expertise to address complex policy problems for positive social change. The UCL Public Policy Strategy sets out our university’s Vision for public policy engagement.

UCL Public Policy Strategy Principles

The Principles underpinning UCL’s public policy activity are:

Enabling expert-to-expert contact between academics and policymakers
Engagement on topics that are of relevance to policymakers, while recognising the different contexts in which research and policymaking operate
Adopting a collaborative approach to public policy engagement
Remaining non-partisan and independent

Aims of the strategy

Build on UCL’s capacity for public policy engagement to ensure that UCL researchers are supported to engage with public policy
Promote a coordinated approach to UCL’s wide range of public policy-focused activities
Integrate expertise and knowledge from across disciplines to inform public policy
Support the effective communication of research with public policy relevance to external stakeholders
Establish UCL as a hub for dialogue and debate on public policy and develop UCL’s reputation as a source of high-quality research that can inform policymaking

Priority activities

Maintaining a strategic overview of policy-related activity across UCL
Supporting strategic public policy activities initiated by departments and faculties
Holding public events on contemporary policy issues
Running small grants and policy placement schemes for UCL researchers
Developing accessible research summaries for policymakers
Convening roundtable meetings on policy-relevant topics
Developing our strategic external networks and partnerships
Supporting researchers’ engagement with public policy

> Learn more about our priorities in the Looking Ahead section of our Highlights Report (2021-2024)