@roscomms
Research communications. Interested in international development, migration, humanitarian & media research. Comms at @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social at the University of Oxford but views mine or of someone more articulate. Very Irish.
"....In reality, the ‘truth’ around a policy problem can be uncertain. It will be contested in good faith by experts and in bad faith by lobbyists, in high stakes contexts..."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fascinating to hear what's happening at home at the research-to-policy interface. #FOMO
Calling all @ox.ac.uk folk interested in knowing more about policy outputs, come join me at this hands-on workshop next week!
Are you an @ox.ac.uk researcher or staff? Interested in exploring and informing the policy world? Want your research to have more policy impact?
Watch out for OPEN's upcoming learning opportunities. We strengthen links between researchers and policy professionals for rich, meaningful engagement.
Of interest @torchoxford.bsky.social ? @socsci.ox.ac.uk @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ?
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Excellent piece by @jamesrball.com for @prospectmagazine.co.uk arguing for better data for policy making. We should all be extremely concerned by the many examples collected here.
A must-read for fans of Bad Data.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...
Most of us are in a wobbly position when it comes to our understanding of immigration numbers.
How would things go if we didn’t make these half-remembered statistics so central to how we form and articulate opinions?
georginasturge.substack.com/p/how-to-mak...
Have you ever written an evidence-based Policy Brief?
communicatingscienceforpolicy.org wants to make examples of formal written communication easily accessible online, enabling us to learn from one another.
P𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘁 bit.ly/4mJHUk7 (Re-use the same link for multiple submissions.)
Hybrid workshop: 'Communicating Science for Policy in a Populist Age' lead by our good friend Karen Akerlof @georgemasonu.bsky.social
Looks like a great and important agenda! Sept 8th
In person: www.eventbrite.com/e/communicat...
Online: www.eventbrite.com/e/online-wor...
#scipol #scienceadvice
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Really looking forward to this. Of interest @migobs.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ?
Nice sentiment, though a lack of evidence isn't the issue here with this particularly policy-making.
I've signed up to "How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises" by Jules Pretty, University of Essex, organised by @biodivoxford.bsky.social
7 November
bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
Shoutout to @jamesrball.com whose excellent Prospect essay on the Dead Internet Theory I referenced:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
On the 'enshittification' of LinkedIn ....
Note to self...
Come join me and much more articulate colleagues talk about communicating with policy folk. I will bring cake. Lemon drizzle or chocolate?
NEW: Mo Salah is a star, a saint and a symbol of inclusion. But the fragile myth of the “good immigrant” can’t combat the rise of the far right, writes Tam Hussein for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/mo...
Good to see so many Oxford names here. www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Really looking forward to this book talk next week: 'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-eve...
" in an era where media saturation and digital interconnectedness have often seemingly blurred borders, the greatest power now lies in the refusal to allow access to real spaces of influence...Borders, once the spaces between nations, are now the frontlines of silencing."
Now this is a cool job!
Hurray for my old alma mater (though I was out in the north Antrim field that is the Coleraine campus, now pitched as "coastal living"!)
Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Please do share with @ox.ac.uk colleagues. Awards up to £5,000 enabling researchers and public policy professionals to kick-start short (3 month) projects to deepen collaboration & share evidence and support its use in policy making.
So proud.
I'm going to bring some back from Ireland for you...
Emerging proposals for Worcester Street Car Park and the ice rink mean that Oxford residents could have more boats and bikes in their lives.
In this 🚨Clarion exclusive 🚨 we take a look at the future of Oxford.
oxfordclarion.uk/bikes-and-bo...
