Head of Policy Lab, Wellcome. Science policy things, puns, cats
Martin Smith
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Kudos also to DSIT for investing in this analysis - which is harder to do than you might expect, even without the complexities of the discontinuities. Tracking this is important.
This is just 2024 data, so the first full year since rejoining the programme. It's rear-view mirror stuff, and no surprise that the bounce back isn't instant. There's a lot further to go, particularly on Pillar 2 and 3.
But it shows the effort that has gone into rebuilding the UK's participation
Here are some of the things we are doing at @britishacademy.bsky.social to boost UK participation in Horizon Europe
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/two-yea...
I didn't do a good enough job in crediting the fantastic people behind the four projects we funded, or to pay tribute to the memory of Pablo Suarez (the actual pioneer of circus arts and humour in policy work) - but I hope you enjoy my ramblings
All four projects have write-ups on Wellcome Open Research if you want to find out more:
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I'm featured on a podcast (a first for me, slowly catching everyone else up), talking about my work at Wellcome on creative methods for policy work from the last couple of years.
Come for the policy chat, stay for the clip of my local Brass Band playing an Oasis cover... pod.link/meettheinflu...
Full stats and breakdowns by Pillar, cluster and region here - www.gov.uk/government/p...
Including comments from me - positive news for a sunny afternoon 😎
