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Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN)
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For the first time ever, @ox.ac.uk has its own venue at #LCAW2026
Hosted by #OxfordSmithSchool for two days, experts from the across the University will lead events at the forefront of #ClimateScience and impact. @climateoxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
If you're an @ox.ac.uk researcher or DPhil, or professional services staff member, it's still not too late to join our "Getting started in policy engagement" webinar tomorrow!
Book the session cosy.ox.ac.uk/accessplan/c...
Find out more about this and our other offerings this term below.
Our researchers have been working on a special feature in @peopleandnature.bsky.social, exploring how digital technologies are increasingly shaping nature recovery, conservation, governance, & environmental decision-making. @caitlinhafferty.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social @theostanley.bsky.social
If you work in a policy role there's still time to receive the May edition of The Oxford Briefing, bringing you the best policy-focused content from @ox.ac.uk Oxford
Sign up here: newsletters.socsci.ox.ac.uk/k/Ouc/oxford...
@mplsoxford.bsky.social Who do you need to engage with in the policy world to achieve impact? In this workshop, we will help answer this and other questions by helping you to identify and map the people and groups who influence or are impacted by your research.
cosy.ox.ac.uk/accessplan/c...
Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs ➟ the fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions
@nickhanauer.bsky.social & @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social write for @theatlantic.com on economic paradigm change
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How should researchers, clinicians and policymakers respond to emerging debates around IQ embryo selection and polygenic embryo screening?
@vincentjstraub.bsky.social and other early-career resarchers propose a set of ethical best practices in @nathumbehav.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The first three papers arising from our Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference have just been published
Expert comment: New investments in nature are accelerating, but conservation science must remain central to decision-making.
Researchers from @biology.ox.ac.uk warn that without robust evidence, nature finance risks missing the mark.
Read more 👇
https://tinyurl.com/pn4rwbdv
Important new UK Parliament report draws on evidence from Prof Jim Hall, ECI, Oxford on drought resilience and integrated water planning.
Drought risk is now a long-term systems challenge driven by climate change, demand growth and infrastructure constraints.
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/uk-face...
Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN)
Oxford Policy Engagement Network (OPEN)
We spend a lot of time in public health trying to encourage reductions in portion size for chocolate and confectionery, and whenever a company actually does it the media reports it like it is a crime against humanity.
Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford
Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
MPLS Division, University of Oxford
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs. The fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions.
An emerging market promotes embryo selection for behavioural traits including IQ, but the response of the social and behavioural genetic research community remains muted. We call for unified best prac...
