Bringing policy-makers in productive collaboration with academic researchers is one of The Arts and Humanities Research Council’s key priorities. With funding from the AHRC, I lectured on this course designed in collaboration with policy consultancy RAND Europe that introduced PhD students to public policy engagement and provided them with the unique opportunity to present their policy proposals to a distinguished panel of decision-makers.
I was invited to teach the module on public policy in action, offering advice on framing and pitching policy proposals. Six projects were put forward on a variety of topics including waste management, bilingualism and gender representation.