Welcome to the Institute for Policy and Engagement

The Institute's mission is to support the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enrich policy making, inspire people, support communities, transform lives and shape a better future.

Welcome to the Institute for Policy and Engagement

The Institute's mission is to support the exchange of knowledge and ideas to enrich policy making, inspire people, support communities, transform lives and shape a better future.

Events

The Institute for Policy and Engagement runs regular events that help connect policymakers and the public with the exciting research taking place.

If you have any suggestions for events you’d love to see us organising, or if you’re running an event where our research might make a contribution, please get in touch.

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Science Public Lectures

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Science Public Lecture: User-centred robot design

Date: 19/09/2024
Location:: Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park
Description: In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.

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Policy Impact through Citizen Science (PICS) information event

Date: 09/03/2023
Location:: School of Physics & Astronomy
Description: The Institute for Policy and Engagement is pleased to announce a call for proposals under a new initiative: Policy Impact through Citizen Science (PICS).The voices of citizens and the voices of researchers both have powerful roles to play in developing better-informed, more grounded policy decisions. With this initiative, we aim to bring both together. Funded by Research England's QR-Policy Support Fund, PICS offers the opportunity for a UoN academic to explore the connections between public engagement with research, evidence-informed policy, and active citizenship in a unique and innovative way.

More than dinosaur food: what plant fossils can tell us

Date: 19/01/2023
Location:: School of Physics & Astronomy

Introducing the elephant welfare project

Date: 17/11/2022
Location:: School of Physics & Astronomy

How can youth voice make a difference to achieving Net Zero Nottingham?

Date: 30/10/2022
Location:: St Ann's Allotments
Description: A discussion and presentation of the findings from the youth manifesto produced at Nottingham Youth Climate Assembly July 2022 funded by COP 26 Lottery and Institute of Policy and Engagement funding including discussion of outcomes and engagement with local councillors, businesses and other policy makers and youth boards.

Organising work and employment in a changing social and economic landscape

Date: 28/10/2022
Location:: St Ann's Allotments
Description: There is consensus in academic and policy circles that the changing social and economic landscape influences the quality of work and employment in organisations across all sectors and in all regions of the world. This webinar will examine specifically how Brexit and the discourses associated with it have challenged European migrants' migration, integration and identity.

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