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How does evidence travel through global policy networks? - LSE Impact The COVID-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented mobilisation of new and existing research to support policy at the local, national and global scale. Drawing on evidence from the Overton policy citation dat...

👀ICYMI: "Perhaps the most striking finding: the vast majority of COVID-19 policy documents don’t cite anything at all."

@kat-hart.bsky.social (@overton.io) on how evidence moves through international policy circuits.

#SciComm #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ResearchImpact

Good impact narratives must connect to our everyday lives - LSE Impact Research impact is often communicated in abstract and bureaucratic language. To be meaningful it needs to connect to peoples' everyday lives.

💥New | Good impact narratives must connect to our everyday lives

✍️Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz

#ResearchImpact #SciComm #ImpactNarratives

@michelize.bsky.social we @scdtp.bsky.social are proud of you and delighted to hear your podcast episode on #women leaders in #sport. Hope everyone has enjoyed the series. Series 3 is coming in the Autumn and looking a bit different.

Speaking of Research: The SCDTP Podcast Podcast · The South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership · Speaking of Research is a podcast from the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership. In Series One, recorded at Cumberland Lodge in…

Her work highlights how safe, empowering spaces help transform sporting culture and develop future leaders.

🎧 Listen now - open.spotify.com/show/3hJULAy...

#SpeakingOfResearch #Podcast #WomensLeadership #SportLeadership #GenderEquality #PhDResearch #SportsResearch @scdtp.bsky.social

Episode 9 has landed #gender #phdlife - Thanks Daniel and @researchpodcasts.bsky.social

At www.treadgolds.co.uk we enjoyed presentations from placement hosts and students who had completed Research in Practice. Great buzz and enthusiasm for this new aspect of @phdlife.bsky.social. Thanks for sharing @kmunday.bsky.social and all the contributors

Introduction to Podcasting for Researchers Interactive podcasting workshop for researchers: learn how to plan, record, edit, launch and maintain a podcast

Podcasting gives research space to breathe.

Conversation, nuance & connection - beyond journals and reports.

Explore our 2026 workshops for researchers 👇

Booking 🔗 introductiontopodcastingforresearchers2026.eventbrite.com

Blog 🔗 researchpodcasts.co.uk/share-resear...

Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you? - LSE Impact The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.

💥New | Why write a literature review if AI can do it for you?

✍️ Gorgi Krlev, @timothyrhannigan.bsky.social & @andrespicer.bsky.social

#AcWri #SocialScience #LitReviews

Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK - Understanding Society How did the pandemic change our lives, institutions and attitudes? The pandemic created a sudden and dramatic change to our lives, unprecedented since the Second World War. social life during Covid in...

Our latest blog: our associate director Alita Nandi on her new book with researchers from France, Italy, and Germany which looks at how the pandemic changed lives, and the different impacts seen in four European countries

Take a listen to this - lots to learn!

Hoping people are enjoying this podcast series. We enjoyed making it. This one is a gem re tackling #homophobia

What really divides Britain on immigration and politics?

Our new report reveals that educational background is the most important driver of attitudes towards immigration and support for right-wing politics in the UK.

natcen.ac.uk/publications...

Sweets in a sweet shop

🎉New on the UK Data Service Impact blog🎉

John Sanderson, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, discusses how the infrastructure of the Service increases the time researchers can spend analysing data versus finding and preparing it.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/john-sanders...

In case you missed it, research that makes a difference...

This is a fascinating listen. Something to ponder when driving through the New Forest or thinking about interdisciplinarity.

Our #training is always good, but collaborating with great people is the icing on the cake 🍥

Thanks for posting about the conference - it was great wasn't it!

.. he finds that LGBTQ+ people, especially trans communities, often face institutional revictimisation when seeking justice. His work calls for more inclusive judicial procedures and stronger community-based responses to tackle hate violence.

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures #LGBTQJustice

🏳️‍🌈 Presentation Highlight: Ramon Almeida

Ramon’s research examines how Brazil’s criminalisation of homophobia and transphobia is working in practice—and where it falls short. Through interviews and fieldwork with NGOs, victims, and justice actors..

. Her findings show that caring workplaces, supportive colleagues, and clear wellbeing support help build the psychosocial resources young employees need to thrive — even in entry-level roles.

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

💼 Presentation Highlight: Barbara Sherriff

Barbara’s research examines how employers can better support young people’s wellbeing and performance in a post-COVID workforce...

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

🧠 Presentation Highlight: Michael Miles

His research develops a more accurate psychosis screening tool for autistic individuals & explores whether trauma shapes the autism–psychosis link. His findings show misinterpretation in standard measures & highlight the need for autism-informed assessment

🎒 Presentation Highlight: Chloe Eddy

Using national data and participatory interviews, her work reframes attendance as a systemic and relational issue — calling for earlier, compassionate, and inclusive support that centres autistic girls’ voices.

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

🔍Two presentations are underway in Breakout Session 2:

🧠 Chloe Eddy — Understanding and supporting autistic girls in school: predictors of engagement, disengagement and exclusion

🧩 Michael Miles — The role of trauma in the association between autism and psychosis

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

.. revealing an important, overlooked archive for understanding white identity and racial discourse in England.

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

📚 Presentation Highlight: Khaleda Brophy-Harmer

Her research examines how whiteness is performed & written about in the Mass Observation Project (1990–2000). Using a new tripartite methodological approach, she explores how racialised identities, emotions, and imaginaries appear in MO writing ..

Missing out live posting on so many great presentations in Breakout Session 1, but that’s a wrap for the morning!
A fantastic set of talks and discussions from our researchers.

After breaking for lunch — Breakout Session 2 is now underway!

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures

..offering vital insights for climate justice and more inclusive protection systems.

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures #ClimateJustice

.. his work reveals that climate migration is a recurring process shaped by loss, relocation, and unequal access to support. His findings highlight how power, recognition, and urban inequality influence vulnerability...

🌍 Presentation Highlight: Nasrat Sayed

Nasrat’s research examines how climate migrants in Karachi’s informal settlements access and experience social protection. Through interviews and community engagement...