Reports
![]() | Areas of Research Interest: Summary PaperThis paper outlines a summary of themes found in departmental Areas of Research Interests in the UK Government, as well as opportunities for academic-policy engagement. |
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![]() | Surfacing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Within Academic-Policy Engagement |
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Rebuilding a Resilient Britain ARIs
The Rebuilding a Resilient Britain programme was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, to address aspect of Britain's recovery from the pandemic over the medium-to long-term.
ESRC/ARI Fellows Professor Annette Boaz and Dr Kathryn Oliver, funded by ESRC and working with the Government Office for Science ARI team and with government departmental Chief Scientific Advisers, identified a set of topics and themes based on existing departmental ARIs that should be addressed as a priority. These ARIs were divided into 9 themes, which were addressed by 9 Working Groups consisting of researchers, funding bodies and policy makers.
Each Working Group produced a report, identifying existing evidence, gaps in the evidence base, and key messages around the ARIs (note that the reports are the views of the working group members and are not indicative of government policy). These are linked below.
The reports have been made available online as a resource for academics, policy makers and funders interested in what the groups collated on what is already known; and where the current research gaps seem to be on 9 topics of cross cutting interesting to government departments.
ARIs were identified by UPEN members as a key area of focus for the network in 2019. In the Rebuilding a Resilient Britain programme of work, UPEN were actively engaged in the identification of expertise.
Other Reports
Supporting Lower-Carbon Local Economies
Sample Reference: RRB Working group 1 (2020) Rebuilding a Resilient Britain: Vulnerable Communities [Online]. ARI Report 1. Available at: https://www.upen.ac.uk/go_science/RRB1_VulnerableCommunities.pdf