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PolicyWISE publishes two-year research plan

The purpose of our Research Plan is to ensure that we have a robust evidence base that can be used to expand policy engagement, policy learning and knowledge exchange across the four nations. Our research aims to support policymakers in the UK and Ireland to identify solutions to shared societal challenges, understanding what works and in what context.

As well as carrying out comparative policy research and analysis, our role at PolicyWISE is to support and facilitate our community of researchers across the OU and beyond to develop their capacity and capability for comparative research, expanding the societal impact of their work.

Our plan has three main aims and pathways of work. These represent different models and channels for achieving our ambitious and innovative mission and vision. They capture the different roles we play in supporting the creation of a robust evidence base – researcher, facilitator, convener and more – always foregrounding the collaborative and connected nature of our research work.

We hope that over the next two years, our research will start to shine a spotlight on the value that comparative policy research can bring and help lay the groundwork for improved four nations policy learning.

To learn more about our plan, or to get involved with our research work, please contact policywise@open.ac.uk