International Public Policy Observatory
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Science, Tech, Eng and Public Policy
Abstract
The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) will address the social impact of COVID-19 and policies to mitigate against a range of negative impacts. It will be responsive, rigorous and react quickly to policymakers' pressing challenges. Responding to policy needs, it will mobilise an international network of resources, drawing on evidence, analysis and understanding of policy actions and results globally to deliver useful, accessible insights to policy stakeholders.
Our ambition is to enable national, devolved and local governments to: make better decisions in conditions of stress; avoid unnecessary mistakes; enable ongoing engagement with, and application of, evidence to inform rapidly evolving policy needs; and achieve better outcomes for the British public, particularly at-risk groups, including those in care, homeless people, and BAME communities.
The IPPO will respond to the needs of policymakers (the demand), triaging the complex array of potentially relevant information (the supply) to offer evidence-based insights, particularly in fields with uneven data and evidence reliability. Ongoing intermediation, brokering and curation will be critical to connect supply and demand at speed and identify areas where more evidence is needed. Driven by intensive interaction between academics and policymakers, the IPPO will allow them to co-design evidence and policy questions and co-produce research, so that high-quality evidence and research best informs policy.
Our proposal combines leaders in in-depth evidence synthesis (the UCL EPPI-Centre), global COVID policy tracking (OxCGRT, and INGSA, the International Network of Government Science Advice based at the University of Auckland), and communication (The Conversation). It also involves policy research and engagement leaders across the UK in the devolved administrations (SPRE in Edinburgh, SPARK at Cardiff, and Queens University Belfast and Pivotal, Northern Ireland's leading policy think tank). The IPPO will also have access to a wide range of other types of scientific knowledge which will be relevant to policy actions. Our aim is to provide a model for more effective observatories in the future.
Our ambition is to enable national, devolved and local governments to: make better decisions in conditions of stress; avoid unnecessary mistakes; enable ongoing engagement with, and application of, evidence to inform rapidly evolving policy needs; and achieve better outcomes for the British public, particularly at-risk groups, including those in care, homeless people, and BAME communities.
The IPPO will respond to the needs of policymakers (the demand), triaging the complex array of potentially relevant information (the supply) to offer evidence-based insights, particularly in fields with uneven data and evidence reliability. Ongoing intermediation, brokering and curation will be critical to connect supply and demand at speed and identify areas where more evidence is needed. Driven by intensive interaction between academics and policymakers, the IPPO will allow them to co-design evidence and policy questions and co-produce research, so that high-quality evidence and research best informs policy.
Our proposal combines leaders in in-depth evidence synthesis (the UCL EPPI-Centre), global COVID policy tracking (OxCGRT, and INGSA, the International Network of Government Science Advice based at the University of Auckland), and communication (The Conversation). It also involves policy research and engagement leaders across the UK in the devolved administrations (SPRE in Edinburgh, SPARK at Cardiff, and Queens University Belfast and Pivotal, Northern Ireland's leading policy think tank). The IPPO will also have access to a wide range of other types of scientific knowledge which will be relevant to policy actions. Our aim is to provide a model for more effective observatories in the future.
| Description | IPPO's work has documented and communicated key findings about the social impact of COVID-19. Because of the broad ranging nature of our work it is not possible to give a comprehensive account of all findings. They are documented on the IPPO website: https://covidandsociety.com |
| Exploitation Route | We have commissioned an external evaluation of our outcomes and will deliver findings from this evaluation which will be complete in May and from ongoing monitoring that we undertake in nexts year's report. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Other |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com |
| Description | IPPO has published 137 knowledge products including 3 webinars archived on YouTube during its first 15 months of activity. These range on a spectrum of academic rigour and depth of analysis from those that could be termed 'generalist' to those that are more specialist and for an 'expert' audience. IPPO have developed this range of outputs to cater for differing levels of expected engagement by policy stakeholders. IPPO's findings and outputs have been used in a variety of ways by policy stakeholders. IPPO has responded to more than 20 requests for evidence in its first 15 months of operations including requests for reports, policy advice/ presentations and commissioned larger pieces of work. This list is not comprehensive but is indicative of the kinds of requests that we have responded to: Evidence requests received to end February 2022 Date Stakeholder Group Policy Area Region Evidence request 16 Mar 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Vulnerable communities Northern Ireland Evidence about how COVID impacted upon women 24 Mar 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Mental Health Northern Ireland Evidence relating to summer support 24 Mar 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Education U.K./England DfE Commissioned rapid evidence reviews 19 Apr 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Policy Issues Northern Ireland Any data on (a) matching events and transmission/public health impact; (vaccine passports). Also requested details of options for specific survey support. 26 Jul 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Policy Issues Northern Ireland Research to identify which impacts are short term and which are long term / permanent changes brought about the economic shock caused by the pandemic 23 Sep 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Vulnerable Communities Northern Ireland Information on gender-specific barriers to employment. 15 Oct 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Policy Issues Scotland. Access to a broader range of academic/evidence input Oct 2021 National government, agencies, and bodies Vulnerable communities England Requested material on jobs and skills, work on social capital including synthesis paper. 30 Nov 2021 Policy Intermediary Education Wales The Higher Education Policy Network in Wales reviewed IPPO education Rapid Evidence Reviews and heard from report authors. The Observatory has also influenced demand from policy makers by initiating 31 meetings and briefings with policymakers in national and local government which were the result of nearly 350 emails sent to policymakers and stakeholders. IPPO has also influenced debate by hosting 19 events and 3 webinars. We will provide more details about the way in which IPPO outputs have been used. That more detailed account will be based on an external evaluation and ongoing monitoring. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Title | Basic income experiments in OECD countries: a rapid evidence review |
| Description | This is a rapid evidence review of the characteristics and their relationship of basic income experiments in OECD countries. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not yet published. |
| Title | COVID-19 and population mental health |
| Description | Kelly Dickson, Rosa Mendizabal-Espinosa, Carol Vigurs Laura Meehan, Aisling Draper, Sum Yue (Jessica) Ko Selam Petros, Celine Nguyen, Claire Stansfield |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Debunk, Inform, Avoid? |
| Description | Ian Shemilt, Gareth Hollands, Claire Stansfield & James Thomas |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Global emergency remote education in secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review |
| Description | Full refernece: Bond M, Bergdahl N, Mendizabal-Espinosa R, Kneale D, Bolan F, Hull P, & Ramadani F (2021). Global emergency remote education in secondary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. London: EPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None available. |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/future-online-learning-what-have-we-learned-covid-19-emergency-remote-ed... |
| Title | Living map of systematic reviews of social sciences research evidence on COVID-19 |
| Description | A continuously updated, living map (database) comprising bibliographic records of articles reporting systematic reviews of social sciences research evidence on COVID-19, organised by population(s), topic(s), and other selected study characteristics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Internal: Used to support scoping and study identification of/for other IPPO evidence synthesis products. External: Two known external use cases. 1. Being used by the Taiwanese Society of Geriatric Psychiatry (TSGP) to inform research on research gaps. 2. Being used by UNICEF Innocenti to help identify articles for a library of evidence on children and COVID-19 up-to-date. |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3806 |
| Title | Mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education |
| Description | This is a rapid evidence reviews of the harms and their mitigations of the COVID-19 pandemic on the higher education sector. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The review was one of four commissioned by the DfE - this was their response to a request regarding impact: The reviews have been shared across the Department, and in particular some of the findings from the parent and carers report were used in the recent Spending Review bids on family policies, as the report provided a useful overview of the effects of the pandemic. The reviews have also fed into discussions at the Education Recovery Board, who welcomed the accessible overview of the evidence provided by this work. As the reviews were focused on long term recovery, they are likely to continue to have an impact moving forwards. |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3839 |
| Title | Mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents and carers during school closures |
| Description | This is a rapid evidence reviews of the harms and their mitigations of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parents and carers. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The review was one of four commissioned by the DfE - this was their response to a request regarding impact: The reviews have been shared across the Department, and in particular some of the findings from the parent and carers report were used in the recent Spending Review bids on family policies, as the report provided a useful overview of the effects of the pandemic. The reviews have also fed into discussions at the Education Recovery Board, who welcomed the accessible overview of the evidence provided by this work. As the reviews were focused on long term recovery, they are likely to continue to have an impact moving forwards. |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3840 |
| Title | Mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary and lower secondary children during school closures |
| Description | Rapid evidence review of the harms and their mitigations of school closures on primary and lower secondary children during COVID the -19 pandemic. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | THe review was one of four commissioned by the DfE - this was the response from DfE regarding their impact: The reviews have been shared across the Department, and in particular some of the findings from the parent and carers report were used in the recent Spending Review bids on family policies, as the report provided a useful overview of the effects of the pandemic. The reviews have also fed into discussions at the Education Recovery Board, who welcomed the accessible overview of the evidence provided by this work. As the reviews were focused on long term recovery, they are likely to continue to have an impact moving forwards. |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3837 |
| Title | Mitigating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the further education sector |
| Description | This is a rapid evidence reviews of the harms and their mitigations of the COVID-19 pandemic on the further education sector. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The review was one of four commissioned by the DfE - this was their response to a request regarding impact: The reviews have been shared across the Department, and in particular some of the findings from the parent and carers report were used in the recent Spending Review bids on family policies, as the report provided a useful overview of the effects of the pandemic. The reviews have also fed into discussions at the Education Recovery Board, who welcomed the accessible overview of the evidence provided by this work. As the reviews were focused on long term recovery, they are likely to continue to have an impact moving forwards. |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3838 |
| Title | NHS staff wellbeing: Why investing in organisational and management practices makes business sense |
| Description | Authors: Kevin Daniels, Sara Connolly, Ritchie Woodard, Chris van Stolk, Jana Patey Kevin Fong, Rachel France, Carol Vigurs and Mike Herd |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None available |
| URL | https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/CMS/Portals/0/IPPO%20NHS%20Staff%20Wellbeing%20report_LO160622-1849.pdf |
| Title | Volunteering during the pandemic: Which mechanisms enabled groups, communities and agencies to mobilise and why? |
| Description | Dylan Kneale*, Mukdarut Bangpan*, Kathryn Hartley, Meihui Hou |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | n/a |
| Description | Department for Education rapid evidence reviews |
| Organisation | Department for Education |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Buy out of IPPO Research Fellow, Rachel France for £13,162.50 for work on rapid evidence reviews |
| Collaborator Contribution | EPPI Centre, IPPO partner had contributions from their staff as well as payments to individuals outside of UCL for their work on the rapid evidence reviews. |
| Impact | IPPO were awarded five out of the seven bids put in. This was to complete a rapid evidence review on the impact of lockdowns and school closures, on primary and secondary; further education and higher education; parents; carers. Parents and carers ended up being merged into one review - meaning four rapid evidence reviews were produced. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO / POST / CAPE project on rapid reviews |
| Organisation | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [POST] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | IPPO to provide systematic and rapid evidence review expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | To provide systematic and rapid evidence review expertise. |
| Impact | We are in the early stages of this project and still discussing how recruitment and honoraria to individuals will work, but the funds will be coming from CAPE. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Invited to join Advisory Board of COHeRe research project |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | By virtue of my work with IPPO and the lead Northern Ireland investigator, I was invited to join the Advisory Board of a UKRI funded project titled COHeRe (COVID Health Related Behaviour Review). This project is a series of systematic reviews and an evidence and gap map on determinants of behaviours recommended to reduce the spread of COVID. |
| Collaborator Contribution | I have attended several meetings of the Advisory Board, which consists of senior civil servants and academics, and brought to the attention of the COHeRe team work undertaken by IPPO relevant to their project. |
| Impact | Researchers on COHeRe have published evidence from their research concerning preventive health measures on the IPPO website (https://covidandsociety.com/covid-19-best-ways-encourage-people-adopt-preventive-health-behaviours/) |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Invited to join the advisory board for the COVID-19 Government Response Tracker |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Blavatnik School of Government |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is based on advice and information sharing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | N/A |
| Impact | This collaboration is based on information sharing and advice. It is interdisciplinary |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Invited to join the advisory board of ReWAGE |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Institute for Employment Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I contribute to the work of ReWAGE's advisory board, giving strategic advice and direction |
| Collaborator Contribution | ReWAGE is an ESRC initiative. More details about the initiative can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/rewage/about/ |
| Impact | This a collaboration based on information sharing and advice. It does involve outputs. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Action On Inequalities: What should be in post-COVID recovery plans? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 15 June 2021, IPPO held an 'Action on Inequalities' event. The event bought together 276 stakeholders from government, academia, third sector (and a small number from the private sector) to address the question: What should be done over the next year to address the many inequalities amplified by COVID-19? The event resulted in a narrowing in on a set of core workstream areas that have become the focal areas of IPPOs work since June 2021. The development of a new set of core workstreams was based on the development of an inequalities matrix that was a product of the June event on inequalities. The final list of priorities became: Spatial and regional inequalities: Youth unemployment: Mental health Universal Basic Income (UBI): Data deficiencies; Children's wellbeing; Inquiries and; Gender-based recovery. More generally, the event itself resulted in many participants from across different devolved nations sharing information with each other (27 different documents shared during the 3-hour session). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/address-social-inequalities-amplified-covid-19-social-multipliers/ |
| Description | An Introduction to IPPO with CAPE Policy Fellow, Policy and Equalities Lead for the London Borough of Islington. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met with the Policy and Equalities Lead from the London Borough of Islington and CAPE fellow regarding our work, what we want to achieve etc and where the synergies are between the two organisations. They signed up to our next event on 27th July, online education event and has followed us on twitter. Plans were made to keep in the loop with relevant IPPO evidence products, events and workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to SEAN - The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, United States and IPPO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introduction IPPO to SEAN and working through where commonality exists in terms of city level outcomes and Covid-19 spatial inequalities. SEAN to be contacted when relevant events, evidence products and workstreams are developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to IPPO and follow up meetings with the Department of Health and Social Care |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO, presenting how we work and how we can help with the priorities of the DHSC. Follow-up plans were made for the DHSC to put us in touch with the relevant people in DHSC including facilitating meetings with interested parties. After initial meeting with DHSC, we had a follow-up meeting with DHSC, specifically about adult social care data and how IPPO can support this work. Those in the room included: • Raj Malhi, Head of Strategy and Data • Laura Bates, Researcher • Cian O'Donovan from UCL Pandemic Ethics Accelerator Following this a third meeting was held with DHSC with an update of the IPPO work on health and social care. Information that was shared included: • the adult social care slides with Julie Laughton and Christina Bankes, and • the two global scans (here and here) with Terri Sutton, Jamie Weatherhead and Claire Armstrong at DHSC, as requested by Michelle Dyson. DHSC requested to be aware of future events such as roundtables to feed into the work the DHSC do in the future regarding data and social care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to IPPO with Anne Longfield, former Children's Commissioner for England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO including outlining our summer education/online education workstream and getting a strategic direction from Anne. Anne to be kept in the loop regarding relevant IPPO workstreams, evidence products and workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to IPPO with the Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introducing IPPO including an offer for us to help fill in their gaps in knowledge. HMT also gave us steers re: ministers interests that fall under the place based policy stream. They are certainly interested in our skills and place workstream and our roundtables, newsletters etc and wanted to be kept in the loop with IPPO activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to IPPO with the Local Government Association (LGA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IPPO met with the Senior Policy Officer and the Head of Policy for People. We discussed the cross-over between work on place and jobs between LGA and IPPO. Agreed to have follow-up meeting between the IPPO Policy Officer and Rebecca, along with two other policy officers. This meeting took place and it was left that the LGA would come along to relevant events and we would feed into their relevant workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction to IPPO with the What Works Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO, including presenting on who we are, what we do and where we should be focusing our efforts on. A number of participants keen to be involved with IPPO including: • Jo Casebourne - EIF: re mental health • Anna Dixon - Centre for ageing better would be interested in joining the sessions on labour market and skills (lots of work on older workers) and digital inclusion. • Nancy Hey (what works wellbeing)- anything on mental health, including mental health inequalities • Rebecca Threlfall - NICE would be very keen to work with you on inequalities in COVID as they relate to health and social care. • Jon Yates, Youth Endowment Fund • Anna Smee, Youth Futures Foundation; And Dr Omar Khan, Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO) - all on jobs and skills Plans were made to keep in the loop with relevant IPPO evidence products, events and workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introduction with the Head of Evidence and Evaluation at 10 Downing Street |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO including who we are, what we do, our evidence products and workstreams. They were made aware of how we can support them in their activities and vice-versa. Plans were made for IPPO to get in touch if there was overlap in the work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | An introductory meeting with Sarah Vibert, Interim CEX at NCVO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO with plans made for future collaboration if and when appropriate. Requests were made for further information about IPPO events, evidence products and workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Discussion with the Head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR regarding spatial and regional inequality. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR was already aware of IPPO, this meeting was to help shape the spatial and regional inequalities roundtable. He agreed to attend the roundtable (which he did) and wanted to keep in touch with IPPO for future events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Gender-based COVID-19 recovery - what policy change is needed to support women in the labour market? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Online conference concerning the gender impacts of Covid-19. Professor Jennifer Piscopo (Occidental College, USA) spoke about women during the pandemic 'On the front-line but left behind'. Dr Lisa Smyth from Queen's University Belfast described the growth in dependence on unpaid care during the pandemic, and that this predominantly fell to women. Rachel Powell from the Women's Resource and Development Agency in Northern Ireland spoke about gender-based budgeting. Finally, Erica Roscoe from IPPR North looked at how Covid had impacted disproportionately on women in the North of England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/key-elements-gender-based-recovery-strategy-reflections-ippo-northern-ir... |
| Description | House of Lords COVID Committee, an introduction to IPPO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | House of Lords COVID Committee, an introduction to IPPO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Scottish Government lead team on Minimum Income Guarantee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including the findings from our previous reviews and the ones that are up and coming. During this meeting the Scottish Government Lead gave an overview of the progress being made by Scottish Government in regards to Minimum Income. They were very interested in access to a broader range of academic/evidence input, including a possible roundtable event. It was agreed that IPPO would send over details for future events for the team to attend including the roundtable. Details of Graeme Roy were shared as he is due to takeover (and has) Scottish Engagement for IPPO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Head of Scottish Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including our evidence products. It was agreed that a summary of the work of IPPO, findings from reviews would be circulated out through their networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with Chair in Educational Policy and Practice at Glasgow University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including highlighting the evidence products including the rapid evidence reviews and systematic review on education. The Chair wanted to remain in the loop with future IPPO activities including events and evidence products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with Head of Equality and Poverty at Scottish Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met to introduce the work of IPPO. It was emphasized that IPPO needed to consider (pre-existing) structural issues that create inequalities which lead to the addition of the 'disabilities' breakout group being added to the June 15th 'Action on Inequalities' event. An invite was also shared for the June 15th event, 'Action on Inequalities' with several policy colleagues, which led to Kerry Macleod (a Senior Analyst from Audit Scotland) attending the June 15th event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with Scottish Chief Healthcare Science Professions Officer and Race Employment Senior Policy Officer. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IPPO met with the Scot Gov Chief Healthcare Science Professions Officer and the Race Employment Senior Policy Officer to present IPPO to them including how we work, our evidence products and current workstreams. Workstreams that were highlighted in particular due to the nature of those in the room included care homes, mental health and employment. Requests were made for more information regarding future events including progress of evidence products regarding care, mental health and employment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with Scottish Economic Policy and Capability Division |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including our findings from our evidence products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with the Scottish Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including the findings from the reviews as well as asking for guidance for the Population Mental Health (PMH) Review. The outcome was that IPPO was introduced to various mental health stakeholders in Scottish government including the Head of Engagement for the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre and the Specialist for Mental Health and Advanced Prescribing Support Pharmacist Primary Care at Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS so that they could potentially be approached for PMH events, roundtables etc. They also shared the link to the PHM, first, roundtable with interested colleagues. The stakeholder wanted to know about future IPPO activities including roundtables, events and evidence products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Meeting with the Scottish Head of Learning Analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introduce the work of IPPO including the findings from the reviews. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) - Policy and Partnerships Officer at the Scottish Local Government Information Unit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including our evidence products. It was agreed that a summary of the work of IPPO, findings from reviews would be circulated out through their networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) Meeting with Chair of the Scottish Local Area Research and Intelligence Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce the work of IPPO including the rapid evidence reviews and systematic review on education and to ask if they could circulate the work of IPPO including reviews through their network of local authority practitioners. This was completed shortly after the meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) Meeting with Scottish Government's Chief Statistician. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met to discuss IPPO including gauging demand for IPPO products in relation to its workstreams and events, identifying key stakeholders in Scotland and disseminating evidence products. Meeting was left with a request for information for future events, products and to know more about IPPO in general. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) Meeting with the Equalities Policy Manager in Scottish Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Equalities Policy Manager further shaped the disability breakout group for the June 15th event as well as the subsequent workstream. It was emphasised that the focus should be on better/more equitable processes for including disabled people in policy design, rather than experiences - as well as the importance of taking an intersectional approach and seeking to ground advice in practical ways, to shift this from being an abstract problem for policymakers. The Equalities Policy Manager agreed to playing a formal role in the event by synthesizing the knowledge gathered in the breakout group for the disability workstream. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) Meetings with Scottish Head of Education Analytical Services and Policy Officer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the Head of Education Analytical Services as well as an Policy Officer to introduce the work of IPPO including our findings from the reviews, rapid and systematic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) meeting with Chief Executive and Research Manager of the Scottish Improvement Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met with the Chief Executive of the Scottish Improvement Service to follow-up discussions had during the first IPPO Advisory Board meeting. The discussion focused on how the Improvement Service (IS) can support IPPO in connecting with the different policy communities in Scotland. Connections were made with the relevant contacts with the IS to help disseminate evidence products to Scottish Councils and other general Local Authority networks with the IS wanting to attend future IPPO events. A request was made for further information regarding IPPO events, workstreams and products. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) meeting with Scottish Head of Children and Families |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Set up a meeting with the Head of Children and Families at Scottish Government to present and highlight the work of IPPO including the rapid evidence reviews and systematic review on education, to ask for recommendations for other policy professionals might be interested. The Head of Children and Families at Scottish Government shared the evidence products with analytical colleagues working in relevant areas with a request made for further information regarding future IPPO events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO (Scotland) meeting with the Director of Delivery and Strategic Development at the Scottish Association for Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introductory meeting to introduce the work of IPPO including the findings from the various reviews and the up and coming ones including Population Mental Health (PMH). As a result, IPPO was referred onto the Director of Influence and Change at the Scottish Association for Mental Health to attend the first roundtable for PMH and the event was shared with relevant colleagues with a request to get in touch with IPPO if additional information was needed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO Cities event on tackling urban inequalities through pandemic response |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In February 2022, IPPO Cities convened their second policy roundtable. This online event explored innovative work being undertaken in tackling inequalities as part of cities' pandemic recovery strategies. Attendees heard from officials and practitioners from Philadelphia, Durham, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Alexandria in the United States, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and the London Borough of Waltham Forest in the United Kingdom. Those presenting discussed the equity-centred interventions they were attempting in their localities and shared their insights, strategies, and tactics with the roundtable. A report of the event is available here: https://covidandsociety.com/ippo-cities-event-report-tackling-urban-inequalities-pandemic-recovery/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/ippo-cities-event-report-tackling-urban-inequalities-pandemic-recovery/ |
| Description | IPPO Cities event on the future of urban space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The IPPO Cities workstream kicked off in December 2021 with a pilot event co-hosted by Dr Carla Washbourne from IPPO Cities and Professor Michele Acuto from the Melbourne Centre for Cities. This virtual roundtable included contributions from city officials and advisors in London, Belfast, Stockholm, Cape Town, Bangkok and Melbourne. Our speakers focused on the 'spatial' impacts of the pandemic - in particular, which policy innovations and behavioural trends would translate into long-term changes in the ways that urban spaces (both external and internal) are used? A report of the event is available here: https://covidandsociety.com/ippo-cities-event-report-covid-19-use-urban-spaces-long-term/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/ippo-cities-event-report-covid-19-use-urban-spaces-long-term/ |
| Description | IPPO International Roundtable: 'An expert international roundtable on COVID-19 Public Inquiries.' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IPPO held 2x International Roundtables looking at COVID-19 Public Inquiries. Both roundtables explored the role of public inquiries, their limitations and advantages and how they work in practice. The first roundtable was held at 9am BST and the next at 4pm BST to cater for an international audience in NZ and in North America. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/what-we-want-covid-19-public-inquiries/ |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable with Economics Observatory (ECON): How can the UK improve adult training and job placement to aid the post-COVID recovery of its workers and the economy? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) and Economics Observatory (ECON) joint roundtable looking at the 'how can the UK improve adult training and job placement to aid the post-COVID recovery of its workers and the economy?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/improve-adult-training-upskilling-help-uk-build-back-better-economics-ob... |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: 'Social capital: its role in the pandemic and how can it be harnessed for recovery?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This roundtable looked to explore the uneven social capital contributed to the uneven effects of COVID-19. In previous blog published in the run up to the event we considered what role social capital, and civil society more generally, have played so far in the pandemic and what role they might play in any recovery. As we show the answers are subtle and complex. Social capital isn't something that can just be switched on. The details of place, relationships and behaviours matter more than aggregates, and this will also need to be reflected in any policy responses. This roundtable explored social capital structured around 3 questions: • What do we know about the underlying facts and patterns pre-COVID? • What happened during the pandemic? • What role should social capital and civil society play in recovery plans? Following this roundtable, a social capital evidence product, a systematic review, was commissioned from the IPPO team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/harness-full-powers-social-capital-ippo-roundtable/ |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: online education, what will we take forward from the pandemic? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Monday 26th April, 16:00 - 17:00, this was a roundtable looking at the lessons learned about online teaching for secondary school children from the pandemic, and what might be done differently in the future as a result. This fed into the systematic review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: responding to the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on school children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The International Public Policy Observatory held its first roundtable discussion on 11 February, looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of schoolchildren - and the nature and efficacy of responses in the UK and further afield. We had with us policymakers from governments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as leading academics and plenty of others working in the field, including charities and young people. Our main interest, however, was in what is being done to address them. Our 'topic snapshot', prepared ahead of the roundtable, pointed to the importance not only of what schools do to support their pupils, but also of mobilising parents, friends and communities. During the ensuing discussion, we heard from participants about what is being done now to support and skill-up schools, and to work on children's confidence. IPPO will be doing more work around this issue over the next few weeks, pointing to what the options are, and what the evidence tells us about which initiatives are most likely to work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/ippos-first-uk-wide-policy-roundtable-discusses-the-mental-health-of-sch... |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: what support do children need this summer? (Second Roundtable) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | At our first session on 11th February, it became clear that our participants from across the UK felt that the summer of 2021 should be used not simply for children to catch up academically, but to give them a chance to recover in every other way: in relationships, in their wellbeing, and in living life to the full. There was general consensus that too narrow a focus on academic catch-up risks making things worse, not better. In this follow-up roundtable we were joined on the 18th March by Siobhan O'Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University and Northern Ireland's Interim Mental Health Champion, who is calling for the Northern Ireland Executive to support a good quality summer wellbeing programme delivered at community level for all children. During the event, we were split into different breakout groups to enable all participants to discuss the following: ·What does the evidence tell us about what should be done during the summer holidays? ·Which of these actions should be prioritised, and for which groups? ·What is the best mix of national and local action to make this happen? At the end of the session we came together to agree upon what needs to be done in the next two months including exploring unanswered questions on the evidence, which was used to inform decision makers on in good time ahead of the summer through our IPPO evidence product. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/support-children-need-most-this-summer-proposal-universal-wellbeing-prog... |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: what's working in addressing the mental wellbeing of people in care homes? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This roundtable looked at the situation in care homes - and, in particular, what's happened to the mental wellbeing of both residents and staff, and what can be done to help them bounce back. This roundtable discussion drew on an excellent summary of evidence from Dr Kellyn Lee, Research Fellow in Ageing and Dementia at the University of Southampton, as well as a global scan of policy and interviews with some frontline care home staff. Following this roundtable we continued to focus on evidence around care including looking at what can be done to sort out some of the issues around data. These issues include: -What care data are collected -How this could be better shared and standardised; and -How to ensure the data are analysed to spot patterns and emerging issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/roundtable-report-improve-mental-health-wellbeing-in-uk-care-homes/ |
| Description | IPPO Roundtable: what's working on street homelessness policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In the second of IPPO's policy roundtables, we discussed the future of homelessness in each UK nation in light of the many dramatic interventions around the world during the pandemic. The International Public Policy Observatory's latest roundtable, on homelessness, welcomed some of the leading policymakers from across the UK, alongside researchers, international experts and voluntary organisations. The mood of the meeting combined satisfaction with the scale of recent responses on this issue with anxiety about the future. The future of this work includes working to understand where IPPO can fill these gaps with further engagement with key people in this area planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/roundtable-report-evidence-long-term-causes-homelessness-systemic-ways/ |
| Description | IPPO Roundtables: 'Spatial effects of the COVID-19 crisis and potential mitigation actions.' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This roundtable was put together to explore the impact on place as a result of COVID-19. Participants looked at place through various angles including rural, coastal and urban areas. Following this roundtable, blogs were commissioned as well as the setting up of the IPPO Cities workstream. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/geographical-complexities-covid-19-why-different-places-different-rates-... |
| Description | IPPO Wales - How to design a basic income experiment and what can be learnt from such experiments? (Basic Income Roundtable) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 128 people attended this policy roundtable we will heard from the authors of this Rapid Evidence Review and their main findings. We learned more about specific basic income experiments from around the world. By drawing on these examples the purpose of the policy roundtable was to discuss the key characteristics of a basic income experiment, what can be learnt from different designs of basic income. We also heard from those involved in such schemes to discuss lessons learnt and what has happened since these experiments were introduced. Our confirmed speakers were: Ollie Kangas, PhD, Research Director, Department of Social Sciences Jamie Cooke, Head of RSA Scotland Jonathan Rhys Williams, UBI Lab Wales Jack Sargeant, MS for Alyn and Deeside and chair of the Senedd Petitions Committee Adam Jones, Welsh Government Russell Gunson, Head of Programmes and Practice at the Robertson Trust Dr Amy Castro, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania Patrick Brown, co-founder Northern Ireland UBI Lab Dr Sarah Gilmore, Cardiff University This roundtable will be followed by a further IPPO roundtable in May/June 2022 to specifically discuss a possible new minimum income scheme in Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/basic-income-review-policy-design/ |
| Description | IPPO and Youth Futures Foundation (YFF), an introduction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO and YFF, exploring where the commonality exists and how we can work together. Plans were made to co-brand an event together regarding Youth employment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO event with Prospect Magazine: 'How can the Covid Public Inquiry help the whole of society?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This online event brought together figures from the legal, political and media world plus some of those hardest-hit by the pandemic to discuss how COVID-19 public inquiries should be organised, managed and communicated in order to achieve meaningful outcomes for all, and to build the trust and resilience required to better deal with future crises. In a series of intimate discussion groups we addressed the following questions: • What lessons can be learned from past inquiries around the world? • What are the key societal and economic issues that must be addressed as part of the COVID-19 learning and accountability process? • To what extent will the UK public inquiry be capable of delivering these aims? • What is the role of communication in building public trust in the inquiry process? As a result of this roundtable, new connections were made including with Michael Mansfield QC, new blogs were commissioned and the IPPO evidence product |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/what-chairing-the-covid-peoples-inquiry-taught-me-about-how-a-public-inq... |
| Description | IPPO event with the Youth Futures Foundation (YFF) 'How should cities tackle youth unemployment in their COVID recovery plans?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of this event was to stimulate demand and identify gaps for evidence for possible IPPO evidence products. Ahead of this event a dossier was put together with key data points, facts and evidence to help inform the discussion. The questions put to the audience include: 1) What should be in local recovery plans to avoid long-term scarring effects on young people? 2) How have the measures put in place for young people as part of the government's Plan for Jobs played out at local level? How are they reaching the most disadvantaged/marginalised, in particular? 3) What has been the success of/barriers to Kickstart? Should it be extended or, if not, what is needed in its place (if anything)? The breakout groups looked at the following: 1) Co-location 2) Future-proofing 3) Job Centres 4) Recruiting and retaining. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/cities-youth-unemployment-covid-recovery-plans-ideas-initiatives/ |
| Description | IPPO event: 'Closing schools, colleges and universities during the pandemic: what were the effects and how should they be addressed?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An IPPO event to review the findings from each of the systematic review including the 4x commissioned by the Department of Education following a recommendation from SAGE. Findings were disseminated through the event including breakout areas dedicated for each review. Plans were made to follow up these findings with policy responses as the pandemic continues to unfold. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO event: the future of online learning: what have we learned about emergency remote education during COVID-19, and what do we take forward? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This event looked to explore the effects of school closures around the world to help curb the spread of coronavirus including the impact on children's learning. Schools had to adapt quickly, implementing emergency remote education methods by moving learning online. Having commissioned a number of pieces of work on this topic, and having hosted a lively roundtable discussion in April, we commissioned Dr Melissa Bond and the team at UCL's Institute of Education, EPPI-Centre, to undertake a 'deep dive' systematic review to examine in detail the available research evidence, in order to answer the following questions: • In what ways did emergency remote education affect motivation and engagement in secondary students? • How did research report on emerging online assessment practices in secondary schooling during the pandemic? • Are new approaches to peer collaboration emerging and what does this suggest? • How does online learning in secondary schools support parent engagement? • What emerging uses of online and blended learning approaches in secondary schools could continue to be implemented going forward? On Tuesday 27th July (11am-12.15pm) we brought together policymakers, practitioners and researchers to hear the findings from the review and to discuss the way forward in particular 'should education return to where it was before the pandemic, or are there desirable lasting changes to be made in light of the experience?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://covidandsociety.com/future-online-learning-what-have-we-learned-covid-19-emergency-remote-ed... |
| Description | IPPO met with the UK Gov Leveling Up Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IPPO met with Andy Haldane and some of his team including Stephen Aldridge, Urvishi Parashar, Tom Walker on potentially sharing our material on jobs and skills, letting them know of work on social capital and sharing synthesis paper. Follow-up meetings needed and planned to work through the detail on what is needed by the levelling up team and how IPPO can fill this gap including the tools and methods needed for government objectives in net zero, levelling up and social care and the tole of data and collective intelligence and what evidence could persuade the Treasury. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IPPO presentation to Welsh Government Economy and Treasury Department |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A short introductory presentation about IPPO to senior officials in the Economy and Treasury Department (including the Chief Economist for Wales) followed by detailed discussion around two key priority areas: foundational economy; and population change. Identified evidence needs and next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | IPPO presentation to Welsh Government Special Advisors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A short introductory presentation to the special advisors who work with government ministers in the Welsh Government followed by discussion around their most pressing evidence needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | IPPO presentation to the regional leaders and academics in the Basque country |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on IPPO to senior leaders in the regional government of the Basque country in order to develop a Wales-Basque cooperative agreement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Introduction to POST |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introducing IPPO to POST in Westminster, with plans for regular follow-ups as IPPO progressed as a result was cited in a POST note, 29th April 2021. https://post.parliament.uk/research-evidence-and-policy-making-increasing-demand-publication-speed-and-public-scrutiny/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-evidence-and-policy-making-increasing-demand-publication-speed-a... |
| Description | Introductory meeting with IPPO and Prospect Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Introductory meeting with Prospect Magazine Editor (Alan Rusbridger) and engagement editor (Jo Martin) to discuss combined event on what a COVID public inquiry should look like. Plans were made for an event regarding COVID-19 Public Inquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Introductory meeting with the Department for Education's Director of Analysis and Chief Scientific Adviser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO, discussing where IPPO could be the most useful including where the most useful gap is in terms of evidence. Plans were made to keep them in the loop with relevant IPPO evidence products, roundtables and relevant workstreams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting between IPPO NI team and officials from the NI Department for the Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In-person meeting between Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh and Dr Jayne Finlay of IPPO NI team with Louise Long and Michelle Scott of the NI Department for the Economy on 19 July 2021 to discuss the use of IPPO resources in their work on the 'Covid Recovery Taskforce' and an economic recovery plan for Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting between IPPO NI team and senior official from the NI Department for the Economy about IPPO resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting between Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh and Dr Jayne Finlay and Paul Grocott of the NI Department for the Economy (online) on 3 March 2021 to discuss IPPO resources and what it could offer his work on a Covid-19 recovery plan for Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting of IPPO NI team with Derek McCallan, Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Online meeting between Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh and Dr Jayne Finlay of IPPO NI team with Derek McCallan of NILGA to raise awareness of the IPPO resource and to provide information for local authorities in Northern Ireland, and contact details for future events of relevance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting of IPPO NI team with chair of NI Executive cross-departmental taskforce on COVID-19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Online meeting between Prof Muiris MacCarthaigh and Dr Jayne Finlay of IPPO NI team with Carol Morrow from the NI Executive Office, who chairs the cross-departmental taskforce on Covid-19, on 19 April 2021 (online) to discuss IPPO resources and future collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with CEX of Birmingham City Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to introduce IPPO and see where IPPO can add value including how Birmingham City Council can be used a test-bed for new, innovative ideas. BCC to be kept in the loop with IPPO related activities including being approached to be part of any new IPPO initiatives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Monthly meetings with Head of Research Services at the Welsh Senedd (Parliament) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Monthly one-to-one meetings with Hannah Woodhouse, Head of Research Services at the Welsh Parliament, to share and discuss evidence needs of Senedd Committees relating to COVID-19 recovery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee, an Introduction to IPPO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to IPPO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Place Based Approaches Workshop organised by the Wales Rural Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Represented IPPO at the Place Based Approaches Workshop organised by the Wales Rural Network (and sponsored by the Welsh Government). This invite-only workshop was designed to explore how place based approaches can help tackle the most important issues and opportunities in rural communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Northern Ireland Department of Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The IPPO Northern Ireland team arranged for a briefing session for the Northern Ireland Department for Education on 22 October 2021 (key contact Ricky Irwin), concerning research commissioned by IPPO on: - The impact of school closures on children (speakers Professor Gemma Moss, Professor Alice Bradbury, Dr Rosie Mansfield) - The impact of the pandemic on parents and carers (Dr Hope Christie and Dr Lucy Hiscox) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to Permanent Secretary in the Northern Ireland Executive Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The project PI, Co-I and Northern Ireland lead met with Dr Denis McMahon, Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Executive Office, to explain about the work of IPPO and to hear about civil service needs in respect of Covid-19. He subsequently arranged for us to brief all 9 Permanent Secretaries and also to present to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (middle to senior grades). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'A Minimum Income Guarantee for Scotland' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Scottish Government committed to commencing work to provide a Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) for all, incorporating the idea of basic services, such as childcare or the NHS. A MIG is an assurance that no one will fall below a set income level that would allow them to live a dignified life. A MIG can be delivered through employment, targeted welfare payments and also through other types of support or services to be provided or subsidised by the state. The Scottish Government has set up a Steering Group to work on the delivery of a MIG in Scotland. The Group comprises a Strategy Group, comprised of MSPs and an Expert Group, comprised of individuals with insight and experience in fields and issues relevant to a MIG. This event brought together academics, practitioners, officials and other interested partners to discuss a MIG for Scotland, and how options might be piloted. The workshop focused specifically on the practicalities, options and design mechanisms for a pilot. It showcased the current approach to minimum income in Scotland, presenting a fresh perspective on potential benefits/challenges of Minimum Income Guarantee. It also considered the implications for piloting and evaluating such a framework, based on evidence and experience of policy pilot exercises from elsewhere. Contributors included: • Russell Gunson, Chair of Scottish MIG Steering Group's expert group • Sharon Wright, University of Glasgow • Kat Smith, University of Strathclyde • Abigail Davis, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University • Matt Padley, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University • Peter Craig, University of Glasgow • Gerry McCartney, University of Glasgow • Joe Chrisp, University of Bath |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/implementing-a-minimum-income-guarantee-in-scotland/ |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'Debunk, Inform, Avoid?' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event launched IPPO's rapid review of evidence for when debunking is likely to be an effective way of responding to misinformation about vaccines. The demand for this work came from initial discussions with public health communicators and policymakers, who wanted to better understand how research evidence can be used to inform communications strategies aimed at tackling vaccine-related misinformation in digital and physical environments. Our discussion was chaired by Matthew Flinders, Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics at the University of Sheffield, with contributions from Abigail Emery, Head of the Cabinet Office Behavioural Science Team, and Jeremy Williams, IPPO, who is currently leading parallel work for IPPO focused on how policymakers can best learn from social sciences research to inform their handling of mpox. T?he event was an opportunity to hear from the report's authors and join an open discussion on the review's implications for policy, practice, and further research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/debunking-vaccine-related-misinformation-rapid-evidence-review/ |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'Ending violence against women and girls' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Levels of violence against women and girls, and particularly domestic violence, increased globally as a result of the pandemic. A variety of strategies and national plans have been put in place by governments across the globe, but much more needs to be done. The International Public Policy Observatory organised this online event with Pivotal Public Policy Forum, to hear about the latest policy developments which seek to address this human rights violation, and what works best. Speakers included: Professor Nicky Stanley, Co-Director, Connect Centre for International Research on Interpersonal Violence and Harm, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Dr Nancy Lombard, Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University Sarah Mason, CEO Women's Aid Federation NI Dr Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor of Social Studies, Trinity College Dublin |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/impacts-covid-lockdowns-violence-against-women-girls/ |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'How Governments Used Intelligence for Decision-making During Covid-19' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This online event marked the release of the International Public Policy Observatory's report on how governments across the world used intelligence to make decisions during the pandemic. The report provides insights for policymakers and experts from examples of government use of intelligence across the world, from Taiwan and Korea to Estonia and Portugal, and makes recommendations for the future. During this event, the research findings were be presented by the project lead Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan, followed by expert commentary from: Ed Humpherson: UK Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation Paula Graciela Daza Narbona who led Chile's pandemic response as Undersecretary of Public Health and is Executive Director, Center for Public Policies in Innovation in Health (CIPS), Faculty of Government, Universidad Del Desarrollo Dame Juliet Gerrard : New Zealand Prime Minister's Chief Scientific Advisor, New Zealand D?r Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health for NHS Wales There will be opportunities to ask questions of the research team and the panel. The project examined: How governments used multiple forms of intelligence - including data, evidence, models, tacit knowledge, foresight, and creativity - to make decisions; How intelligence was created, communicated, and used at regional, national, and international levels; and the capabilities, relationships, and innovations that enabled this; How different - sometimes competing - forms of intelligence were effectively integrated and synthesised for decisionmaking. The research drew on interviews with over 30 government officials and experts based in over 20 countries across the world, including two international roundtables. The final report was made available to government decisionmakers across the world, to inform processes for intelligence use and support them with the complex challenges facing governments today. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/how-governments-used-intelligence-decision-making-covid19-pandemic/ |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'Impact of the pandemic on the lives of people with intellectual disability' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The COVID-19 pandemic had a catastrophic impact on the 1.5 million people with learning disabilities in the UK. Not only were they more likely than the general population to contract COVID-19, and to experience poorer health outcomes and mortality but their services and support networks were greatly disrupted. The aim of this workshop was to both present evidence on what life has been like for people with a disability during the pandemic and point to directions for future policy development to help mitigate the impact. Drawing on research that has examined the experiences of people with a learning, their families and and combining this with the perspective of those who work with people with a learning disability, this workshop considered the commonality of issues raised by different streams of research looking at the impact of the pandemic on their mental health and wellbeing, their physical health, the way the response to the pandemic increased their vulnerabilities the role of service providers. This workshop: Compared rhetoric of policy with what the evidence shows about lives lived Highlighted the disconnect between health and social care provision for this population of service users Summarised the lessons learned, showing the cracks in the system Identified gains such as the benefits of distance working/learning etc which could have positive impact Ensured that the issues highlighted by the recent research remains at the forefront to the policy agenda, identify how to influence policy for this population and regain the ground lost as the result of the pandemic. Contributors/Speakers: Eddie McConnell, Down Syndrome Scotland Nathaniel Scherer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Deborah Kinnear, University of Glasgow Angela Henderson, Scottish Learning Disability Observatory Chair Nick Watson, University of Glasgow |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/impact-pandemic-lives-mental-health-people-intellectual-disabilities-policy-fu... |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'Mental Health and the Pandemic' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The pandemic triggered an increase in the incidences of mental health problems across the globe. It also revealed a need to identify what mental health service provision, available at population-level, is effective. A population-level problem naturally requires solutions that can be rolled out at scale. Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan and Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh from IPPO hosted this public event to talk about the findings of a systematic review of international evidence by the EPPI Centre to answer the following question: What are the most effective, scalable interventions to address anxiety and depression, shown to have surfaced during the COVID-19 pandemic? The results of this review were discussed by Kelly Dickson, Associate Professor at the EPPI Centre, along with policy recommendations for future practice. Siobhan O'Neill, Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University and Nancy Hey, Executive Director of What Works Centre for Wellbeing also spoke to the findings of the evidence review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/effective-scalable-interventions-mental-health-population-systematic-review/ |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'NHS Staff Wellbeing: What works, and the case for investment' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On June 17th, IPPO launched a report on NHS staff wellbeing and mental health, completed by topic and review specialists from UEA, RAND Europe and UCL. Speakers at the event included: Dr Kevin Fong, professor of public engagement and innovation in the Department of Science, Technology, Education and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London & Consultant Anaesthetist at UCLH Dr Steve Boorman CBE, director of employee health at consultancy Empactis and author of the landmark 'Boorman' report Professor Dame Carol Black, Chair of the British Library, the Centre for Ageing Better, and Think Ahead, the Government's fast-stream training programme for Mental Health Social Workers. She co-chairs NHS England/Improvement's Expert Advisory Group on Employee Health and Wellbeing Sandra Barrington, Matron, Critical Care Unit, University Hospital of North Midlands Professor Steve Morris, RAND Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Cambridge Rebecca Williams, Associate Research Fellow, UCL The report included estimates of the financial cost of poor staff wellbeing to the NHS and a rapid evidence review of how organisational-level changes can impact mental health. The report made the case for the need to invest in organisational level interventions that change some aspects of staff jobs, such as changed shift patterns and better leadership styles. This report came at a time when NHS staff are experiencing an escalating mental health crisis that has seen hospital staff take more than eight million days off sick in the past five years. During this event, there was: Presentation of findings from the report Presentations from speakers working on the front-line and from experts in the field Discussion about the report and its implications in Q&A session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/rapid-evidence-review-economic-analysis-nhs-staff-wellbeing-and-poor-mental-he... |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'The pandemic: two years on' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 24th March 2022, to mark the second anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns, IPPO - the International Public Policy Observatory - hosted a gathering to take stock of what happened, what's been learned and what insights to take into recovery plans. Throughout 2021, IPPO had been synthesising evidence and working with policy-makers on issues ranging from online learning and education to mental health and homelessness, tapping into a global network covering over 100 countries. The all-day event will brought together a wide range of decision-makers, thinkers and commentators - including just to name a few: • Sir Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council • Inaya Rakhmani, Director of the Asia Research Centre • Andy Haldane (who led the government's recent Levelling Up White Paper), • Sir David Spiegelhalter, Statistician • Marvin Rees, Bristol City's Mayor • Siobhan O'Neill, Northern Ireland's Mental Health Champion • Sarah Vibert, NCVO Chief Executive • Richard Harries, Associate Director of the Institute for Community Studies • Andrew Kerr, Edinburgh Council's Chief Executive • Kellie Beirne, Director of the Cardiff Capital City Region Deal • Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration & Skills • Angela Scott, Aberdeen Council's Chief Executive • Deborah Cadman, Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council • Professor Alison Park, Chair of the ESRC • Professor Dominique Brozzard, Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Ursula Gobel, VP , Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. • Michael Mansfield QC The structure of the day was as follows: • 09.00- 10.00: Global picture of policy responses with case studies from regions and countries • 10.00-11.15: UK two years on; facts, lessons and insights • 11.15- 11.30: Spotlight on IPPO • 11:35-12:30: Breakout groups - Social Capital, Mental Health and Education • 12:30-13.30: How are cities addressing systemic issues and building greater resilience against future crises? • 13:30- 14.30: Making evidence impactful session • 14:30- 15:00: COVID-19 Public Inquiries • 15:00-16:00: Final plenary with summaries and closing comments After the event, IPPO published a series of articles related to conversations that were held throughout that day. https://theippo.co.uk/two-years-shadow-pandemic-mental-health-crisis/ https://theippo.co.uk/two-years-on-policy-responses-across-the-world/ https://theippo.co.uk/two-years-on-pandemic-how-to-make-evidence-impactful-on-policy/ https://theippo.co.uk/two-years-on-children-home-school-effects/ https://theippo.co.uk/two-years-on-global-data-impact-covid19-pandemic/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pandemic-two-years-on-tickets-221311948997 |
| Description | Public Online Event: 'Volunteering During The Pandemic' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to an unprecedented level of interest in volunteering. In its wake, IPPO had a unique opportunity to understand more about the impact and processes used to mobilise communities and groups to volunteer. From June 2022, the EPPI-Centre (UCL), which is part of the IPPO collaboration, conducted a rapid realist review of the mechanisms that underpinned the effectiveness of volunteering efforts. During this public online event, the review team discussed their findings, and outlined what mechanisms worked and why. It was also an opportunity to hear policy recommendations based on this review of 45 studies, and discuss the role of volunteering in society - both in terms of its protective role during a national emergency, and how it can increase levels of social capital within communities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theippo.co.uk/volunteering-during-the-pandemic-which-mechanisms-enabled-groups-communities-a... |
| Description | Recent IPPO rapid evidence reviews on the impact of the pandemic in education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Roundtable held with officials from HEFCW, Welsh Government, Colegau Cymru and Universities Wales to share findings from IPPO Rapid Evidence Reviews on the impact of COVID on post-compulsory education. Event included presentations from review authors and facilitated discussion with policy makers from the various post-compulsory education organisations, including the Welsh Government's Director of Higher Education and Skills and the Chief Executive of HEFCW/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Welsh Government COVID Technical Advisory Cell - International Intelligence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Taylor attended the International Intelligence sub group of the Welsh Government's Technical Advisory Cell (TAC). The purpose of this policy and evidence group was to provide expert advice on international evidence/intelligence relating to the response to COVID in Wales to the main TAC. Membership included senior Welsh Government officials, representatives from Public Health Wales, academic experts from a range of disciplines (including public health and virology). Chris was invited to attend to provide social science expertise to the group and to make links with the work of the IPPO. During 2021 (the height of the pandemic) the group met weekly (and moved to fortnightly from Jan 2022). Topics covered included international transmission rates of COVID and policy comparisons, mask wearing, vaccine take-up, responses to new variants, the impact of COVID on vulnerable groups, school/educational closures and online learning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://gov.wales/technical-advisory-cell |