Local Policy Lab
The Local Policy Lab is a brand new alliance between the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, and Oxfordshire County Council, that aims to promote relationships and bridge the gap between research and local policy.
As the home to two large universities – the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University – Oxford (and Oxfordshire) can access a wealth of cutting-edge, impact-driven research that could inform solutions to public policy challenges facing the city and county.
Oxfordshire County Council and the five district councils provide an opportunity for students and researchers to engage with their local community and to better understand the public policy context of the city / local environment where they live. The key for this exchange is building meaningful and long-lasting connections between academic researchers and policymakers at the local level.
The Local Policy Lab aims to:
- connect University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes researchers with County and District Council policymakers, local volunteer and charity organisations, and with communities to support evidence-based public policy in key areas, initially focusing on health and climate policy, and;
- create opportunities for graduate students, supervised by academics and county officers, to work on existing datasets, collect new qualitative data, and undertake impact evaluations.
