{"id":9655,"date":"2015-03-06T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qpol.clients.palebluedot.tv\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2015-03-06T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T11:48:08","slug":"about-qpol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/about-qpol\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Queen&#8217;s Policy Engagement is the <strong>\u2018front door\u2019 <\/strong>for public policy engagement at Queen\u2019s University Belfast,\u00a0supporting academics and policymakers in sharing evidence-based research and ideas on the major social, cultural and economic challenges facing society regionally, nationally and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Our over-arching <strong>vision\u00a0<\/strong>is to share the University\u2019s independent expertise with policymakers so they can make informed decisions about the most effective and sustainable ways to tackle these challenges, now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<strong>mission\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate the provision of independent evidence-based advice, guidance and information to policymakers, ensuring that policy formulation and law-making are informed by world-class\u00a0research emerging from the University<\/li>\n<li>Ensure Queen&#8217;s is at the heart of the public policy discourse, shaping\u00a0and driving the debate on emerging challenges, helping policymakers to think \u2018longer term\u2019 and more strategically about the challenges facing\u00a0us today<\/li>\n<li>Cultivate and\u00a0encourage\u00a0engagement\u00a0between the academic and the policymaker through effective methods of communication and mutually understandable\u00a0language<\/li>\n<li>Accelerate\u00a0the socio-economic impact of research relating to public policy issues at Queen\u2019s and raise\u00a0awareness of the influence of the University\u2019s research on government policy and legislation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We want to inspire intelligent debate between democratic institutions, academia and wider society in a vast array of policy areas including the economy, public health, social justice and more.<\/p>\n<p>To read about some of the latest ideas and solutions to the major policy challenges of the day, and to find out more about Queen&#8217;s Policy Engagement, please explore our website and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QUBPolicy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow us on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<em>Disclaimer\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The views and opinions expressed in any article on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, official policy or position of Queen\u2019s University Belfast.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen&#8217;s Policy Engagement is the \u2018front door\u2019 for public policy engagement at Queen\u2019s University Belfast,\u00a0supporting academics and policymakers in sharing evidence-based research and ideas on the major social, cultural and economic challenges facing society regionally, nationally and beyond. Our over-arching vision\u00a0is to share the University\u2019s independent expertise with policymakers so they can make informed decisions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2418,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9655","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_sharing_enabled","amp_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}