Untapped Impact: Exclusive insights for effective engagement with Areas of Research Interest (ARIs)
To order or discuss obtaining a tailored copy of this exclusive new report, please contact Alex Waddington - alex@whetstonecomms.com. Online sessions covering the content are also available.
For universities ARIs offer insight into specific policy areas where Government departments - and other official bodies - are keen to hear research evidence or insights.
This can help to align major bids for research funding, but can also help identify key civil service teams involved in the national policy formulation process. They certainly offer excellent openings for building policy impact pathways.
In September 2023, a new ARI database was launched with £55,000 funding from UKRI and GO-Science to help make ARIs more accessible (previously the questions were buried away in large PDFs). The database currently contains more than 2,300 ARIs.
Our new report uses exclusive qualitative and quantitative data to help you identify fresh opportunities for national-level policy engagement, supporting your REF 2029 policy engagement and impact ambitions by;
Revealing the ‘untapped’ Government policy themes currently going under the radar
Helping you see where policy areas are already crowded with academic engagement
Signposting ‘black hole’ email inboxes that never get a response.
Identifying sweet spots where your research strengths and under-engaged ARI topics overlap.
Revealing which peer group universities and research bodies are already engaging with Government department ARI questions - and which aren’t.
Providing informed advice on how best to engage with published ARIs.
Who will benefit from this report?
Senior Academic Leaders with responsibility for Impact and KE
Faculty and School Academic KE and Impact Leads
Professional Services Heads/Manager for Research, Impact and Knowledge Exchange
Specialist professional staff working in Policy Brokerage and KE/impact roles
Directors / Managers of Research Institutes and Centres
Note: The digital print run for this report is limited to 12 copies, to help preserve the value for those supporting institutions.
Report Content
Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) - A Timeline
ARIs: What are they - and why do they matter?
Who is responding to ARIs?
Emergent themes
Peer group analysis
Your opportunities
ARI Engagement: practice and advice
Untapped niches
To order or discuss obtaining a tailored copy of this exclusive new report, please contact Alex Waddington - alex@whetstonecomms.com. Online sessions covering the content are also available.
