Improving your capacity to influence government policy: networking, presentation, and integrity

A previous blog post by Jill Rutter discussed an Institute for Government project on how Government policy making might be improved. The recommendations make a strong case for a more open and inclusive approach to developing policy, in particular with regard to tapping into the reservoirs of information and analysis which lie in academic communities. Yet in a similar vein, the academic community also needs to adapt, argues Liz Carolan, who puts forward here three useful pointers for academics on improving their capacity to influence policy.