Do you think that some of your research could feed into the decision making or policy making processes of one of the departments of government? If so, we recommend looking at their ARIs (Areas of Research Interest) to see if your research might answer any of the questions they pose.
Departments that have updated their ARIs since the last change of government are:
You can also search for your research topic on https://ari.org.uk/ to see if there are related questions in any ARIs, and see the full list of Government Areas of Research Interest here.
Within each ARI, there are details of how to make contact in order to flag that you have relevant expertise and wish to engage. It will be particularly valuable to do so for the recently published ARIs listed above. For research areas that are relevant to other government departments, it may be better to wait for their next ARI update, or to send an initial inquiry to check if they are still interested in the topic where you could offer expertise, ahead of compiling full information.
Note for Brunel staff and research students: please let the Brunel Public Policy team know if you would like advice on engaging with an ARI, and let us know of any outcome from contacting via ARI details by emailing us at
bpp@brunel.ac.uk