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Will provides strategic advice and support to the Oxford Policy Engagement Network Steering Group, and works with divisions and departments across the university to enhance support for researchers' engagement with local, regional, national and international policymakers. Prior to joining the team, Will advised government departments and agencies, in and outside the UK, and served in a range of operational, advisory, and programme management roles in the Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe, as well as the International Crisis Group

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Jess is responsible for broadening and deepening membership of OPEN, ensuring members receive regular updates about the latest opportunities for engagement, professional development and funding, and facilitating internal funding calls and awards. Jess fields enquiries from researchers and policymakers, and helps to point them in the right direction with their ideas for engagement. Jess was previously a researcher within the Medical Sciences and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Divisions where her research focused on the evolution of antimicrobial resistance.

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José is responsible for the design and delivery of a wide range of learning and development opportunities and resources for OPEN members, as well as other researchers and professional services staff. He brings a diverse background spanning both academia and practice. He previously worked as an associate lecturer teaching International Relations in Higher Education. He also served as a consultant to development agencies in Latin America, gaining first-hand experience in development work.

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Naomi works closely with the Medical Sciences Division to support and deliver a number of activities to enable researchers build relationships with public policymakers, with the ultimate aim of improving the use of evidence in policy-making and developing research activities that respond to current policy challenges.

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Noora is responsible for supporting the Social Sciences Division to develop policy engagement activities, offering specialist support to departments and researchers and growing/deepening influence in the policy community. Previously Noora worked in Washington D.C. strengthening federal policies that supported the health of young children, women, and families in the United States. Noora’s career has focused on bridging the gap between public officials and local communities in an effort to advance equitable public policy.

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John helps the specialist Business and Policy Engagement Teams to develop and make use of systems that can assist with identifying, targeting, connecting, tracking and more broadly delivering insights across the spectrum of engagement activities.

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Rosaleen leads on OPEN’s communications activities, delivering strategic content and support across the breadth of the Policy Engagement Team’s work, as well as overseeing OPEN’s web and social media channels. She produces a range of outputs for internal and external audiences in liaison with academic researchers, policy professionals, and colleagues across the University of Oxford. Previously Rosaleen worked in various communications roles across the University and before that spent two decades working in NGO and humanitarian communications.

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Umme Hani works with Rosaleen and the wider team on developing and delivering OPEN’s communications across print and digital media. She provides dedicated support to the team’s learning and development portfolio, particularly with helping plan and amplify ongoing activities, engagement initiatives, and flagship events. She previously worked with CO2RE (The UK’s Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub), based in the Oxford School of Geography and the Environment and completed her Master’s degree from the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies.

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Department of Social Policy and Intervention

Vice-Chancellor and Registrar’s Office

Nuffield College

Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

Oxford Population Health

Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Biology

Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine

Centre for Global Health Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine

Blavatnik School of Government

Government Office for Science

The Queen’s College

Uehiro Oxford Institute