Annual Report
For OPEN, the year 2024-25 was 'A Year of Firsts'. As promised in our refreshed strategy, we helped create new ways for policy professionals to connect and collaborate with the University.
“This first annual report highlights a year of ‘firsts’ – from Visiting Fellowships to the OPEN Forum – as well as impacts generated by more established OPEN programmes. As you explore the following pages, I encourage you to consider what part you might play in the network’s next chapter, and to get in touch to explore how we might work together to achieve OPEN’s enduring vision. ”
“For many who share OPEN’s vision of public policy powered by the world’s best research evidence and expertise, this last year has been another challenging one. Conflict and instability – from culture wars to trade wars, as well as protracted armed conflicts – have shortened policy professionals’ horizons, trapping many in emergency-response mode.”
OPEN Annual Report 2025
Read our team's reflections on OPEN's ambitions, approach, and impact last year. We highlight outcomes from a cross-section of activities ranging from The OPEN Visiting Fellowship 2025 and OPEN Forum: Risk and Resilience to our different funding schemes, the collaborative partnerships we facilitated, the learning and development opportunities we offered, the weekly Alert for researchers, and the monthly Oxford Briefing for policy professionals.