Co-creation and collaboration in policy | Interview with Peter Barbrook-Johnson
"In this interview, Peter Barbrook-Johnson, Deputy Director of the Agile Initiative, discusses the critical elements of successful collaboration between researchers and policymakers. He emphasizes the importance of humility, long-term partnerships, and adaptability. Barbrook-Johnson highlights co-creation and co-design as effective methods for translating scientific data into actionable policy recommendations. He also offers practical advice for researchers to stay adaptable in a changing policy landscape and recommends avenues and platforms for engaging with policymakers, including university initiatives, funded projects, and collaborations with experienced colleagues.
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Successful research/policy collaboration
1:48 - Translating data into action
3:14 - Adaptation to changing policy landscapes
Dr Pete Barbrook-Johnson is a Lecturer at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford and Deputy Director of the £10m 5-year NERC-funded Agile Initiative. His research is almost always policy-facing and covers economics, sociology, and complexity and systems science. He uses research methods such as agent-based modelling, systems mapping and network analysis. Pete is the author of ‘Systems Mapping: how to build and use causal models of systems’ (2022) published by Palgrave and has written and worked widely on the use of systems thinking and complexity economics in energy and environmental policy.
This video is part of the ‘Policy Engagement’ training programme delivered by the Institute for Methods Innovation, Fast Track Impact and Walcott Communications Limited on behalf of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)."