UK Academic Survey on Awareness and Use of Public Policy Research Interests

UK higher education institutions were surveyed on academic awareness, engagement, and experiences with public policy Areas of Research Interest (ARIs). The dataset contains survey results from an anonymous study conducted by Charlotte Gilbert, aiming to understand research-policy connections. The data was last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Analyze academic awareness of policy research priorities based on survey responses.
• Map routes of engagement between researchers and policymakers as described in the survey.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen research-policy connections based on reported experiences.

Strengths

• Dataset is 339.7 KB, indicating a contained and focused survey scope.
• Institutional anonymity is preserved, which may encourage more candid responses.
• Explicitly licensed under CC-BY-NC-4.0, clarifying permissible reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Charlotte Gilbert via figshare

Collection Method

Anonymous survey of academics across UK higher education institutions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 15:44:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom