Upcoming webinar: Amplifying your research and influencing policies

Our upcoming How to Do Research and Get Published webinar, taking place on November 12th, will focus on ‘How to promote your article and impact policy.’ Register here to secure your spot before it goes live.

This webinar is for anyone who has just published an article, from researchers to policy enthusiasts, to learn strategies to tailor the targeting of your research. By discovering the best steps to take after publishing your article, you will learn how to utilize media channels and expose audiences to your findings. You’ll learn from a panel of experts in the field and leave feeling empowered to make your research play a role in shaping relevant policies.

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Want to know how your research is making an impact? Sage’s Policy Profile tool can help you track where your research is being referenced in policy, allowing you to visualize the real-world impact of your research. Check out our blog post about Sage Policy Profiles to learn how to use your research for change:
Make an Impact with Sage Policy Profiles .

If you’re looking for additional tips and resources to reach policy makers with your research, check out this article regarding how to cultivate your personal brand and make your research more accessible to increase your visibility to policy makers:
10 Tips for Pitching your Research to Reach Policy Makers to Spark Change .

In the wake of artificial intelligence’s prevalence, it is important to know how it can be used to streamline the implementation of new research. This blog post focuses on how AI can be effectively used to translate published research in a way that can be applied to real-world policymaking:
How Artificial Intelligence Can Help in Quickly Translating Published Research in Real-World Practice and Policymaking

Introducing our panelists:

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Juliane Baron is the Executive Director of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), a coalition of 29 scientific societies and nearly 60 academic departments. FABBS represents the interests of the brain and behavioral sciences on a wide range of federal budget and policy issues. FABBS serves as a resource to scientists interested in engaging with policymakers to connect research to policy. Baron co-chairs both the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) and the Friends of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and on the executive committee on several other national coalitions.

Previously, Baron served as the Director of Government Relations at the American Educational Research Association, leading AERA’s education and advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and with federal agencies. Prior to that, Baron was the deputy director of government and public affairs for the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers. Baron’s science advocacy work has been informed by her time as an associate research scientist and project manager of Welfare, Children, & Families: A Three City Study, a multi-investigator study housed at Johns Hopkins University. For three years, Baron worked as a legislative staffer in the Texas House of Representatives. Baron received her BA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and her MPA from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

Michael Todd is the social science communications manager for Sage and the editor of the Social Science Space website. He is a long-time newspaper editor and reporter whose beats included the U.S. military, primary and secondary education, government, and business. He entered the magazine world in 2006 as the managing editor of Hispanic Business. He joined the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy and its magazine Miller-McCune (renamed Pacific Standard in 2012), where he served as web editor and later as senior staff writer focusing on covering the environmental and social sciences.

Sophie Boddington is a Senior Marketing Executive for Hybrid Journals at Sage. In her role within the Product Marketing team, she works with editors, designers and fellow marketers to ensure research reaches its intended audience through a range of digital and traditional marketing strategies. She is also the marketing lead for conferences within the Researcher pillar. Having previously worked at HarperCollins Publishers, Sophie aims to draw on her expertise in trade publishing to provide new approaches to journals marketing.

Sean Scarisbrick is a Marketing Manager on the Author Marketing team at Sage. He is passionate about helping reviewers, especially those in the early stages of their career, to navigate the peer review process with ease and expertise.