Why and how researchers should collaborate with policymakers: Interview with Marta Pulido

Researchers worldwide are often needed to communicate the relevance of their work to policymakers. While this area of work has much in common with communicating science to the common language, and shorter timelines than researchers are typically used to.

If you are a researcher whose work can directly inform policies, collaboration with policymakers need not be necessity-driven and something you do only when asked to. You can actively seek out opportunities to do so. In this 3-part interview series, Marta Pulido, Communications Officer at Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) talks about the benefits of doing this type of work (for yourself and for the wider society), which skills you need, and how best to prepare yourself.