Extension of funding for the UK in a Changing Europe

在阿南德·梅农教授的领导下，英国在不断变化的欧洲（UKICE）倡议旨在促进对英国与欧盟之间复杂和不断变化的关系进行严格，高质量和独立的研究，并为那些寻求有关英欧关系的信息，见解和分析的人提供权威，无党派和公正的参考点，这些信息，见解和分析站在围绕辩论的政治之外。它主要通过以下方式实现这一点：活跃的在线存在（包括社交媒体、播客、视频以及简报、评论和博客的出版）；针对非学术听众的繁忙活动计划（会议、简报、圆桌会议、小组讨论）；并与ESRC其他与英国脱欧相关的投资机构密切合作，包括高级研究员、英国脱欧优先拨款持有人和英国脱欧后治理项目资助的机构。该计划最初的资助期为五年。该申请将从2019年4月起重新委托伦敦国王学院的UKICE主任中心，为期三年。学者、记者、政策制定者、政治家和其他利益相关者普遍认为，在了解与欧盟公投和英国脱离欧盟的过程有关的问题方面，UKICE是一个至关重要的资源。它通过展示基于事实的方法如何为公共辩论提供信息，提高了社会科学的声誉，并在发展ESRC与媒体和政策制定者的关系方面发挥了重要作用。自2014年2月以来，成功的指标包括：来自60多个不同机构的225多名学术贡献者在博客、政策论文和研究论文上发表文章；网上超过100份政策文件/博客；出席媒体5600余次（仅总监一人就出席媒体近800次，为纸媒撰写文章63篇）；近1.1万名时事通讯订户；在欧盟公投期间，网站浏览量超过240万；近1.5万名Twitter用户和1600名YouTube用户（后者的观看时间超过2万小时）；来自200多个政府部门的2000多名官员参加了大师班和研讨会；ukice相关研究人员的学术成果（书籍、章节、期刊文章）近350篇；2000名在校学生（12-19岁）参与；署长与50多个商会及个别商号举行会议；主任和高级研究员向议会委员会作了120多次简报，其中包括四次任命为特别顾问。欧盟公投和随后的英国脱欧公投为这项ESRC倡议提供了一个独特的——可以说是有利的——背景。政治环境意味着，未来三年——不仅包括过渡期，还包括下一届大选和过渡期后的国家调整时期——将改变重点，这取决于英国脱欧谈判的结果，以及目前正在展开的英欧关系重构的政治、经济和社会后果。在撰写本文时，快速变化的政治环境的结果无法确定：然而，仍然迫切需要基于研究的证据来为政策选择以及公共和政治辩论提供信息。UKICE已经成为政治家、公务员、企业、第三部门组织和媒体的分析和意见的“首选”来源。这个重新调试的应用程序旨在建立在这个成功的基础上，已经展示了“什么是有效的”。其意图是：保留和扩大核心团队，提供更多的能力；扩大我们的出版产出组合；增加我们面向公众和政策的活动的数量和范围；继续进行创新的国会议员调查；并采取更多措施与国际观众和官员接触。

Led by Professor Anand Menon, the UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) initiative aims to promote rigorous, high-quality and independent research into the complex and ever-changing relationship between the UK and the European Union, and to provide an authoritative, non-partisan and impartial reference point for those looking for information, insight and analysis about UK-EU relations that stand aside from the politics surrounding the debate. It does this primarily through: an active online presence (including social media, podcasts, video, and the publication of briefings, commentaries and blogs); a busy programme of events (conferences, briefings, roundtables, panel discussions) aimed at non-academic audiences; and by working closely with other ESRC Brexit-related investments, including the Senior Fellows, Brexit Priority Grant holders, and those funded under the Governance after Brexit programme. The initiative was initially funded for five years. This application is to recommission the UKICE Director's Hub at King's College London for a further three years from April 2019.There is widespread agreement from academics, journalists, policy makers, politicians and other stakeholders that the UKICE has been a vital resource in terms of understanding both the issues in relation to the EU Referendum and the process of the UK leaving the European Union. It has enhanced the reputation of social science by demonstrating how a fact-based approach can inform public debate, and has had a major role in developing a significant presence for the ESRC in terms of relationships with the media and policy makers.Since February 2014, indicators of success include: more than 225 academic contributors from more than 60 different institutions to blogs, policy papers and research papers; more than 100 accessible policy papers/blogs online; more than 5,600 media appearances (the Director alone conducted nearly 800 media appearances and wrote 63 pieces for print media); nearly 11,000 Newsletter subscribers; more than 2.4 million website views during the EU referendum campaign; nearly 15,000 Twitter and 1,600 YouTube subscribers (the latter generating more than 20,000 hours of views); more than 2,000 officials from more than 200 government departments have attended masterclasses and seminars; nearly 350 academic outputs (books, chapters, journal articles) by UKICE-related researchers; 2000 school students (12-19 y/o) engaged; meetings between the Director and more than 50 business associations and individual firms; more than 120 briefings to parliamentary committees by the Director and Senior Fellows, including four appointments as Special Advisors.The EU referendum and subsequent Brexit vote provided a unique - and arguably favourable - context for this ESRC initiative. Political circumstances mean that the next three years - encompassing not only the transition period but also the next General Election and the period immediately post-transition as the country adjusts - will shift the emphasis, dependent on the outcomes of the Brexit negotiations and the political, economic and social consequences of the reconfiguration of the UK-EU relationship now unfolding. At the time of writing, the outcomes of the rapidly changing political context cannot be certain: however, there will remain a pressing need for research-based evidence to inform policy choices, and public and political debates. UKICE has become a 'go to' source of analysis and opinion for politicians, civil servants, businesses, third sector organisations and the media. This recommissioning application aims to build on this success, having demonstrated 'what works'. The intentions are: to retain and expand the core team, to provide more capacity; to expand our portfolio of published outputs; to increase the number and extend the reach of our public- and policy-facing events; to continue our innovative MPs survey; and to do more to engage international audiences and officials.