Researchers’ engagement with policy stakeholders at OUCRU Viet Nam

Funder: Wellcome
Team: Katrina Lawson, Nguyen Kim Ngan, Nghiem Nguyen Minh Trang, Ngo Phan Bao Tran, Jennifer van Nuil, Hugo Turner & Rogier van Doorn
Locations: Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi

In this project, we conducted in-depth interviews with OUCRU researchers on their past experiences in policy engagement and their future plans. We asked them about their perceived strengths, weaknesses, and challenges in engaging with policy stakeholders, as well as the support they need for policy engagement activities.

In this project, we conducted in-depth interviews with 43 OUCRU researchers on their past experiences in policy engagement and their future plans. We asked them about their perceived strengths, weaknesses, and challenges in engaging with policy stakeholders, as well as the support they need for policy engagement activities.

The key objectives of this study were to:

1. Explore the total policy engagement effort that is taking place currently within the OUCRU, from researchers’ point of view;
2. Track and record the known policy-related outputs among OUCRU work, creating a database of policy outputs;
3. Identify current challenges and opportunities for development in the future.