Nicky Buckley

Director for Fellowships and Networks at Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

Nicola Buckley
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Director for Fellowships and Networks, Centre for Science and Policy

Nicky manages the Fellowships and Networks at CSaP. She also develops CSaP's academic networks, supporting researchers to plan policy engagement, and develops interactions with other universities in policy engagement. Nicky is the institutional lead for the Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) project, funded by Research England. As part of the CAPE project, Nicky was seconded for a year to the Knowledge Exchange Unit in the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) to help Select Committees in UK Parliament generate Areas of Research Interest and disseminate these to the academic community nationally.

Nicky is one of the Vice-Chairs of the Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN), and a Co-Chair of the UPEN Areas of Research Interest sub-committee.

Nicky has published a paper sharing evaluation findings about 'Policy to Research' Fellowships and similar programmes, written with co-author Professor Kathryn Oliver: Policy to research policy fellowship programmes: forging connections and knowledge exchange between policymakers and researchers – Evidence & Policy Blog (evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk)

Previously, Nicky was the Head of Public Engagement in the Office of External Affairs & Communications at the University of Cambridge. She managed the annual Cambridge Science Festival and founded and managed the Cambridge Festival of Ideas and Open Cambridge programmes.

  • 24 June 2025, 10am

    CSaP Annual Conference 2025

    Our annual conference is designed for an audience of researchers and policy professionals working in government, industry and the third sector, and for anyone who has an interest in the role of research evidence to inform policy making.

  • 18 June 2024, 9:30am

    2024 CSaP Annual Conference

    The Royal Society played host to a successful Annual Conference, where experts from academia, policy, and civil society and others from CSaP's network gathered to explore the future of science and technology in the UK.

  • In news articles

    Institutional capacity for regional and economic social development

    As a part of CSaP's Annual Conference 2024, Nicola Buckley (Director Fellowships and Networks, Centre for Science and Policy) chaired a panel on Institutional capacity for regional and economic social development.

  • In news articles

    Advice to researchers on engaging with NICE

    CSaP has collaborated with the Bioscience Impact Team at the University of Cambridge to publish recommendations for researchers on engaging with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).