Resources
Writing for a parliamentary audience
Researchers should adapt the style of their work for a parliamentary audience to help increase its impact. Tailoring your communication style can improve dissemination, increase publicity and uptake, and lead to further opportunities. If you don’t, you risk wasting an opportunity, having your work ignored, or misunderstood.
The Scottish Parliament worked with colleagues at the UK Parliament, the Senedd, and the Northern Ireland Assembly to create a guide that includes tips for getting your research used in parliaments.
Writing for a parliamentary audience
How to get your research into the Scottish Parliament
This guide includes a list of the different routes into engaging with parliamentary business. It includes some ‘top tips’ for engaging.
Guide to getting your research into the Scottish Parliament (959KB, pdf) posted 27 May 2021
Academic Engagement and Lobbying
Information about the relationship between academic engagement and lobbying.
Academic engagement and lobbying (85KB, pdf) posted 12 March 2024