Who?

This course is aimed at employees and PhD-students at AU who wish to qualify for the ability to deliver research-based public sector consultancy.

The course is compulsory for new employees who will be working with public sector consultancy (e.g. researchers, senior researchers, senior advisers, professors, AC's, research assistants), and an offer for current employees, as well as PhD students.

For a given consultancy assignment the participant can...

• Describe the individual steps in the advisory process and associated quality assurance and justify them, based on knowledge of agreements made and agreed quality assurance procedures
• Explain the formal background for different types of orders, based on the relevant legislation and knowledge of the politico-administrative system
• Outline a plan for communication and stakeholder involvement, based on considerations of good communication to the given target group in relation to different types of orders
• Reflect on their own role as a Researcher or Adviser, in relation to other stakeholders in the research-based public sector consultancy, including considerations of arm's length and freedom of speech.