Research managers, project leaders, PIs and faculty research leaders regularly face problems that do not fit neatly into a communication strategy, a social media workshop or an AI course.

Perhaps you need to identify the stakeholders who could make a difference to your research. Perhaps you are trying to build new collaborations, increase your visibility, reach policymakers, or decide how social media or shared and customised AI tools should fit into your research environment.

Bring the problem to Mike Young Academy. We will work through it together.

The session can help you think through specific challenges involving:

• Identifying the stakeholders and collaborators who could make a difference to your research
• Finding new opportunities for collaboration
• Deciding how your research group should build its visibility and reputation
• Working out how social media can support your research goals
• Finding effective ways to engage policymakers and other external stakeholders
• Deciding how shared and customised AI tools could be used in your research environment
• Connecting communication, networking and collaboration to a specific research challenge

The focus is not on giving you a generic communication solution. It is on understanding your particular problem, identifying the people and networks that matter, and finding a practical way forward.

First conversation — free
We start with a short, informal conversation to define the problem and establish whether a strategic advisory session would be useful.

Strategic advisory session
We use the session to clarify the challenge, explore relevant networks and opportunities, draw on evidence and examples, and identify practical next steps.

If the challenge would benefit from a larger intervention, the advisory session can also be the starting point for a workshop, network analysis or another Mike Young Academy service.

Sessions typically take place via video link, but can also be in person.