These opportunities and resources have been compiled by UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit (KEU) to help you understand how to engage with Parliament as a researcher.

Take a look at the KEU’s webhub of information and resources for researchers. 

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Select committees currently accepting written evidence (compiled 25 March 2026)

Please click the title of any inquiry listed below to be taken to a summary of that inquiry and the full call for evidence. Remember that you don’t have to answer every question posed in each call for evidence.

New calls for evidence:

All other inquiries currently accepting written evidence:

Why should I engage? 
Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invite to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.  

What should I expect? 
All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages. 

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here 

Support resources: find guidance on submitting evidence to select committees on the KEU’s ‘how to guides’ page  

Calling experts in online safety 

In preparation for potential future parliamentary work on online safety, we would welcome hearing from researchers with expertise in this area.

This includes expertise around: 

  • The online experiences of children and young people, 
  • The online experiences of women and girls, 
  • AI-driven online harms, 
  • The regulation of online platforms, 
  • The implementation of the Online Safety Act, 
  • The adequacy of the Online Safety Act in the light of new technologies and changing online behaviours, and 
  • Parliamentary oversight of online safety-related powers. 

If you have expertise in one of the above areas, or another area of online safety, or if you know a researcher who does, we would really appreciate you sharing some information with us by completing this short form. This will allow parliamentary stakeholders to more easily draw on relevant expertise when conducting future work. 

There may be opportunities for researchers to feed into parliamentary scrutiny work by:

  • presenting in private to parliamentary stakeholders, 
  • publicly submitting written evidence or giving oral evidence to future select committee inquiries, or 
  • acting as a specialist adviser to a select committee. 

The form asks for the researcher’s contact information, a short description of their expertise, and a link to their university profile. There is also an optional question inviting the researcher to share their reflections on priority areas of focus for parliamentary work on online safety.

Researchers from all career stages, disciplines and types of institution are encouraged to register their details. 

The deadline to respond to this request is 5pm on Thursday 16 April 2026.  

Complete this form to share your expertise. 

Why should I engage? Working with select committees, Libraries or POST is a great way to share your expertise and research insights with Parliament. What is more, it’s a great way to making connections with parliamentary teams, which in turn can lead to additional opportunities for collaboration in the future.

What should I expect? All expressions of interest will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response. 

More information: 
Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. 

Calling experts in childhood vaccinations

The House of Lords Childhood Vaccinations Committee is conducting an inquiry into why childhood vaccination rates have declined in recent years and what interventions could reverse this decline. We have been asked to draw your attention to the inquiry. 

The inquiry is seeking evidence on all routine childhood vaccinations offered to the age of 18 in England and would welcome submissions from any interested healthcare professionals and academics, including those with expertise in public health, biomedical sciences, sociology, and anthropology.

The call for evidence can be found here. 

Why should I engage? Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invite to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.   

What should I expect? All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages. 

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here  

Support resources: find guidance on submitting evidence to select committees on the KEU’s ‘how to guides’ page   

There is also: 

Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees

Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees

Calling experts in artificial intelligence, business and the future of the workforce

The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee team have also asked that we draw your attention to Artificial Intelligence, business and the future of the workforce call for evidence. 

For further information, including the call for evidence and the questions that the committee would like support with addressing, please click here. 

The deadline to submit evidence is 3 April 2026.

Why should I engage? Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invite to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.   

What should I expect? All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages. 

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here  

Support resources: find guidance on submitting evidence to select committees on the KEU’s ‘how to guides’ page   

There is also: 

Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees

Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees

Calling experts in dynamic alignment

There is also a request from the House of Lords, European Affairs Committee team to promote the call for evidence, which launched on 13 March, for its new inquiry into Dynamic alignment.

The committee is keen for you or your organisation to consider making a written submission – as people or organisations who have engaged with the committee previously, or whom the committee knows are working on or in relevant areas.

The committee is interested in both:

  • cross-cutting issues that would arise in respect of several or all potential dynamic alignment agreements with the EU, such as parliamentary scrutiny and the role of the devolveds; and,
  • macroeconomic, trade and regulatory issues arising in connection with the specific agreements that are in prospect (on a common SPS area, Emissions Trading Schemes linkage, and UK participation in the EU internal electricity market)

The committee also wants to learn in more detail about how dynamic alignment works elsewhere – in the non-EU EEA states, Switzerland, and, in a particular form, Northern Ireland – and about any lessons that the UK Government and Parliament should learn from experiences there.

The call for evidence is open until 20 April.

Why should I engage? Submitting evidence to a select committee can lead to further engagement, such as an invite to give oral evidence. Your submission will be published on the Committee webpage. Your insights may inform the Committee’s conclusions or recommendations it makes to the Government. Find out more about why to engage with Parliament here. And find more on engagement for impact here.   

What should I expect? All evidence will be read and taken into consideration, but you may not receive a direct response from us or the Committee. To stay informed, we encourage you to follow the progress on the respective committee / inquiry webpages. 

More information: all inquiries currently accepting evidence are found here  

Support resources: find guidance on submitting evidence to select committees on the KEU’s ‘how to guides’ page   

There is also: 

Guidance on submitting evidence to Commons select committees

Guidance on submitting evidence to Lords select committees

Job opportunity: Senior Researcher (Employment law & policy)

As a Senior Researcher (Employment Law & Policy) in the House of Commons Library, you’ll play a vital role in helping MPs and their staff navigate some of the most complex and fast‑moving areas of public policy. Working within the Business and Transport Section, you’ll use your specialist knowledge of employment law, industrial relations and labour market systems to produce authoritative, impartial research that supports parliamentary scrutiny and constituency casework.

This is a rare opportunity to apply your expertise in a role where your analysis directly supports UK democracy and informs debates that shape the lives of millions.

If you’d like to hear more, sign up for our information session talking place on Wednesday 1st April at 12:30 – 13:30.

To find out more and apply for the role, click here:

The closing date for this role 9 April 2026.

Super exciting announcement about the UKRI Thematic Research Leads programme!

It’s the news we’ve been waiting to share!

We’re thrilled to announced that we will be continuing to partner with UKRI over 2027 and 2028 to bring research evidence and expertise to Parliament through our UKRI Thematic Research Leads programme; a scheme for mid-career researchers working in a UK University, or one of UKRI’s Eligible Independent Research Organisations or Catapult Centres.

We currently anticipate that a call will go live for a number of Thematic Research Lead roles in May 2026, and that the Thematic Research Lead roles will run from April 2027 to April 2029.

We don’t have any further information to share at this point but, when we do, it will be shared on our web pages and through this round-up.

Keep your eyes peeled!

Why should I engage? The position of TRL is a highly influential and prestigious role at the heart of Parliament. The role presents a unique opportunity for you to work closely with policy, research and analysis staff from across the UK Parliament. It offers an exciting opportunity for you to see first-hand how research feeds into policy, through shaping parliamentary work with your research expertise and participating in the development of parliamentary processes for knowledge exchange. 

You will be uniquely placed to build connections with parliamentary and government stakeholders to take forward through your career, and this participation will provide you with rich and varied experiences to support you on an upward professional trajectory. Current postholders have reported that the role has contributed to advancement in their careers, including to professorial level.

More information: Thematic Research Leads were created to build a strategic bridge between Parliament and the research community, helping ensure that parliamentarians have access to rich sources of evidence and expertise. Finding out more about the current and former TRLs will provide you with an insight of their areas of focus, and and show you how we are working to enhance the ways your research can flow into Parliament.  Find more information about Thematic Research Leads here.

Echoes of Westminster: How research reaches Parliament

As part of my induction into working at UK Parliament, I recently had the opportunity to join a welcome tour of the parliamentary estate. During the tour, I learned a great deal about the buildings, their history, and the way the estate has evolved over time. Over the next few weeks, I’d love to share some of these facts with you. To begin, let’s start with the place many of us first encounter when arriving on site: Westminster Hall. 

Westminster Hall is over 900 years old and is the oldest surviving building on the parliamentary estate. One of its most striking features is its hammer‑beam roof, constructed between 1393 and 1399. The structure is often said to resemble the bottom of a ship and is said to be the largest medieval timber roof in Northern Europe, remarkably built without the use of any nails. 

Another interesting detail is the shape of the hall itself. The walls curve slightly outward, making the centre of the hall around two feet and six inches wider than either end. 

So what? 

Throughout its long history, Westminster Hall has played a part in the development of key institutions of the British state – from Parliament itself, to legal courts and early government departments… 

…and today, much of that work continues to be informed by you: the researchers. 

Just as the curved walls of Westminster Hall help sound carry throughout the space, Parliament relies on a range of mechanisms to bring ideas from outside – universities, research institutes, and practitioners – into its debates and scrutiny. Engaging with Parliament allows research to move beyond academia and reach MPs, members of the House of Lords, and parliamentary staff who can draw on it in their work. 

The curve in the hall’s walls is subtle, but it has a meaningful effect. In the same way, researchers don’t need to have every answer or provide an exhaustive view of an issue. Even if your contribution feels small – more of a whisper than a shout – it can still make a real difference. 

That’s why short briefings, written evidence to committees, or conversations with parliamentary staff can all be valuable. Each one helps ensure that high‑quality research informs democratic scrutiny and decision‑making.

More information: