Welcome to the NIHR Economics Group Launch!
Economics has become firmly embedded within the activities of the NIHR. Economics is one of the methodologies supported by the NIHR’s capacity-building activities and economists are now expected to be involved in most infrastructure, programme and project funding.
The NIHR Economics Group will be an umbrella group aiming to join-up economics input and activity across NIHR programmes. It will cover the broad focus of economic research in health and care, being both policy-facing as well as practice-facing.
The Group will:
- create and support peer-to-peer networks and working/interest groups
- identify future opportunities for providing advice and training, promoting consistency across studies, maintaining standards and progressing methodology
- signpost towards areas of expertise
- identify and spread good practice and raise consistency in economics across NIHR
- act as a professional voice for economists into NIHR, for example in consultations
- highlight the positive role of NIHR in promoting economics in applied health and care research and provide support to other national and international funders to emulate this positive role.
The launch
At the launch, we will hear about the current context for NIHR and the importance of having a national umbrella group. You will have the chance to create and join interest groups and help to shape the future direction of the group.
This event is free to attend. Registration begins at 09.30, the event will start promptly at 10.00 and finish at 16.00. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
