Sarah Chaytor is UCL’s Director of Research Strategy & Policy. Sarah established UCL’s flagship academic-policy engagement initiative, UCL Public Policy, and was a co-founder of UPEN, the Universities Policy Engagement Network. 

Her role at UCL includes overseeing the UCL Public Policy programme and building UCL’s capacity to engage with public policy. She works closely with the Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement) on the strategic management of UCL’s research agenda and the coordination of activities across the portfolio. She has a particular focus on external stakeholder engagement and research policy, as well as developing and managing institutional strategic initiatives, and is the co-lead for the £10 million Capabilities in Academic-Policy Engagement project. 

Prior to joining UCL, Sarah worked in policy roles with the Russell Group, the Wellcome Trust and Universities UK, as a parliamentary researcher, and for a think tank.