Table 3 Examples of Outcomes highlighted by the authors and workshop participants

• Increase in skills and knowledge, which can take the form of contribution to evidence products such as:

- scientific papers,

- technical reports and

- policy briefs

• ECRs are also likely to help other stakeholders (students, NGOs, governments) increase their knowledge and skills by engaging in self-led or formalised training and familiarisation activities

• The role of ECRs in “bringing back” knowledge to their respective institutions

• Diffusion of new ideas and ways of thinking

• Impact on the way that Academia will interact with the science-policy interface in the future

• Creation of a new generation of policy-savvy researchers