Leonora Harty is Assistant Principal in the Strategic Policy & Research Engagement unit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS). Her team hold responsibility under Impact 2030 for increasing connectivity between public researchers and policy practitioners, to maximise the impact of research within the evidence base for policy development and decision making.

Leonora has over 20 years’ experience in policy development and management across the higher education and research sector. She also held responsibility as a National Contact Point for Ireland’s participation across European programmes including Science4Policy initiatives, European Research Council (ERC) schemes and targeted ERA-NETS. She holds a BA in Economics and Masters in Economic Policy Analysis from University of Galway.