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What’s the relationship between research culture and research-related policy? I recently had some encounters that made me want to write about these things, which brought me to an interesting conclusion: telling stories about policies might be an effective long-term method for changing culture (for good and for bad). Some background. Back in November, I was at a conference that had no relation to university matters or academia (it was EndWell, a death, dying and grief conference in Los Angeles) and had an insight in a workshop on policy-making, where the facilitator dissuaded us from attempting policy change at a high-level, national level. You’ll never get anything done in this issue at that level, she said.