The summer school "Connecting environmental research with policy: a pathway to real-world impacts" ran in July 2023, and brought together academic and practitioner communities to share knowledge and experience around the science-policy landscape. Participants learned what was involved in designing rapid interdisciplinary research to meet urgent environmental policy needs. In this panel we hear from: Dame Professor Sarah Whatmore (Chair), Dr Kieron Stanley (Defra), Charlotte Stead (DfT), Dr Prue Addison (BBOWT), and Dr Julia Baker (Mott MacDonald). Learn more about Agile: www.agile-initiative.ox.ac.uk Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk