OppsLink

Searchable Consulting Opportunities for LSE Academics

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OppsLink is a platform that connects academic experts, PhD students, (early career) researchers and alumni with funded consulting opportunities. These range from UK and local government to the European Commission and international organisations. It offers a searchable database of current tenders that are open for applications.

The projects span a wide range of disciplines and research areas, often involving complex challenges that require individual academic input or collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. If you see a project you like, please do express interest and we’ll follow up.

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Policy Support Framework Contract 2026-2030
DG ECHO
The objective of the Framework Contract is to provide support and assistance to DG ECHO policy development and analysis, through the deployment of short-term expertise.
Development and International Programmes
Advancing Climate Finance for Global Transition Pathways Towards Carbon Neutrality and Climate Resilient Development
European Commission, DG CLIMA - Climate Action
Achieving the transition towards carbon-neutral and climate-resilient development necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the financial needs, targeted investment areas, and the deployment of effective financial instruments on a global scale. Moreover, reforming the international financial architecture is crucial to facilitate and support this transition. The action should explore these critical dimensions of climate finance, including the identification of tools to monitor climate financial flows (public and private, international and domestic) as a foundation for evidence-based decision-making. The action should cover the following elements at global level with differentiation by geographic area with a focus on SIDS and LDCs: 1) Identification of Financial Needs for Climate Transition 2) Targeted Areas for Investment 3) Financial Instruments and Mechanisms 4) Reforming the International Financial Architecture 5) Monitoring Climate Financial Flows 6) Mobilizing Private Sector...
EU-UN joint courses – Plan, organise and support the delivery of training courses in cooperation with JET, WHO, WFP and OCHA/INSARAG
DG ECHO
The purpose of this call for tender is to select the contractor that will plan, organise and support the delivery of training courses in cooperation with JET, WHO, WFP and OCHA/INSARAG
Education and Skills Development and International Programmes Health Organisations and Management Consulting Media, Communications and Creative Workforce, Employment and HR Services
Request for Information (RFI) relating to Education, Research, Technology, Innovation Open Framework
JISC
This is an information gathering exercise. The purpose of this Request for Information is to gain market insight into current consultancy market capability and capacity to test the market appetite, shape the new open framework design and ensure that it is accessible and attractive to a diverse and sustainable supplier base. Jisc is interested in engaging with a broad range of suppliers (experts) who can contribute to these areas of delivery. This includes, but is not limited to: Large multidisciplinary consulting firms Specialist SMEs Niche consultancy providers Digital, transformation and strategy consultancies Organisational development and change specialists Commercial, financial and advisory consultancies Jisc welcomes responses from suppliers with varied expertise, delivery models and organisational structures, recognising that diversity of capability and perspective is key to supporting the evolving needs of the UK tertiary education and research sector. However please be...
Education and Skills
Raising awareness of and building capacity for the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
EU Commission
The Charter strategy underlines the importance of strengthening the application of the Charter through awareness raising and capacity building initiatives. Accordingly, projects under this priority are intended to raise the fundamental rights knowledge of relevant actors. While building on the central role of civil society organisations and human rights defenders, funded projects could involve national, regional and local authorities as partners (co-applicants), with the aim of supporting joint capacity building and awareness raising efforts. The projects funded under this priority should address the capacity building and awareness raising needs on the Charter. In particular, relevant projects should focus on raising awareness and building capacity on at least one of the following topics: the Charter in general and/or the contents of an individual Charter right or several of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; the Charter’s scope of application; the remedies available...
Strengthening smaller and medium-sized towns – together in Europe (SMTs)
ESPON
This territorial study is being carried out at the request of the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), with the intention to shift more attention of territorial policies to small and medium-sized towns as interfaces between urban and rural areas in national and European strategies for urban and spatial development. Stakeholders engaged in spatial and urban planning and related policy development shall benefit from the findings of this study by getting a clearer understanding of the roles that small and medium-sized towns play in the everyday life of people, and therefore the consideration they should be given in strategies and funding programmes to achieve a balanced and cohesive territorial development, both in Germany and across Europe.
Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transport
Nature-based interventions evidence review: ecosystem function, benefits, and nature-related risks
Natural England
Natural England's Natural Capital Team is seeking to commission an evidence review that examines the confidence with which nature-based interventions deliver specific ecosystem services and benefits from nature, and reduce nature related risks. The nature-based interventions used will build on the evidence on priority actions for nature recovery from the State of Natural Capital Report for England 2024: Risks to nature and why it matters. The review's objectives are to: - Assess confidence in the ecosystem service/benefit outcomes for the framework of nature-based interventions. - Support a clearer, evidence-led relationship between interventions and ecosystem function, services, and benefits. - Offer decision-useful evidence on nature-based interventions acting as nature-based solutions (NbS), which can be used by a large suite of sectors including, but not limited to: environmental practitioners, business, planning, and green finance.
Research, Evaluation and Surveys
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Evaluation Consultancy Services Framework
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Framework valued at 1.5 million Euro The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is issuing this request for tenders inviting tenders from economic operators for appointment to a multi-supplier framework agreement. In summary, the Services required comprise: i) senior technical advice at different stages of a DFAT evaluation, or evaluation-type exercise such as a reviews; ii) the development and delivery of training, learning events, and the provision of relevant guidance on contemporary evaluation best practice to the Department, and iii) delivering alone, or as a member(s) of an evaluation team along with the Department’s Evaluation and Audit Unit (“EAU”), evaluations and evaluation-type exercises in response to DFAT’s needs, including planned evaluations such as of DFAT Mission Strategies in partner countries. The framework agreement will be divided into three (3) lots: Lot 1. Senior technical advisory services, including quality assurance Lot 2. Building evaluation capacity and...
Research, Evaluation and Surveys Trade, Export and Investment Support Technology and Innovation EU Institutions and Programmes Organisations and Management Consulting Government, Regulation and Public Administration
The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families
The Executive Office
The Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland (CVSNI) are seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified and experienced research team to conduct a research project that will deliver two interconnected research reports on The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families living in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the requirements of this contract.