University of Cambridge

CSaP

The Centre for Science and Policy

Events during May 2012


Workshop on politics and ecosystem services

CSaP, in association with Defra, Natural England and the Natural Capital Initiative, is organising a round-table workshop to explore how ecosystem services could be made more politically tractable.


Professional Development Policy Seminar for health scientists

The Centre for Science and Policy, partnering with the Cambridge Institute of Public Health and the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), will deliver a Professional Development Policy Seminar for early career researchers, introducing them to the opportunities and the realities of engaging with policy.



Dealing with an ageing society: Perspectives from science and policy

Talk by Professor Christopher Dobson FRS, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge & Master of St John's College Cambridge, with Mr Mark Gorman as discussant.


Biodiversity knowledge politics conference

This conference will be jointly hosted by the Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge; Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and the Natural History Museum in London.



Mobilising the Geeks: Bringing science back to the centre of policy

The next lecture in the CSaP Distinguished Lecture Series will be delivered by Mark Henderson, Head of Communications at The Wellcome Trust and former science editor of The Times.



Alcohol policy: A gap between evidence and practice

A Hughes Hall Centre for Biomedical Science in Society and Cambridge Public Policy Special Seminar