Overly intelligent computers and robots could cause an ecological catastrophe marking the end of human existence. Not the plot of a science fiction film, but the warning delivered by Jaan Tallinn about the dangers of unmitigated technological advances in Artifial Intelligence, in the first CSaP Distinguished Lecture of 2012.

The seventh lecture in CSaP’s distinguished lecture series was given by Lord Rees of Ludlow, Master of Trinity College, Astronomer Royal and former President of the Royal Society (2005-2010).

Our sixth Distinguished Lecture was given by Professor David Clary FRS, the Foreign Office’s first Chief Scientific Adviser. Professor Clary delivered a wide ranging and informative lecture covering the role that he has created, the role of science in foreign policy and, in particular, the critical role that science plays in diplomacy.

A Connections Lecture by Darwin College in association with the Centre for Science and Policy. "Anything that moves against economic development is against development." This observation by Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) at the Department for International Development (DfID)...

The fifth event in CSaP's Distinguished Lecture Series involved Professor Christopher Bishop, Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research Cambridge.

A lecture by Professor Jeremy Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser in the Department for Communities and Local Government, and Global Research Director of Arup.

Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, on Science in Emergencies.

To discuss science in Parliament, we invited Dr Evan Harris and Dr Julian Huppert to deliver our fourth Distinguished Lecture.

Sarah Mukherjee delivered the CSaP's third distinguished lecture on how politics and media influence public feeling about climate change, and the impact it has on policy making.

Attendees at the CSaP's second Distinguished Lecture were taken briskly through 50 years of science policy research in 50 minutes as Professor Ben Martin, former Director of SPRU, led them on a whistle-stop tour of the twenty key "steps forward" that have been made in the field.