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  • 16 December 2014

    Behavioural Scientists learn about challenges of the policy-making process

    45 early-career behavioural scientists gathered in Downing College to learn about the policy environment and the skills needed to interact effectively with policy makers.
  • 15 December 2014

    CSaP Policy Challenge Workshop: 'Big Data and Policy'

    CSaP runs the first workshop as part of the Policy Challenge in Data Science and Policy
  • 5 December 2014

    First New Policy Fellows Elected for 2015

    The Centre has announced the election of the first group of new Policy Fellows for 2015.
  • 4 December 2014

    CSaP Policy Workshop: 'Making Systems Resilient'

    CSaP ran a policy workshop on “Making Systems Resilient”, organised in partnership with Dr Nathan Crilly, from the Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge.
  • 25 November 2014

    New report makes proposals for improving UK innovation policies

    A renewed focus on innovative research and development spending by major UK departments would create new export-oriented industries and help rebalance the economy, says a new 65-page report entitled Creating Things for Markets that Don’t Exist.
  • 18 November 2014

    The GCSA at 50: reflections on the past, present and future of scientific advice

    To mark the fifty year anniversary of Solly Zuckerman’s appointment as the first Government Chief Scientific Adviser, CSaP came together with the Royal Society, GO-Science and SPRU to host an event on the past, present and future of scientific advice.
  • 17 November 2014

    CSaP Policy Workshop: Affordable Housing

    CSaP teamed up with the Cambridge Centre for Housing Planning Research (CCHPR) to run a workshop to discuss policy options for improving the supply of affordable housing.
  • 17 November 2014

    Dr S T Lee Public Policy Lecture 2014: Steven Chu on energy and climate change

    Professor Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize winner and former US Secretary of Energy under President Obama, visited the University of Cambridge to deliver the 2014 Dr S T Lee Public Policy Lecture on energy and climate change.
  • 21 October 2014

    Baroness Worthington becomes CSaP Visiting Research Fellow

    CSaP is delighted to welcome its third Visiting Research Fellow - Baroness Bryony Worthington, the UK Labour Party's Shadow Minister on Energy & Climate Change.
  • 13 October 2014

    Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research

    Following a review after its first five years of operation, RCUK’s Global Uncertainties Programme has become the Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research (PaCCS) and undergone some important changes.