Upcoming events

• 10 June 2013, 4:30pm

  Well-being Institute Seminar: Dr Michael Pluess

  “Variability in Psychological Reactivity: Vulnerability, Differential Susceptibility, or Vantage Sensitivity?” Dr Michael Pluess, Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre (SGDP), Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.

• 20 June 2013, 6pm

  MRC Biostatistics Unit Public Lecture Series: Professor David Spiegelhalter

  'Putting life into numbers - how statistical science has transformed health care.' Professor David J. Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge

• 28 June 2013, 9:30am

  ECONPUBLIC Lecture: Geoff Mulgan

  'Big ideas and little evidence? Reflections on thinktanks of the past, present and future' Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of NESTA, reflects on the role of thinktanks in British political life. Part of the ECONPUBLIC workshop at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

• 10 July 2013, 12pm

  Cambridge Judge Guest Speaker: Sam Pitroda

  Mr Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information, Infrastructure & Innovations, will deliver a talk on The Role of Innovation and Information Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth.

• 12 July 2013, 2pm

  Exhibition: Engineering Design Centre

  An exhibition building on over a decade of research and practice in inclusive design and a book, “Ageing, Adaption and Accessibility: Time for the Inclusive Design Revolution!”, published in 2012 by the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre.

• 30 September 2013, 9am

  Winton Symposium on “Materials Discovery”

  The second Winton Symposium will be held on Monday 30 September 2013 at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. This one-day meeting on "Materials Discovery" will again bring together leading scientists from around the world to explore some of the recent breakthroughs that reveal just how unexpected the physical world turns out to be.

• 17 October 2013, 5:30pm

  CSaP Distinguished Lecture: Sir Mark Walport

  Speaker: Sir Mark Walport This lecture will be streamed live here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/csap-distinguished-lecture

• 31 October 2013, 1pm

  CPP Seminar: Lawrence Sherman

  Lawrence Sherman, Wolfson Professor of Criminology, Director of the Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology, Director of the Police Executive Programme

• 8 November 2013, 11am

  Professional Development Policy Workshop for Chemical Scientists

  In partnership with the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Centre for Science and Policy is organising a workshop for early career researchers in the chemical sciences, which will take place at the RSC on 8 November.

• 12 November 2013

  Faith in Politics? The role of religion in shaping modern British policy

  A two day conference, jointly hosted by The Churchill Archives Centre and Cambridge Public Policy, to discuss the complex interfaces between politics and religion, at home and abroad, in modern Britain.