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How can government make better use of expertise and evidence from the humanities?
REGISTRATION HAS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
Venue: Murray Edwards College and Churchill College, Cambridge
Date: 14 April 2015 (10 am – 7:15 pm + drinks)
This year our conference will explore opportunities for improving the way government accesses, assesses and makes use of expertise from the humanities, and offer examples of the significant contribution these disciplines have made to public policy.
Conference theme
The study of the humanities can provide context, meaning and narrative to many of the cultural considerations that frame policy making. For example, the humanities offer insight into the motivations for human actions, political communication, and the politics of well-being, which contribute to a society based on a culture of democratic argument. This conference will both address the opportunities and also consider practical steps that can be taken to help increase the day-to-day interaction between research in the humanities and the work of government.
Panel discussion topics include:
- The multiple dimensions of climate change
- Understanding the financial future with lessons from the past
- Art and memory: conflict and conflict resolution
- The role of evidence and analysis in effective policy making
There will also be a poster session and competition during lunch, where early-career researchers will have an opportunity to present their work.
Who should attend?
This conference has been designed for an audience of policy makers, academics, business leaders and early-career researchers who have an interest in the relationship between the humanities and policy.
Cost of attending
The cost of attending is £50 with a reduced rate for researchers and students:
- Standard cost - £50
- Academics - £25
- Students and postdocs - £10
How to register
To register for this event and to pay online, please click here (you will be taken to the University of Cambridge online store).
For further information, please email 2015annualconference@csap.cam.ac.uk.
Sponsors and partners
The 2015 annual conference has been organised in partnership with the British Academy, History & Policy, and Churchill College Cambridge.
Professor Catherine Barnard
Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Professor Paul Cartledge
Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
Rt Hon Charles Clarke
UK Parliament
Dr Rob Doubleday
Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge
Professor Barry Eichengreen
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Robin Grove-White
Lancaster University
Lord Peter Hennessy
Queen Mary University of London
Dr William Janeway
Warburg Pincus
Rachel King
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Dr Natasha McCarthy
Royal Academy of Engineering
Sir Richard Mottram
Amey plc
Amy Mount
European Climate Foundation
Kathleen Palmer
Imperial War Museum
Graham Pendlebury
Department for Transport (DfT)
Arthur Petersen
University College London (UCL)
Dr Fabrizio Sestini
European Commission
Dr Glenn Sujo
Royal Drawing School
Professor Simon Szreter
Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Professor Paul Warde
Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Dr David Cleevely
Royal Academy of Engineering
Professor Dame Athene Donald
Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Professor Tim Lewens
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Dr Tristram Riley-Smith
Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge
Professor James Wilsdon
University College London (UCL), Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)
Lord Richard Wilson
Policy Leaders Fellowship
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Art and Memory: Conflict and Conflict resolution
The role which art plays in conflict and conflict resolution was the topic of this panel chaired by Dr Tristram Riley-Smith.
