Past

• 21 April 2016, 6pm

  Behaviour and Health Research Unit Annual Lecture 2016

  This year's Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU) Annual Lecture will be delivered by Linda Bauld, Professor of Health Policy, Director of the Institute for Social Marketing, and Dean of Research at the University of Stirling. The subject will be "Electronic cigarettes: a disruptive technology?"

• 31 March 2016, 6pm

  Local devolution and Europe: a Cambridge Network business lecture

  Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave it? With the forthcoming EU referendum scheduled for 23rd June 2016, there is much speculation on how the vote may go and how far-reaching the impact of Britain leaving the EU could be.

• 17 March 2016

  Knowledge, Expertise and the Policy Process – a symposium on Susan Owens’ book

  Academics and policymakers from the UK, Japan and the Netherlands came together to discuss the contribution made to the field of science and policy studies by Susan Owens' new book

• 7 March 2016, 3pm

  Developing the next generation of scientific leaders

  A Scientific Leadership workshop highlighting the opportunities and challenges of taking on scientific leadership and advisory roles in government.

• 25 February 2016, 4pm

  How do research cultures develop and what makes a successful research culture?

  This Policy Workshop, in partnership with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will bring together researchers from the arts, humanities and social sciences with policy professionals from the research councils, learned societies and Whitehall.

• 22 February 2016, 4pm

  What do the health and environment sectors in the UK have to learn from one another?

  Social movements, innovation and impact at scale: what do the health and environment sectors in the UK have to learn from one another?

• 4 February 2016

  2016 Christ's College Climate Seminars

  Professor Charles Kennel returns to Cambridge to present a series of seminars, 'Bending the Curve on Climate', exploring practical solutions to climate problems in the wake of Paris 2015.

• 4 December 2015, 11am

  Digital Government: Not Complicated, Just Hard

  Tom Loosemore, the former Director of the Government Digital Service, will speak on Digital Government: Not Complicated, Just Hard. He will talk about the history and the lessons learned from 5 years with the GDS and the challenges of implementing Digital by Default in the public sector.

• 3 December 2015, 6pm

  Inside the Nudge Unit: how small changes can make a big difference

  David Halpern will deliver a lecture relating to his book "Inside the Nudge Unit" on 3 December 2015.

• 24 November 2015, 5:30pm

  Life Sciences & Society Seminar

  In this seminar Jon Sussex will describe the findings of a just-completed, MRC-funded study by King's College London, RAND Europe and the Office of Health Economics, which provides for the first time an estimate of how much industry R&D in the UK is stimulated by publicly funded medical research in the UK.