Place matters in terms of culture and identity, yet nationally everything is connected. With this in mind, we asked: should levelling up be a central government agenda or a series of local tied-together agendas? Perhaps what really matters is that any interventions need to be ‘done with’, rather than ‘done to’.

Recent advances in science and technology have created new opportunities for us to explore and study Antarctica, the deep ocean, and near-Earth space in a way that until recently, would have been unimaginable. We explored some of these technological advances in the first episode of our six-part podcast mini series on Science & Policy for Space, Deep Oceans, and Antarctica.

Professor Muki Haklay inspects the barriers facing citizen science and asks how we can best overcome them.

Professor Neil Lawrence, Jessica Montgomery and Professor Sylvie Delacroix explain how data trusts can empower us to retain the rights around our data and how it is used.

On 26 February 2021, the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) hosted the fourth seminar in the ‘Being Heard’ seminar series, a professional development programme for PhD students within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Students were joined by invited guests including doctoral researcher Fleur Nash, Dr Rachel Cooper (Strategy Director, Cabinet Office) and Nicola Buckley (Associate Director of CSaP).

We look forward to welcoming a new cohort of Policy Fellows to Cambridge next term.

In the world of international health and human rights, how do we examine and determine what is the “best” policy or set of policies? How do we ensure that interests of all groups are considered, especially when those groups are marginalised?

In the second episode of CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast’s series on Science, Policy and Genetic Technologies, host Dr Rob Doubleday was joined by NIAB Chief Executive and plant scientist Dr Tina Barsby, and Dr Jack Stilgoe, a Senior Lecturer at UCL's Department of Science & Technology Studies. Throughout the episode, they explored what emerging genetic technologies in agriculture mean for our society, and the opportunities that we ought to have in mind when we think about this new technology.

On the 18th of February, the Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) hosted a professional development seminar for doctoral students in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Students were joined by Ciara Jevon, Head of Data Innovation in HM Courts and Tribunals Service, and Dr Philip Howard, Head of Offender Insight in the Ministry of Justice. The seminar explored themes of data, ethics and transparency within the criminal justice system of the United Kingdom.

Last month, the Centre for Science and Policy hosted an online event to celebrate the launch of How Should a Government Be? The New Levers of State Power, the new book by Professor Jaideep Prabhu - Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business & Enterprise at Cambridge Judge Business School, and an Associate Fellow of CSaP.