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New Policy Fellows announced - Lent Term 2017
CSaP is delighted to announce the names of the successful applicants, who will start their Fellowship next term.
30 November 2016
German universities launch science-policy Fellowship
Inspired by CSaP's Policy Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, the Mercator Science-Policy Fellowship launched in Frankfurt last month, welcoming 18 new Policy Fellows.
22 November 2016
Worldwide Action Required for Global Youth Development
The Global Youth Development Index (YDI) and Report, produced by the Commonwealth Secretariat Youth Division research team headed by CSaP Policy Fellow Abhik Sen, is the first of its kind to specifically focus on the state of global youth development.
7 November 2016
How can we use evidence to reduce poverty in the UK?
What would it take to solve UK poverty? At a recent reception celebrating the new plan from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to solve poverty in the UK, CSaP Policy Leaders Fellow Julia Unwin spoke about the accomplishments of JRF during her tenure as Chief Executive, and the challenges and possibilities ahead.
2 November 2016
Strategic challenges for the health system
The strategic challenges for the economic sustainability of the NHS was the topic of conversation at a recent CSaP Policy Fellow event held in the Department of Health
21 October 2016
The Policy Leaders Fellowship is now in its fourth year
The latest recruit to CSaP’s Policy Leaders Fellowship – now in its fourth year of activities – is the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government, Leslie Evans.
20 October 2016
Multi-level governance of climate change: CSaP Policy Workshop
The Paris Agreement has been hailed as a major step in global climate change mitigation efforts, but how can different levels of governance work together to make the promises of Paris a reality? CSaP held a Policy Workshop bringing together climate specialists to discuss this question.
19 October 2016
Early career researchers discuss the benefits of building connections between science and policy
CSaP organised a talk for early career researchers to gain a better understanding of the role of research in the policy development process.
14 October 2016
CSaP Annual Reception 2016: building bridges between science and policy
Clare Moriarty, a CSaP Policy Leaders Fellow, described experiences throughout her career which had reinforced the value of strong communication between policy and research, before going on to explain why she had enjoyed the PLF programme as one of its first members.
13 October 2016
Why do farmers and advisers in the UK use decision support tools?
Dr David Rose, a CSaP Visiting Research Fellow, describes recent work investigating use of tools which provide evidence-based decision-making advice to policy makers and practitioners in a useable form.