Public servant Richard Banks says he hopes to gain “connections and understanding” from researchers and experts in public and private roles, during his first visit to Cambridge as a CSaP Fellow.

The University of Cambridge will offer six days of free climate-themed online panel sessions, pre-recorded talks, stories and games for all ages at its Climate Change Festival in the final days before the start of COP26.

With weeks to go until COP26, CSaP's Executive Director Rob Doubleday talks to two of Cambridge's leading economists Dr Matthew Agarwala and Dr Cristina Peñasco, about what leaders need to know and do, to delivery a clean, green recovery. The event was hosted as part of the University of Cambridge's Alumni Festival 2021.

Healthcare is one of the largest contributors to the UK’s total carbon footprint. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the NHS experienced a rapid change in the delivery of healthcare: can this sense of critical urgency be harnessed and applied to the decarbonisation of the National Health Service?

The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is recruiting for an Academic Programme Manager (Fixed Term). This is a Senior Research Associate Role, with part-time or full-time applications considered. The vacancy combines academic, management and administration responsibilities for research on extreme risks.

CSaP are delighted to welcome twelve new Policy Fellows for the Michaelmas Term 2021. Our Fellowship programme is a flexible professional development programme over two years. It aims to connect research with the policy world, providing access to expertise at the University of Cambridge.

CSaP hosted an online event with Dr Sharath Srinivasan who discussed his new book 'When Peace Kills Politics '. In his book, which emerged from his long experience with international politics in Africa and research in Sudan, Dr Srinivasan examines the role of international peace-making in reproducing violence and political authoritarianism in Sudan and South Sudan.

As part of a policy training seminar series for doctoral researchers, Faculty of Education PhD candidate Melanie Greaux and CSaP Policy Fellow Anna Bailey-Bearfield spoke with early career researchers about the challenges facing people with autism, relevant developments in policy and research, and key policy recommendations for supporting those with autism in the UK.

Dr Jan Marco Müller, the first Science & Technology Advisor for the European External Action Service [EEAS] and doctoral researcher Paola Yanguas Parra joined the Centre for Science and Policy and the Berlin Centre for Global Engagement (BCGE) for a Q&A session exploring what it is like to be a science diplomat, how such a role can generate impact, and the challenges faced by those working in science diplomacy.

How can we integrate palliative care into the medical curriculum? What is the best way to inform the public about palliative care service and to deliver palliative care in low-resource contexts such as Palestine?