In this blog piece, Dr Rebecca Jones, CSaP Policy Fellow and Head of Cancer, Ageing and Data at the Office for Life Sciences, tells us about how her CSaP Policy Fellowship informs her work in Government.

In a recent roundtable discussion at Jesus College, Professor Jenny Gibson and Professor Mark Girolami shed light on the transformative journey of Nesta and the Alan Turing Institute, as they made the shift towards mission and challenge-led innovation.

Professor William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development at the Department of Politics and International Studies and Deputy Director for the Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, delivered the second of CSaP’s online seminars for Policy Fellows on the theme of Geopolitics: Nationhood, conflict, and identity.

Drawing on his experience as a diplomat, policy maker and a user of science and economics, Simon Sharpe outlined his vision for the major institutional and ideological changes needed to reach net zero global emissions by 2030.

This seminar explored key messages from a series of British Academy-funded projects on sustainability and discussed the implications with contributions from CSaP Policy Fellows.

The Centre for Science and Policy held the first session of its Lent Term online seminar series for CSaP Policy Fellows on 22 February 2023. The seminar, which explored the misuse of the history of Northern Ireland, was led by Dr Niamh Gallagher, University Associate Professor in Modern British and Irish History and Fellow of St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.

A seminar exploring “Xi Jinping and History: Mirror or House of Mirrors?” led by Dr Daniel Knorr, Temporary Assistant Professor in Modern Asian History, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.

In February 2023, the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP met with the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum at Hughes Hall to discuss the opportunities offered by the acceleration of net zero. Cross-disciplinary academics from across the University came together for a roundtable conversation covering net zero policy recommendations, opportunities for climate leadership, and how to move these priorities forward.

CSaP's Policy Leaders Fellowship met earlier this month to explore the opportunities and challenges of Artificial Intelligence systems in healthcare. Leading the discussion was Professor Zoe Kourtzi, Professor of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.

The Cambridge Zero Policy Forum convened a roundtable discussion in November 2022 with a panel of academics and members of Cambridgeshire County Council to explore questions posed by stakeholders on changing organisational behaviours, particularly in the context of net zero.