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.

For the third in our series of roundtables co-hosted by CSaP and the IIT Delhi School of Public Policy, Vijay Kumar, international CSaP fellow, tackled the questions surrounding the introduction of new technologies and ways of thinking to India's expansive and complex agricultural sector.

How can researchers successfully engage with policy making processes? We explored this question in a professional development workshop for early career researchers from the Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology program at the Technical University of Munich.

As part of the Christ's College Climate Seminar Series, we asked: how can we use lessons from the pandemic to strengthen local health institutions and structure a robust care system that works for everyone?

Focusing on food security, sustainable rural livelihoods, nutrition and prosperity for farmers, TIGR2ESS’s latest policy fellow, Mr Anirudh Tewari, met with experts from the programme and beyond to discuss how to make a lasting impact for the Punjab.

As part of the 2021 Christ's College Climate Series, we asked: Can we use digital platforms to allow governments to tap into the collective intelligence of its constituents?

In the first episode of CSaP: The Science and Policy Podcast’s mini-series on genetic technologies, host Dr Rob Doubleday was joined by University of Cambridge crop scientist Professor Giles Oldroyd, Royal Society Senior Policy Advisor Jonny Hazell, and University of Cambridge Lecturer in History of Modern Science and Technology Dr Helen Anne Curry. Throughout the episode, they explored the history of the use of genetic technologies in agriculture and examined how the emergence of a new class of genetic technologies – genome editing via CRISPR – has raised new questions about the regulatory frameworks used to govern the use of genetic technologies in this space.

"Why are we so polarized? Why can't people agree?" We heard from Dr Simone Schnall about her work in social psychology which has explored the unconscious factors influencing our moral compasses. Her work has the potential to shine a light on one of the factors underlying polarization.