The What Works Network includes the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the Educational Endowment Foundation as well as four new independent institutions funded by the Government and the ESRC. The four new research centres focus on: crime reduction, local economic growth, ageing better and early intervention. The centres are designed to build an evidence base around each of the subject areas, and to use the evidence to inform government decision making.
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Inaugural Social Science and Law Interdisciplinary Conference
Mar 12, 2018The recent Inaugural Social Science and Law Interdisciplinary Conference, held at Jesus College in Cambridge, brought together leading academics from law and the social sciences, including economics, to discuss inequality and the rule of law in the global north and the rising powers, particularly China.
The challenges of experimental government’ seminar series
Nov 17, 2017This seminar series is organised by the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge
A programme of events focusing on imagined futures on a range of topics related to inequality from leading speakers.
We aim to support public policy research across Cambridge University, working with colleagues in science, social science, the arts and humanities, to apply new thinking to public policy problems and promote research and analysis into the public policy process. We hope to connect and raise the profile of existing public policy related work across the University and support collaborative research that includes policy development in a range of subject areas.
Contact us if you are interested in joining the initiative or would like to know more.
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