Networks of expertise and evidence for public policy Annual Report 2017 Introduction from the Executive Director 1

Since its launch in 2009,CSaP has developed As the 2017 Annual Report makes clear, Introduction from the Executive Director 1 into a world-leading pioneer of new ways to CSaP is now in a position to put its network Milestones in CSaP’s history 2 mobilise the expertise of a whole university to to work. We convene our Policy Fellows and Convening 6 address public policy challenges. At the core experts in order to deliver: of our work as a knowledge broker is the Research and policy engagement 8 CSaP Policy Fellowship, with nearly 300 Policy workshops, which bring together Working in partnership 10 Fellows and over 1400 experts. policy professionals with a diverse group of experts in a safe space to discuss some of Professional development 12 Policy Fellowships start with questions the most challenging policy questions. Policy Fellowships 14 posed by policy professionals; through a carefully programmed schedule of one-to- Professional development, which utilises Dr Robert Doubleday Spotlight on civil society and social cohesion 20 one conversations, the Fellow then engages the CSaP network to support early career- CSaP’s mission is to improve Spotlight on evidence, uncertainty and trust 24 with experts from a wide range of disciplines, researchers and policy professionals develop public policy through the more Spotlight on transport, data and the future of mobility 28 all of whom have some contribution to make. the skills and know-how they need to work more effectively together. effective use of evidence and Spotlight on climate change, risk and resilience 32 The hard work is done by the Fellow, who expertise. We do this by Governance 36 uses the meetings to challenge assumptions, Policy engagement for academic creating opportunities for refresh thinking, and test new ideas. Policy research, which uses CSaP’s tried and Finance 37 public policy professionals Fellows typically describe their exposure to tested programmes to design and deliver and academics to learn from A note of thanks 38 what the University has to offer as providing a bespoke activities to help individual research rare space to think deeply, and to be projects and centres engage actively with each other. energised and invigorated by new thinking. relevant policy makers. 2 Milestones in CSaP’s history 3 CSaP partners with the University’s Strategic Research Initiatives in Since its launch in 2009, CSaP carries out a big data, energy, global series of consultation food security, public CSaP has developed into a meetings with senior health, infectious Our first Visiting Fellow diseases, synthetic world-leading pioneer of new policy makers in Whitehall, to better joins CSaP to biology, neuroscience The Affiliate Network, ways to mobilise the understand their investigate how to and public policy to a new initiative to needs, and to help improve links between help them build links extend the Policy expertise of a whole bridge the divide academia and national with key policy figures Fellowships to other university to address public between academia security stakeholders in government and UK universities, is and government. in government. industry. introduced. policy challenges. 2010 2012 2014 2016

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The University of Following a successful CSaP pilots a CSaP establishes its Our Policy Fellowship announces pilot phase, CSaP programme to address Services to Research reaches nearly 300 the launch of a new launches the Policy some of the UK’s most initiative which helps Fellows who have Centre for Science and Fellowships Programme, challenging policy issues, researchers at the generated in excess of Policy – an initiative built which remains at the and the launch of the University build 2800 policy-related on the success of the core of our work as a Policy Leaders policy-relevant activities questions, and University’s Government knowledge broker Fellowship extends into their research connected with more Policy Programme to this day. CSaP’s Fellowships proposals. than 1400 experts in (CUGPOP), which was programme to the most over 7800 meetings. set up to promote senior policy understanding of professionals in scientific and government and technological advances, industry. and their implications for government planning and policy. 4 A note of thanks

We work with our partners to deliver bespoke workshops, public lectures, and other events for network members

We create opportunities for public policy professionals and academics to learn from each other

We help researchers at Cambridge to develop policy-related activities as part of their research planning 6 Convening Number of participants by event type in 2017 7

2016 (1629 participants) Public Lectures and Seminars CSaP organises seminars, The 2017 Dr S T Lee lecture was given by 2017 (1861 participants) lectures and an annual CSaP works with its partners across the Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive at Nesta. University to deliver public lectures and Dr Mulgan discussed how the world could conference at which leading seminars on some of the key policy make the most of new tools for intelligence, national and international challenges affecting society. and how we might avoid a widening gap figures deliver talks on topics between the technical achievements of that are of interest to our This year we have partnered with Christ’s artificial machine intelligence, and the social wider network. College; the Behaviour and Health Research intelligence of the systems on which our lives Unit; the Biomedical Research Centre; and depend. the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication to deliver talks on climate CSaP Annual Conference 733 808 114 242 207 281 9 42 242 218 277 270 change; childhood obesity; the General Data Our annual conference, in June, brought Protection Regulation; and communicating together 150 members of our network to 10 8 14 1 12 2 Public Professional Policy International Event Events Events uncertainty. discuss some of the opportunities for policy Lectures and Development Workshops for Policy for Network makers at both local and national levels to Seminars Workshops Fellows Members CSaP Annual Lecture draw on academic expertise in support of In February, Professor Chris Whitty, Chief more effective public policy. Scientific Adviser in the Department of Health, Breakdown of event participants in 2017 delivered our annual lecture which looked Researchers, and the network of Policy

ahead to profound changes in health and Fellows with whom they have interacted over 5% Business disease. In his lecture, he discussed how to the year, presented their work on a range of predict and respond to the policy challenges topics such as social cohesion, the future of that will follow over the next two decades. the internet, ecosystems services, and 20% Learned Societies, Charities, NGOs and others industrial strategy. Recordings of the various Dr S T Lee Lectures talks can be found on our website†. The Dr S T Lee public policy lectures 42% Universities - Cambridge consider aspects of scientific, medical or technological research and developments that are likely to have significant implications for public policy over the next decade.

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9% Universities - Other † http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/News-features/2017-csap-annual-conference/ 8 Research and policy engagement Local Government Policy Fellow 9

CSaP supports researchers Services to Research As part of the service we provide, we Andrew Lightfoot by drawing on a thriving CSaP helps researchers at Cambridge to organise workshops and recruit Policy develop policy-related activities as part of Fellows to help researchers engage with the Strategic Director Public Service Reform, network of Policy Fellows, their research planning. In 2017, CSaP policy dimensions of their research Greater Manchester Combined Authority and established ways of worked with researchers to build policy throughout their projects. bringing together policy engagement into research projects on British “The relationships between Greater Manchester’s professionals and academics, ecosystems services policy in the context of Policy Workshops universities and local government have been greatly to increase the policy impact the UK leaving the European Union; Our interdisciplinary workshops bring improved as a result of my CSaP Policy Fellowship.” multilingualism and languages policy; and together policy professionals and academic of research. the impacts of machine learning on climate experts to address questions posed by our

change modelling, among others. network, share new insights, and offer fresh With devolution agreements giving In the past, the relationship between The Fellowship also supported the approaches to tackling policy challenges. Greater Manchester Combined Greater Manchester’s universities development of GMCA’s health and ”Increasingly, as Authority more powers and and local government has been fairly social care policy and the health academics, we are In 2017, we held 14 Policy Workshops on responsibilities, I am open to any ad hoc. This meant that many devolution agenda. During my required to think topics ranging from industrial strategy, opportunity that can help make a opportunities for partnership and meetings, I was made aware of some out of our silos privacy, and civil society to food policy, success of this exciting new collaboration were lost. Inspired by important recent research that might and work together climate change and devolution. approach to local government. CSaP’s setup, I have been working not have come to my attention in an interdisciplinary way to break with Alan Harding, our Chief otherwise. This work informed down barriers and solve big Policy Research I started my CSaP Fellowship with Economic Adviser, to formally discussions around the organisation no preconceptions other than the structure these institutional of public health functions in Greater problems. Meeting with CSaP CSaP has plans to develop a new policy view that meeting world-class relationships to better harvest the Manchester. Policy Fellows has helped me to research initiative in 2018. This will support authorities on subjects relevant to research potential of Greater appreciate the big challenges the Policy Fellowships by helping to develop my role had the potential to be Manchester. Professor Hilary If I was pitching the Fellowship to promising ideas that emerge from the faced by policy makers. This in enormously beneficial. Pilkington’s contribution to our someone about to participate, I turn has informed my own research programme, and add evidence mapping and Mayoral Commission on community would say that it is a really intensive as well as helped me learn about evidence synthesis to our current role of The briefing from CSaP was superb, cohesion and radicalisation is a exposure to a wide range of relevant what my colleagues in other parts knowledge brokering. and really gave me a good sense of perfect example of this. experts. It’s an investment that will of the university are doing to what to expect from my meetings potentially stand you in good stead address these challenges from the with academics. In preparation, I The outcome of these more for the next 20 years. perspective of their disciplines.” honed some broad areas that I structured relationships has been wanted to explore more rigorously. the establishment of a combined Jaideep Prabhu Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Although it was hard to see why I authority and academic network. Indian Business and Enterprise was scheduled to meet with certain The aim of this network is to share academics, often it was these best practice and insight amongst seemingly more peripheral experts the Combined Authorities to that gave me the most value. maximise their potential for success. 10 Working in partnership Policy Leaders Fellow 11

Working with our partners, CSaP Affiliate Network Institute’s inaugural director, Professor Ed Humpherson we are able to extend the The CSaP Affiliate Network extends the Michael Kenny, with the Institute prioritising benefits of the CSaP Policy Fellowship to education and research, while CSaP Director General for Regulation, value of our activities beyond other universities, and creates engagement continues to focus on knowledge brokering UK Statistics Authority the University of Cambridge between policy and leading researchers and engagement. to other universities and throughout the UK. Through the Affiliate “CSaP is nothing if not an advertisement for the power learned societies. Network, CSaP Policy Fellows have the We are currently developing a number of joint of connecting to new ideas. This has impressed me and opportunity to engage with researchers activities including a programme of work on rubbed off on me. When confronting a new problem or beyond Cambridge, with additional days science and democracy in partnership with set of issues, I’m much more likely now to ask my spent visiting other UK universities. Churchill College. teams ‘do we know the current or newest thinking

In 2017, 14 CSaP Policy Fellows were Doctoral Training Partnerships about this issue?’” hosted by our affiliate members at the at Cambridge Institute for Policy Research, University of CSaP has been collaborating with the The most significant benefit to me of Regulation. Some ideas have been which can often focus on the Bath; the Policy Institute, King’s College Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) to my Policy Fellowship has been a of immediate and direct applicability; diffusion of power away from London; the Faculty of Social Sciences, identify opportunities for their PhD students growth in my confidence – in working others resonated but could be Whitehall, and it crops up repeatedly University of Sheffield; and Public Policy to work on policy-related activities. with big, new ideas; in participating placed in storage, ready to be drawn elsewhere too. Southampton, University of Southampton. on equal terms with global experts; on at just the right time. In 2017, we hosted a PhD student from the and in trusting my curiosity. I’ve used Similarly, I found the discussions on The Royal Society AHRC DTP working on a project to help this confidence in my day job, and as For example, on my first CSaP day, social cohesion, the future of cities During 2017, CSaP and the Royal Society improve engagement between government a development experience it’s been Dame Fiona Reynolds talked of her and the future of work completely joined forces to extend the value of the Policy and arts and humanities researchers. perfect. aim to turn the into an fascinating, stimulating, and Leaders Fellowship. Following the termly “open-armed” organisation when challenging. roundtable discussion in Cambridge, the We also ran professional development In contrast to the leadership she became Chief Executive. The Royal Society now hosts a follow-up policy workshops for NERC and ESRC PhD development programmes I’ve been phrase “open-armed organisation” is To summarise the impact of CSaP in on in recent years – which have a slow burner that has grown in a sentence: When confronting a new breakfast which provides an opportunity to students to give them a better understanding tended to have a reflective, look- prominence in my mind since I first problem or set of issues, I’m much dive into greater detail. of the role that scientific evidence plays in inside-yourself focus – the CSaP heard it. And it serves as a leitmotif more likely now to ask my teams “do public policy. Fellowship has given me confidence for the whole CSaP experience: this we know the current or newest The new Cambridge Institute for in an outward orientation, towards notion of opening up space for thinking about this issue?” Public Policy the world and to new ideas. public participation has recurred CSaP welcomes the Institute for Public throughout my CSaP experience. Policy which will be launched in April 2018. I’ve gained a series of specific ideas For example, it’s frequently part of We expect to go on working closely with the that I’ve used to guide my thinking as Lord Richard Wilson’s summaries at I lead the new Office for Statistics the end of the Fellowship’s meetings, 12 Professional development Policy Intern 13

Workshops We have also been working closely with the Dr Isabel Webb In 2017, CSaP’s professional development policy profession in the Department for workshops focused on bringing together Transport. In 2017 CSaP ran three Senior Policy Adviser, EU Exit Strategy for early-career civil servants with doctoral programmes aimed at developing the policy Nuclear Fusion Research, Department for students at Cambridge to learn how professionals’ ability to reach out to and use academic experts and decision makers in relevant external expertise. Topics included Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy government can work together on public policy challenges in health and transport, “By having first-hand experience of the challenges policy issues. infrastructure, and mobile sensors. and opportunities awaiting policy makers and CSaP’s professional academics, I’ve become much more aware of the development activities In March, speakers from the Foreign and Internships Commonwealth Office and the British This year we recruited policy interns from the great potential that’s unlocked when the research- provide researchers and Antarctic Survey presented at a workshop for Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, policy divide is bridged.” policy professionals with the the Cambridge Earth System Science Cambridge and Nottingham through the knowledge and skills needed Doctoral Training Partnership, at which RCUK scheme. How does academic research get Some of my most memorable been in the role for a few months so to translate research into students grappled with a challenge on arctic ice management. As well as developing their communication, incorporated into policy making? experiences were talking with CSaP far – but I’m really enjoying my first policy. How can academics and policy Policy Fellows. Whether it was post as a civil servant. I look forward writing and event-management skills, our officials communicate with each during candid conversations at a to seeing where this new career Also in March, we organised a series of talks interns have made a significant contribution other more effectively to enhance reception at the Royal Society, or takes me next. in Whitehall and the Parliamentary Office for to our work – from producing background this process? What is a career in interviews for case studies in Science and Technology for the Churchill papers and reports for our workshops to policy making really like? Through Whitehall, every civil servant I met Scholars – American Masters students interviewing Policy Fellows and writing news my CSaP Policy Internship, I had the gave me an interesting take on the studying science, mathematics, and articles and case studies. privilege to explore these questions work they do. engineering at the University of Cambridge, from a range of perspectives. based at Churchill College. Secondment opportunities Through my internship, I developed a Over the past year, we have worked with the During the first three weeks of my range of invaluable skills, from And in November, we organised a workshop Department for Communities and Local internship I organised a workshop to writing news stories and reports to for Science and Engineering Fast Streamers Government, and GO Science, to identify discuss implementing the Paris organising events and conducting in the civil service, and students in the ESRC PhD students to work in government on climate agreement; researched interviews, and realised that policy DTP, to give them an insight into research on short-term secondments. We are also experts to shed light on pressing was the career I wanted to follow. questions submitted by policy artificial intelligence, high-impact low- working with the ESRC DTP at Cambridge to makers; and attended a roundtable This year, I was lucky enough to earn probability events, and communicating help identify opportunities for their students discussion in the Cabinet Office on myself a place on the Civil Service science to non-experts. to take up secondments. the role of digital services in Fast Stream, and so have officially government. taken my place in Whitehall. I’ve only 14 Policy Fellowships CSaP Policy Fellowships 15 Programme 2016/17: Meetings between Policy Fellows and Our Policy Fellows and Our Fellows, who include 37 Policy Leaders the past year from Fellows’ questions researchers alumni have benefited from Fellows and 16 Junior Policy Fellows, have included aspects of national security, energy met with more than 1400 experts since the policy, climate change, artificial intelligence over 7800 meetings with programme launched in 2011. and machine learning. more than 1400 experts in the CSaP network since the CSaP Policy Fellows spend an initial five days Some of the most active and engaged Policy programme launched seven visiting the University for one-to-one Fellows have joined the Continuing years ago. meetings with researchers, organised to Fellowship, an annual membership scheme reflect their policy interests; and then pursue which provides opportunities for Policy the objectives they set for the two-year Fellow alumni to continue to benefit from period of their Fellowship, returning to access to new and emerging research at Cambridge from time to time for further Cambridge and beyond. meetings and events. There were 17 Continuing Fellows in 2016- The diversity of Policy Fellows’ roles and 17, participating in discussions with (among interests means that researchers have others) the Winton Centre for Risk and opportunities to interact with a wide range of Evidence Communication and the policy makers who want to engage with Leverhulme Centre for the Future of academia. Themes that were covered over Intelligence.

Over the two years, our Policy Fellows gain access to new and emerging research and its relevance in tackling real-world challenges. A survey of our Fellows shows that since the programme launched: 10 0% 89% 89% 33% would recommend gained fresh improved their reported direct the programme to perspectives on network of contacts impacts on the others their current work policy-making process 16 Policy Leaders Fellowship Policy Leaders Fellow 17

Our Leaders Fellows Policy Leaders Fellows Deborah Bronnert active during 2017: participate both in one-to- Director General, Economic & Consular, one meetings with leading Deborah Bronnert Sarah Healey John Pullinger Foreign & Commonwealth Office academics and in roundtable Director General, Economic Director General National Statistician discussions with researchers & Consular Department for Exiting the UK Statistics Authority “I have found it a huge privilege to be a CSaP Fellow and other Fellows. Foreign & Commonwealth European Union for the past two years, meeting with a range of Office Antonia Romeo Ed Humpherson experts covering topics from neuroscience to the The Fellowship meets once Nadia Calviño Director General, Regulation Department for International future of cities.” a term in Cambridge, under Director-General UK Statistics Authority Trade Directorate-General for the Chairmanship of former Budget Nick Joicey Philip Rycroft Sometimes, I’ve had to think We have 90 science officers in more Our in-house teams are a foundation UK Cabinet Secretary, Director General, Strategy Permanent Secretary carefully about how I might apply than 30 countries engaged with of that but external discussions and these subjects to the work I do on fostering and promoting scientific links are essential too, and CSaP has Lord Wilson. EU Exit and Finance Department for Exiting the Lindy Cameron Defra European Union diplomacy. But I’ve always found a collaboration. The UK is one of a been an excellent vehicle for Director General, Country link as well as enjoying stimulating handful of countries with a Chief extending my knowledge and Programmes Julian Kelly Jonathan Slater discussions that have opened up Scientific Adviser in the Foreign contacts in the wider academic Department for International Director General, Nuclear Permanent Secretary new and diverse subjects. Office using science diplomacy to world, as well as opening up new Development Ministry of Defence Department for Education build links with other countries. subjects and improving my Science and evidence are a central awareness of the strength of UK Gareth Davies Clive Maxwell Ashok Vaswani part of our diplomatic toolkit. We’ve As a country with a long history, it is academic research. Director General, Business Director General, High CEO had our own in-house academic important that we understand the and Science Speed Rail and Major Barclays UK team – our research analysts – for way we are perceived by others, I have found it a huge privilege to be Department for Business, Projects over 70 years, as well as FCO including their take on any shared a CSaP Fellow for the past two Energy & Industrial Strategy Department for Transport Peter Watkins historians for almost a century. history we may have – as well as an years, and I look forward to Director General, Security They’ve been invaluable to me understanding of the culture, politics continuing to engage in the future. Leslie Evans Jeremy Moore Policy personally in helping me understand and economies of those countries. Permanent Secretary Director General, Strategy Ministry of Defence the key drivers of different countries It’s also helpful to know what’s Department for Work and and issues, and linking me up with worked and what hasn’t. Pensions Sir Chris Wormald academics and think tanks. Matthew Gould Permanent Secretary Director General, Digital Vikas Pota Department of Health and and Media Chief Executive Social Care, and Head of Department for Digital, Varkey Foundation the Government Policy Culture, Media & Sport Profession 18 Policy Fellows elected in academic years 19 2015/16 and 2016/17

Cabinet Office – Ted Barry, Senior Policy Adviser Greater London Authority – Catherine Glossop, Principal Policy Officer, Innovation & Knowledge Cabinet Office – Laura Baynton, Head of the What Works Team Greater London Authority – Jeremy Skinner, Head of Economic Growth Cabinet Office – Oliver Buckley, Deputy Director, Government Digital Service Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Andrew Lightfoot, Strategic Director, Public Service Reform Cabinet Office – Rupert Cryer, Assistant Director Labour Party – Gabriel Huntley, Policy Adviser to Chuka Umunna MP Cabinet Office – Alice Dowswell, Head of the What Works Team London Borough of Barking and Dagenham – Tom Hook, Strategy & Programmes Director Cabinet Office – Julie Harris, Policy Adviser National Infrastructure Commission – Siddharth Varma, Policy Adviser Cabinet Office – Andrea Siodmok, Head of Policy Lab NHS – Michael Macdonnell, Director of Strategy Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – Amy Salisbury, Policy Lead, Heat Strategy Scottish Government – John Ireland, Deputy Director, Climate Change & Low Carbon Economy Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy – Michael Talbot, Senior Strategy Lead, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles UK Space Agency – Alice Bunn, Director of Policy Department for Communities and Local Government – Henry Dieudonné-Demaria, Head of Deregulation Department for Communities and Local Government – Nick King, Special Adviser Commonwealth Secretariat – Abhik Sen, Head of Policy and Research (Youth Affairs) Department for Communities and Local Government – Maria O’Beirne, Principal Research Officer European Commission – Florent Frederix, Principal Administrator, Trust and Security Unit, DG Connect Department for Communities and Local Government – Samanta Padalino, Senior Economist, Head of Growth and Places Analysis European Commission – Jose Jiminez Mingo, Principal Administrator, DG Research and Innovation Department for Communities and Local Government – Tom Tolfree, Senior Economic Adviser European Commission – Koen Jonkers, Deputy Head of Unit, Innovation Systems Analysis Unit, DG Joint Research Centre Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Charlotte Kume-Holland, Local Intelligence Team, Office for Civil Society and Innovation European Commission – Reinald Krueger, Head of Unit, DG Connect Department for Education – Paul Kett, Director, Teachers and Teaching Hong Kong Police – Jolly Wong, Chief Technology Officer Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – John Curnow, Chief Economist International Council for Science – Charles Ebikeme, Science Officer Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Dudley Hewlett, Head of CBRN Science United Nations Environment Programme – Lydia Zemke, Assistant to the Principal Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Emily Miles, Group Director, Strategy Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Frances Pimenta, Policy Adviser Amey plc– Stephanie Eaton, Head of Research and Innovation in Social Justice Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Katherine Riggs, Head of Strategy and Implementation Unit DeepMind – Brittany Smith, Senior Policy Analyst Department for Exiting the European Union – Grace Carey, Head of Energy and Climate Change Policy Coordination Places for People – Roger Wilshaw, Director, Policy Research and Public Affairs Department for International Trade – Victor Platten, Deputy Director, Trade Disputes and Market Access Privitar – Guy Cohen, Strategic Relationships Manager Foreign & Commonwealth Office – Oliver Ferrari, 2nd Secretary Foreign & Commonwealth Office – Emma Hennessey, Head of Science and Innovation Team and Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser Behavioural Insights Team – Katy King, Adviser Foreign & Commonwealth Office – Simon Sharpe, Head of Climate Risk Team Eastern Academic Health Science Network – Karen Livingstone, Director of Partnerships & Industry Engagement Government Office for Science – Richard Sandford, Head of Horizon Scanning Exeter City Futures – Glenn Woodcock, Chief Executive HM Treasury – William Hall, Senior Policy Adviser Nesta Health Lab – John Loder, Head of Strategy HM Treasury – Victoria Robb, Senior Strategy and Policy Adviser Power to Change Research Institute – Genevieve Maitland-Hudson, Head of Evaluation and Impact Assessment HM Treasury – Rachel Zammett, Head of Climate Change Policy Raspberry Pi Foundation – Philip Colligan, CEO Home Office – Charlie Edwards, Senior Policy Adviser Royal Academy of Engineering – Shaarad Sharma, Programme Manager (International) Home Office – Nicholas Jaques, International Adviser Royal Botanic Gardens Kew – David Cope, Director of Strategy and External Affairs Ministry of Defence – Louise Barton, Senior Analyst, Defence and Security Analysis, DSTL Royal Society – Louise Pakseresht, Senior Policy Adviser Royal Society – Emma Woods, Head of Policy, Wellbeing Bank of England – Jeremy Martin, Senior Adviser techUK – Charlotte Holloway, Policy Director Care Quality Commission – Malte Gerhold, Executive Director of Strategy & Intelligence Wellcome Trust – Ed Whiting, Director of Policy and Director’s Chief of Staff Committee on Climate Change – Steve Smith, Head of Science Environment Agency – Doug Wilson, Director of Scientific and Evidence Services Food Standards Agency – Julie Pierce, Director, Openness, Data and Digital Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership – Neil Darwin, Chief Executive We would like to thank Pembroke College for continuing to welcome our Policy Fellows to Cambridge. Affiliations shown are correct as at the time of election to the Fellowship 20 Spotlight on... CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL COHESION | WORKSHOP 21 Does Brexit provide new impetus for engaging Civil society and civil society in policy making?

social cohesion The purpose of this workshop Chaired by Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Discussion highlighted challenges to was to examine ideas to Emmanuel College Cambridge, discussion established ways of thinking about civil focused on questions posed by Julia Unwin, society, which have been brought about by improve engagement of civil Chair of the inquiry into Civil Society Futures. pressure on identity and community resulting society in public policy. In How have recent governments understood from changing patterns of work, housing and particular, how to go beyond and attempted to harness civil society? What the effects of austerity. using civil society future possibilities are there for more effective organisations as delivery engagement between civil society and The discussion focused on how governments government? could learn from successful examples of partners to engaging with civil using knowledge from lived experience and society as a core part of the Participants at the workshop reflected on activism in the policy processes. And also policy making process. their own experience of government the new ways that civil society organisations engagement with civil society, citing are connecting with the changing examples where engagement had led to communities they seek to represent. improved public policy, as well as where it had failed. Positive examples ranged from the Scottish Government’s 2015 Community ”In the current context, disruption Empowerment Act, to the ways that civic of the status quo and the impact universities are providing a convening space the internet has had in politics, this for civil society, and civil society engagement conversation was timely and much on social media platforms. needed. It’s so important, for the In October, CSaP organised a Social cohesion was the focus for sake of community cohesion and roundtable discussion with Professor discussion at our Policy Leaders to strengthen civil society, the Michael Kenny, Director of the new Fellows roundtable in February, and a different sectors represented in Cambridge Institute for Public Policy, panel discussion at our annual the room work together to solve and Julia Unwin, Chair of the inquiry conference in June, which was chaired the major challenges we into Civil Society Futures. by Julia Unwin. discussed. Hopefully this was just the start of that conversation.” Kajal Odedra Change.org 22 Social cohesion, commitment and trust Policy Leaders Fellow 23

Discussions with our Policy What do we mean by social cohesion? What The discussion focused on the two-sided Julia Unwin Leaders Fellows raised a measures might we have of cohesion that go nature of social cohesion; rivalrous social beyond measures of GDP? What policy cohesion in which a shared sense of group Chair of Inquiry into the number of questions on responses can help to build social cohesion, identity is defined in opposition to others, Future of Civil Society social cohesion which were where can and should government have a versus non-rivalrous social cohesion which discussed at a roundtable role, and what outcomes should be worked supports individuals to hold multiple “I very much liked the methodology of the workshops meeting of the Fellowship in towards? identities and to build bridges with different and the interdisciplinary make-up of the participants February. groups. and contributions. Overall, they have been great The meeting, chaired by former Cabinet experiences as they provided a cost-effective ‘deep- Secretary Lord Richard Wilson, brought The meeting highlighted a number of dive’ into evidence.” together senior civil servants in Defence, opportunities for advancing non-rivalrous Education, Health, Transport, Work & social cohesion and tackling loneliness and Pensions, the FCO, BEIS, Defra, Scottish social isolation. There was also a discussion I greatly enjoyed my time as a Policy My work as Chair of Civil Society I very much liked the methodology of Government and the UK Statistics Authority, on opportunities for policy intervention at Leaders Fellow and taking part in the Futures looks into how civil society the workshops and the with academic experts from the universities national as well as local level to promote workshops that CSaP organised. organisations can organise to make interdisciplinary make-up of the of Cambridge, Kent, London Birkbeck and positive social contact between members of an impact and adapt for the future. participants and contributions. Sheffield. different groups. Coming from an Arts and Humanities As I was tasked with looking at Overall, they have been great background, I found the science- where civil society might be in 10 experiences as they provided a cost- Social cohesion is associated with trust, a based workshops on neuroscience, years’ time, the CSaP policy effective ‘deep-dive’ into evidence. sense of belonging, inclusiveness and data analytics and to be workshop on this topic was very wellbeing – each of which is threatened in the both challenging and interesting. The timely; firstly, to enable a more absence of social cohesion. epigenetics session, in particular, sophisticated view of civil society, made a big difference to how I and secondly to brief policy makers thought about poverty and on the big challenges. Jobs, identity and a sense of meaning are all deprivation. essential for cohesion. Lack of opportunities The social cohesion session for for young people to engage in meaningful Policy Leaders in February, and the work, for example, presents a significant CSaP annual conference panel threat to cohesion and increases the risk of discussion in June, were also very conflict in society. interesting as they directly referred to my passions and background. 24 Spotlight on... EVIDENCE, UNCERTAINTY AND TRUST | WORKSHOP 25 Monitoring the global food system: building trust and Evidence, uncertainty resilience for UK citizens and consumers

and trust Will improvements in the CSaP Policy Fellow, Julie Pierce – Head of The relationship between expertise, risk and monitoring and surveillance Openness, Data and Digital at the Food trust was explored explicitly in this Standards Agency – set the agenda for this discussion. Using expertise to improve risk of the global food system workshop with a series of challenging monitoring, far from leading to a reduction in increase levels of consumer research questions on monitoring and consumer trust, could provide an opportunity trust? surveying the food system. to increase it.

The FSA works on behalf of the consumer, Government-driven citizen science projects ensuring that the food available for purchase to engage non-scientists in scientific and is safe, and that it is what it says it is. data-gathering projects are in keeping with Improved monitoring, surveillance and the FSA’s goal of empowering the consumer. openness of the food system is driven by the latest data modelling and digital technology. Discussants at the workshop agreed that Part of Julie’s role is to bring innovative consumers needed to be able to trust the approaches and technology into the regulatory bodies working on their behalf, practices of the FSA. and that more accurate monitoring and surveillance, as well as more consumer The purpose of the workshop was to engagement, would help build this trust. understand how the monitoring of the global food system might help consumers, and indeed to what degree consumers themselves might play a direct role in driving In September, CSaP partnered with the And the question of how we greater visibility of and engagement with the Global Food Security initiative at communicate uncertainty without food system. Finally, whether increasing Cambridge to convene a roundtable endangering trust and credibility, a consumer engagement could increase their discussion on the future of UK food research question that academics at understanding of the food system, resulting regulation. the Winton Centre are investigating, in net health benefits. was the topic of a panel discussion held in November. 26 How can we communicate uncertainty without endangering Policy Fellow 27 trust and credibility?

There is a gulf between the Academics at the University of Cambridge’s We are at a stage where the level of distrust Emily Miles public’s trust of official Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence in experts is more perceptible than ever Communication are investigating the difficult before. One factor contributing to this Group Director, Strategy, Defra statistics, and their lack of question of how we can communicate situation is the lack of a reliable methodology “I approached my CSaP Policy Fellowship as an trust in the way government uncertainty without endangering trust and for communicating uncertainty about the uses these statistics. How credibility. conclusions we draw from our data. excellent opportunity not only to understand more can we make it more difficult about certain research areas key to my new for politicians and the media In November, Chairman of the Centre, Even our best scientific methods do not lead position, but also to aid my personal development Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, led a us to absolute certainty; yet so often in the as a leader.” to misuse statistics? discussion on this topic with contributions public communication of research, uncertain from Emily Miles, Group Director of Strategy conclusions are presented as certainties. at the Department for Environment, Food I started my Fellowship just as I took As someone who was new to Defra upon at any time. Innovation expert, and Rural Affairs; Amanda Farnsworth, Head The answer to the research question – how up the position of Group Director, at the time, having this information Professor Jaideep Prabhu, recently of Visual and Data Journalism at BBC News; do we communicate uncertainty without Strategy at Defra. My Fellowship provided me with a vivid sense of joined us at Defra for an engaging and Sir David Norgrove, Chair of the UK endangering trust and credibility – according gave me the opportunity to engage memory and understanding talk as part of our Defra Greenhouse Statistics Authority. to Professor Spiegelhalter, is likely to depend with researchers on topics such as regarding the public debates which talk series. And rural economist, environmental economics, trends in have shaped the department. Professor Ian Hodge, presented to a upon the context of the communication, its data, and leadership management. panel of senior civil servants in Defra The role of a policy maker is to understand audience, and the format of presentation. In particular, I really valued the I also participated in a CSaP Group regarding the future of which policies are best supported by the discussions on biodiversity, workshop on civil society, co- farming and ecosystem services. evidence, to communicate this, and to environmental economics, and convened by Julia Unwin, Chair of implement the policies decided upon by resource efficiency and usage. the Independent Inquiry on the CSaP’s network has made it much ministers. Future of Civil Society. Her view that easier to get expert perspectives A conversation with Rob Doubleday we should reframe the formality of from outside the policy making Traditional news media has an important role about genetically modified language around volunteering to be sphere, and I hope to continue this to play in helping to separate fact from organisms made me think more in line with the usage of collaborative work with CSaP in the fiction. This means not only qualifying expansively about how to use ordinary citizens, influenced a Defra future. I will also encourage others represented data as the “best estimate”, but technology in a way that is publicly think piece on environmental within my directorate to undertake also communicating clearly what is meant by acceptable. My meetings at volunteering. CSaP Fellowships. terms such as “likely”. Cambridge also made me aware of Professor Susan Owens’ recent Above all, my Fellowship has given study on the UK Royal Commission me access to a network of expert on Environmental Pollution. researchers, which I feel I can draw 28 Spotlight on... TRANSPORT, DATA AND THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY | WORKSHOP 29 The future of mobility Transport, data and

the future of mobility In February, CSaP organised The main purpose of the workshop was to These advances have the potential to raise a Policy Workshop with the share insights and develop an understanding new questions for public policy, e.g. will of the social and demographic trends and services driven by consumer demand – such Government Office for drivers of change shaping the transport as ride sharing – conflict with policy Science and the Department system of the future, and consider these in interventions, such as reducing traffic for Transport as part of the the context of emerging technologies. capacity in favour of cycle lanes? Government Foresight Project on the future of Researchers from Imperial College London And how will other areas of policy such as and the Universities of Cambridge, Leeds, housing, employment, education, open data mobility. Newcastle, Nottingham, and Oxford and health influence people’s attitudes and participated in discussions on factors that behaviours towards transport? affect our travel choices; designing technology to help influence behaviour A report of the workshop is available on our effectively and responsibly; and managing website†. tension between tailored personalisation of data and the ethics of using that data.

Achievable targets for the Foresight Project were drawn out of the discussion, as well as long-term factors to be considered such as a move towards car-free cities and the introduction of autonomous vehicles. As part of the Government Foresight CSaP has also been working with the Project on the future of mobility, CSaP Department for Transport on a new organised a Policy Workshop to discuss learning and development scheme potential social and demographic developed by Pauline Reeves, a CSaP issues which are likely to influence Policy Fellow and senior civil servant in mobility over the next few decades. the DfT.

† http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/links/13/4834/ 30 Smart technologies for transport infrastructure planning Policy Fellow 31 and policy

Over the past year, CSaP has Inspired by Pauline’s Fellowship experience, For the second policy challenge, the DfT Guy Cohen worked with the Department the purpose of the “Policy Propeller” was to cohort was keen to explore the use of smart spark a mutually beneficial dialogue between monitoring technology to better understand Policy and Strategy Lead, Privitar Ltd for Transport on a new policy professionals in the DfT and the condition of existing infrastructure in the “I found CSaP’s Policy Fellowship to be exceedingly learning and development researchers at Cambridge on a range of UK. scheme developed by policy challenges. useful and interesting. There is an element of public Pauline Reeves, a CSaP Dr Jennifer Schooling, and a team of service and ‘working for something greater than your Policy Fellow and senior civil The first policy challenge introduced policy researchers from the Cambridge Centre for salary’. I’m very thankful for the hard work CSaP does professionals to researchers in the Smart Infrastructure and Construction, set and I foresee continuing value from my Fellowship.” servant in the DfT. Cambridge Centre for Diet and Activity out the opportunity for the UK to be an early Research to discuss policy options for adopter of smart monitoring technologies, doubling the level of cycling activity by 2025, challenging the DfT participants to make an I’m the Policy and Strategy Lead at areas of interest, and a greater academics on pieces which we and for cycling to become the default for innovative value case for the implementation Privitar, a privacy engineering understanding of the role of academia might collaborate on, all of which I short journeys by the 2040s. Discussions at of such cutting-edge technologies. technology company which designs in policy making. I found it motivating think are fascinating and relevant to these workshops ultimately influenced the solutions for data scientists, so they due to the relevance to my work, as both my and their work. can mine large data sets in a privacy- well as from intellectual curiosity to Government’s first statutory cycling and The result of this collaboration was a preserving way. understand the work of the Privacy is only growing as an issue walking strategy†, published in May this year. proposal by the cohort to senior officials in fascinating people I met. and an area for research and as such the DfT to encourage the use of smart As a nascent field there are a range I hope that the valuable connections technologies to become the “new normal”. “Having senior buy-in from of unsolved policy challenges in The conversations with those I met, made through the Fellowship will members of the DfT Executive privacy engineering. These include both other Policy Fellows and those continue. Ideally, I’d like to see a Committee was and remains Following on from the success of these understanding what is required by at workshops I attended, have been working group emerge which myself crucial to the scheme’s adoption workshops, the DfT plans to make this new regulations, such as the General interesting and important. For and many of those I met could join to and continuation. They act as the scheme part of the overall talent- Data Protection Regulation; looking instance, a conversation with a continue collaborating and sharing beyond just regulation to see the Cambridge researcher at a CSaP learning. I’m also keen to take part in final panel to approve policy ideas, management strategy for the department. ethical considerations which exist dinner in my first year changed the further policy workshops on big data some of which may feed into outside of legal requirements; and way I think about data ownership. and data privacy as appropriate. current policy thinking around the developing the standards and issues in question.” methods which can form the best As well as being interesting and Pauline Reeves practice required to enable wide formative, many of my meetings also DfT adoption of these powerful new tools. led to ongoing collaborations and relationships. I been invited to speak I greatly enjoyed my experience as a to students on the subject of data Policy Fellow, and felt the experience privacy and ethics. And I am having gave me both useful insight into my ongoing discussion with four other

† https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy 32 Spotlight on... CLIMATE CHANGE, RISK AND RESILIENCE | SEMINAR SERIES 33 In it for the long run: a series of seminars on tackling Climate change, risk climate change

and resilience In our fourth series of climate Clive Maxwell, Director General for Energy A Senior Adviser in the European Space seminars, organised in Transformation in BEIS, addressed some of Agency, Professor Stephen Briggs, the main challenges the government faces – described how high-resolution observations collaboration with Christ’s including improving the UK’s building from satellites are being used to improve College Cambridge, we efficiency and the prospect of electrifying our global circulation model predictions, and covered a range of topics heating systems to use heat networks, biogas help design better mitigation strategies. from planetary vital signs for or hydrogen fuel instead of fossil fuels. measuring climate change, to Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Head of Open Oceans at the British Antarctic Survey, explained how using AI to develop more “The Climate Change Seminar Series were some of the most collaborating with artificial intelligence sophisticated future climate interesting climate talks I have companies could develop more predictions. been to. The range of topics sophisticated future climate predictions in covered gave me a real climate models. understanding of how we must now engage the public and policy makers in order to move forward in our commitments to making substantial changes in the future.” Amy King PhD Student British Antarctic Survey

Professor Charles Kennel, our long- The discussion on innovative climate Chris Rapley, Professor of Climate Science at standing Visiting Research Fellow from risk assessments at one of these UCL, introduced the concept of planetary the University of California San Diego, seminars was further developed in vital signs – key indicators used by climate returned to the UK to host the latest in June, when CSaP organised a Policy observers for measuring climate change. his series of thought-provoking Workshop with Dr Emily Shuckburgh to Having clear climate change signals to seminars on tackling climate change. explore the potential for longer-term communicate to the public could help research initiatives at Cambridge. emphasise its importance and encourage behavioural changes to reduce carbon emissions. 34 What are the opportunities for developments in Researcher 35 environmental risk assessments to inform policy decisions?

Dr Emily Shuckburgh

In June, we organised a The purpose of the workshop was to discuss New data science tools, such as machine Head of Open Oceans, workshop with Dr Emily which questions should be investigated by learning, offer the potential to augment more British Antarctic Survey researchers to best help decision makers traditional climate modelling techniques and Shuckburgh from the British across government and industry adapt to the lead the way to multi-dimensional climate “Every conversation I’ve had through the CSaP Antarctic Survey to explore changing climate. risk assessments. network has had some kind of obvious connection to the potential for longer-term the work we’re doing here, and CSaP has been very research initiatives at Contributing to the discussions were Improved knowledge and accessibility to valuable in having those discussions.” Cambridge to develop data Cambridge researchers from computer statistical techniques can dramatically science, engineering, sustainability and the change the way that society approaches science methods for more environment, and the business school; policy climate change. I am particularly excited about the external ones but also the At another CSaP event I met Dr Emily useful climate risk professionals from Defra and the developing the use of AI and Big internal contacts within Cambridge. So from the Cambridge Department assessments. Environment Agency; and lawyers and However, to enable widespread access to Data to tackle climate and When I first met Craig Davies, a of Architecture. We appeared on a business leaders including Client Earth, such information by decision makers, data environmental risk. CSaP Policy Fellow at the European panel together for a Professional Marks and Spencer, and Mott MacDonald. management infrastructure needs to be Bank of Research and Development, Development workshop and realised overhauled and data curated in such a way Growing amounts of data, especially he had just spoken to academics that our research interests Advances in technology and data science as to ease its application. It will also be from satellites, combined with from the Institute for Manufacturing overlapped. have the potential to provide information necessary to foster close dialogue between increasingly sophisticated machine at Cambridge. Through him I made about environmental risks across an data providers and data users, to ensure the learning technologies, can help us new connections with people who We’ve since worked together on a make the connection between had similar interests. Together we research bid looking at increasingly broad spectrum of policy- information is generated in a form that is fit predictions for the climate and the identified two prototype projects to environmental health and poverty relevant issues. for purpose. impacts of climate changes. work on – one on milk production in challenges in peri-urban Egypt and the other on air environments. And we were even “It was fantastic to see academia Whether it’s how crop yields may be conditioning in Cairo. able to identify others in CSaP’s driving the agenda of climate risk affected, the threats to habitats that network to contribute. forward, and doing it in a way that we want to conserve or the It was also through Craig that a engages business to see what implications for human health, these Policy Workshop came about. It Every conversation I’ve had through impacts have been difficult to gave us an opportunity to present the CSaP network has had some would be of benefit to them.” connect. But we now have the our research to a broad range of kind of obvious connection to the Zoe Young potential to better map out those stakeholders including Client Earth work we’re doing here, and CSaP Marks & Spencer connections, leading to more and Marks and Spencer. Through has been very valuable in having accurate predictions in the future. this we learned about their different those discussions. information needs and in turn, they The contacts I’ve made through heard about cutting-edge machine CSaP have been invaluable – not just learning technology. 36 Governance Financial Report – Year to 31 July 2017 37

CSaP’s Management Management Committee The Centre for Science and Policy is grateful organisations that have sponsored or to the University of Cambridge for its HEIF supported particular activities during 2017. Committee reports to the Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser (Chair) Professor Richard Prager contribution; Dr Charles F Kennel and Dr The table below shows that CSaP finished University of Cambridge’s Director, Sainsbury Laboratory Head of School, School of Technology Ellen Lehman, and the Mikheev Charitable the year with a surplus, the first time since Research Policy Committee. Dr Robert Doubleday (Secretary) Professor David Runciman Trust for their philanthropic donations; and the Centre launched in 2009. The Advisory Council advises Executive Director, Head of Department, Department of Politics on CSaP’s strategy and Centre for Science and Policy and International Studies FY 2015/2016 £ FY 2016/2017 £ activities, paying particular Professor Christoph Loch Income 495k 515k attention to the views of Director, Cambridge Judge Business School Expenditure 543k 495k stakeholders. Net income (48)k 20k Advisory Council Total funds brought forward as at 1 August 216k 168k

Dr David Cleevely (Chair) Dr Geoff Mulgan Total funds carried forward as at 31 July 168k 188k Chairman, Raspberry Pi Foundation Chief Executive, Nesta

Julia Unwin (Vice Chair) Dame Fiona Reynolds Chair, Independent Inquiry on Master, Emmanuel College the Future of Civil Society Cambridge CSaP Team Professor Dame Carol Black Dr Adrian Weller Principal, Newnham College Senior Research Fellow Nicola Buckley Associate Director Cambridge Department of Engineering Policy Fellowships University of Cambridge Dr Katie Cole Director, Science Policy, Royal Society Lord Comms & Admin Coordinator Executive Chair, Resolution Foundation Dr Robert Doubleday Professor Dame Executive Director Master, Churchill College Lord Richard Wilson Laura Hyde Cambridge Cabinet Secretary (1998-2002) Events Coordinator

Professor Dame Ann Dowling Sir Chris Wormald Kaisa Juosila Policy Fellowships Coordinator President, Royal Academy of Engineering Permanent Secretary, Jackie Ouchikh Department of Health and Social Care, Head of Programmes and Head of the Civil Service Policy Permanent Secretary, Defra Dr Steven Wooding Profession Lead for Research & Analysis 38 A note of thanks 39

College London); Rachel Dyson (Greater Manchester Combined Authority); (University of Manchester); Mike Hawking (Joseph Rowntree Foundation); CSaP is very grateful to all the members of the University and other individuals Lord John Eatwell (Queens’ College Cambridge); Dr Geoffrey Edwards (Dept Graham Hay (Cambridge Econometrics); Dr Adam Heathfield (Pfizer); James of Politics and International Studies); Linda Edworthy (Tees Valley Combined Heaton (Dept of Engineering); Dr Peter Hedges (Research Operations Office); who have met with our visiting Policy Fellows this year, and to those who have Authority); Michelle Ellefson (Faculty of Education); Prof Mark Elliot Dr Emma Hennessey (Foreign & Commonwealth Office); Dr Yeonsook Heo (University of Manchester); Dr Zeynep Engin (Data for Policy); Prof Brad Epps (Dept of Architecture); Dr Dudley Hewlett (Defra); Prof Paul Hickman supported and participated in our various activities. 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