Centre for Science and Policy

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The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) at the University of Cambridge exists to improve links between academics and policy makers. Its main focus is on improving policy makers' access to the best scientific and engineering research, both to allow policy makers to make the best use of the available scientific evidence, and ensure that academics are better informed about public policy. [1] [2] [3] The Centre attempts to achieve this goal by running three programmes:

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Notable Policy Fellows include NESTA Chief Executive Geoff Mulgan, DG CONNECT Director-General [4] Robert Madelin, and Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Julia Unwin.

CSaP hosts visiting research fellows to research the science-policy interface. The first Visiting Research Fellow was Professor Charles Kennel, who began his fellowship on 16 January 2014. [5] CSaP was founded in 2009 under Founding Director Dr. David Cleevely. Dr. Robert Doubleday has been Executive Director since July 2012, [6] taking over from Dr Chris Tyler (latterly Director of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology [7] ). It holds its annual conference at the Royal Society of London in April each year. [8] [9] CSAP also hosts an annual lecture, which in 2017 was given by Professor Chris Whitty, then Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health. [10]

CSaP's role in aiding policy makers was noted by Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Julian Huppert in his science policy proposals drafted in 2012 [11]

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  1. ↑ Engaging with academics: how to further strengthen open policy making, Government Office for Science , January 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014
  2. ↑ Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge - Cambridge Network Retrieved 11 February 2014
  3. ↑ CSaP: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy | British Ecological Society Retrieved 11 February 2014
  4. ↑ Director-General : Robert Madelin - European Commission Retrieved 21 February 2014
  5. ↑ CSaP welcomes inaugural Visiting Research Fellow, 15 January 2014
  6. ↑ New Director of the Centre for Science and Policy announced, 11 July 2012
  7. ↑ Some good news for science in parliament | The Geek Manifesto 2 April 2012
  8. ↑ CSaP Annual Conference 2014: Evidence, Networks and Policy – Translating New Ideas into Better Outcomes | The Political Studies Association (PSA) Retrieved 11 February 2014
  9. ↑ CSaP Annual Conference 2013 - Resources - TES Retrieved 11 February 2014
  10. ↑ "CSaP Annual Lecture 2017: Professor Chris Whitty, Department of Health - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy". www.csap.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Developing a future: Policies for science and research, paragraph 102, Liberal Democrat Spokesman's Paper, July 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014
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