The Policy Institute

Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based @kingscollegelon. Get event invites & updates ➡️

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🎉 This morning we celebrated the achievements of this year's cohort of King's Parliamentary Research Interns at the House of Lords - many congratulations to you all!

➡️ Find out more about this unique programme: https://t.co/SRCU11HkLE

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🌲 Can public deliberation help shape climate & Net Zero policy?

Our new report w/ Dotiau for @WelshGovernment explores the potential for using deliberative approaches to involve the public in developing Net Zero and climate related policies in Wales.

➡️ https://t.co/UvdpnWBRgk

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"...there is a wider moral purpose for delivering on Labour’s promises today. A lack of delivery breeds cynicism about democracy, which in turn fuels populism"

@thestrandgroup's @MLClem writes in @FT about what the Blair era can teach us about improving public services

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Lessons in delivering change for a restless electorate https://t.co/ccrKDv98wB | opinion

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"Data is like people. If you torture it for long enough, it’ll tell you more or less whatever you want to hear"

@mike_t_sanders speaking to @Independent about the consequences of dishonesty in behavioural science

➡️ https://t.co/Gu38RbbK6b

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“The extreme challenges people face... ultimately, it takes a toll on people’s mental health and wellbeing”

New research by Tianne Haggar and @HannaKienzler calls for a more humane asylum system that prioritises dignity over deterrence

➡️https://t.co/K8BSBeL2yU

[Bobby Duffy @BobbyDuffyKings]

New report from @kingshealth and @policyatkings - clinical academics have declined as a % of the medical workforce just when we really need their innovation and the better care outcomes they produce
@kingscollegelondon

https://t.co/SD43h3L0jk

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“To secure a resilient, equitable, and innovation-led NHS, we must stop treating university health partnerships as important but a second-order priority, and start treating them as urgent and vital.”

- Prof Graham Lord, co-author of the report

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NEW: NHS research and innovation at risk if academic partnerships deprioritised

Our new report with @kingshealth warns university health partnerships are in danger of being sidelined despite saving lives & boosting the economy

➡️ https://t.co/JFNV0oUx5x

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Why we need to prioritise them:

👉 The number of clinical academics in the medical workforce is down 27% since 2012

👉 The 2025/26 NHS operational planning guidance does not mention research once

[School for Government @kcl_sfg]

"When policymakers spend enough time discussing the nature of the problem with their counterparts from across Whitehall they pave the way to successful collaboration"

Our Associate Prof Olga Siemers in @public_finance_ on cross-government collaboration

➡️https://t.co/FgYv10V7rf

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🔗 This is part of out research programme on the future of higher education ➡️ https://t.co/Tbva9wAJ5W

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☀️ This morning we're discussing what the UK can learn from trends in European higher education

Thanks for joining us, Prof Christofer Edling, Prof Yves Flückiger, Prof Christian Gollier, Prof Sascha Spoun, Prof Cisca Wijmenga, Prof Shitij Kapur & Prof Dame Alison Wolf DBE

[Bobby Duffy @BobbyDuffyKings]

Brilliant panel of European university leaders in conversation with Alison Wolf on common and distinct challenges - such a variety of systems driven by long histories, but just about all facing political, leadership or financial crises @KingsCollegeLon @policyatkings

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Great to hear @StanfordCDDRL Jim Fishkin talk about his new book https://t.co/YpBPpCrIcB and how to create a more deliberative society. Looking forward to publishing @TrinityChall six-country deliberative poll on #AMR soon! Thanks @policyatkings

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Packed house for the great Prof Jim Fishkin talking about his new book on how deliberation can help cure the ills of democracy, joint event with @Ipsos_in_the_UK and @policyatkings

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Tonight we & @Ipsos_in_the_UK are joined by Prof James Fishkin & Dr Ceri Davies-Tyrie to discuss James' new book, Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?, asking how we reconnect the will of the people and political outcomes in modern democracies

➡️ https://t.co/0wozvdB4Ka

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"In the recent past, the mantra was straightforward. America innovates, Europe regulates, and China imitates" – but times have changed, writes
@Bkerrychina

Catch up on how China is mobilising its universities to transition to a high-tech economy
https://t.co/LbmOrNH1rO

[School for Government @kcl_sfg]

🎓 Study with us: Executive education

Rooted in pioneering evidence-based research and informed by leading expertise, our executive education programme equips learners to maximise impact professionally.

⬇️ Find out more

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