Public policy

New Cambridge ‘crime harm index’ published today quantifies true cost of crime: damage caused to victims and society. Experts call on UK government...

Research commissioned by government following housing benefit reforms finds increase in tenants self-selecting to downsize, but the areas hardest hit...

Evidence shows that experts are frequently fallible, say leading risk researchers, and policy makers should not act on expert advice without using...

Analysing graduate earnings using anonymous administrative data can show how earnings vary for graduates and indicate which skills are in short...

Dr Finbarr Livesey – University lecturer and Deputy Director of the MPhil in Public Policy – submitted research to Parliament’s recent report on...

Assigning an economic value to the benefits which nature provides might not always promote the conservation of biodiversity, and in some cases may...

Healthier diets and reducing food waste are part of a combination of solutions needed to ensure food security and avoid dangerous climate change, say...

Four new targets have been added to the University of Cambridge’s Strategic Research Initiative program, which fosters multi-disciplinary...