Organisation
Bennett Institute for Public Policy
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Report
Understanding progress in a changing society
How has digital technology affected two key aspects of daily life - transport and finance? This report scopes each sector's remaining open questions and sets out policy and regulatory implications for people’s life experiences,
Briefing paper
Climate law and public policy innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals: accelerating pre-CoP27 Paris Agreement compliance
The science is clear. Human activities, particularly rising emissions levels due to fossil fuel combustion and other embedded high carbon intensity economic systems, are causing dangerous consequences. This paper argues that institutes of all kinds must play a critical role in scaling up contributions to build climate change action.
Policy report
What is the value of data? A review of empirical methods
The widespread availability of data and analytics has extended into the public sector and policy-making. This policy brief summarises the various methods being used in practice to value datasets and how they compare.
Working paper
You’re not speaking my language: policy discontinuity and coordination gaps between the UK’s national economic strategies and its place-based policies
Lack of consistency and coordination has long been noted as a failing of UK government policies, but it has previously been difficult to assess the extent of the policy discontinuity. In this paper, the authors present evidence from text analysis of a startling lack of coordination in government policy with a special focus on the...
Briefing paper
Policy brief: Crypto, Web3 and the metaverse
This policy brief offers a clear explanation of the core concepts of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, web3, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse, and the policy implications.