This report brings together the results of an investigation into how best to measure social and cultural infrastructure. It develops a framework for measuring the assets, facilities and spaces that make up shared social and cultural infrastructure, and considers its practical applications for a range of organisations.

In early 2022, the UK Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, the main science advisory body to the Prime Minister, commissioned an independent review from the British Academy of science and public trust within the policy-making system. This report summarises the findings of the review.

This report focuses on the role of two important and connected aspects of governance: leadership and people. The authors of this report argue that the interaction between leadership and the public is critical to the success of any net-zero policy and should be a significant factor in any process for successfully developing and implementing net-zero...

Research in the SHAPE disciplines (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy) has led to significant innovation and impact across society, according to this report - commissioned by the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences.

‘Health policy’ is a slippery concept. In Britain, since the establishment of the National Health Service, it has often come to be associated only with the NHS, but it has a longer running and wider history. Health policy both predates the NHS and goes beyond it. This report provides an analytical overview of the history...