Great Britain
Strategy
The National Adaptation Programme: making the country resilient to a changing climate
This report outlines the United Kingdom's policy and action-based responses to changing climates.
Report
How Twitter is changing modern policing: the case of the Woolwich aftermath
Twitter has transformed people’s response to crimes and how they engage with authorities like the police. Never was the changing nature of communication clearer than after the vicious attack on Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Twitter became a first port of call for many eye witnesses, while the perpetrators actively goaded onlookers into sharing evidence...
Report
Threat assessment of child sexual exploitation and abuse
This report examines current and emerging threats posed to children in the United Kingdom from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and also threats to children abroad from UK nationals, with a focus on online activity. Introduction Aim & scope 1. Last year the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre published its first annual Threat...
Strategy
Improving access for research and policy: the government response to the report of the Administrative Data Taskforce
This is the government’s initial response to the recommendations from The UK Administrative Data Research Network: Improving Access for Research and Policy (53), the report of the Administrative Data Taskforce (ADT). The UK government broadly supports the recommendations and will work with the research community to support the use and reuse of de-identified administrative data...
Report
Evidence for the frontline
This UK report explores what can be drawn from the advances across a range of fields to mobilise research knowledge more effectively across social policy and practice.