The Policy Institute
Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
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- 🏆 This year's Policy Idol Final is set to be a night to remember, with King's student finalists pitching their best policy ideas to to Baroness Deborah Mattinson, Baroness Louise Casey, Lord David Willetts, & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social 📺 Livestream tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-ido...
- Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to support new health policy research on Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. 📆 Apply by 10 February ➡️ www.directtemping.com/jobs/show/17...
- 📺 Catch our @annetteboaz.bsky.social speaking with the Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital about how research can make a real difference across health and disability services 📆 Tuesday 24 February ➡️ hollandbloorview.ca/research-edu...
- 📺 ICYMI "if you wanted to create a housing crisis you would have just done... what we've done in Britain for the last 45 years" 172,420 homeless children in England are now living in temporary accommodation. Catch up on our recent event on this deepening crisis ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
- 👀 ICYMI 📘 In January, we published a paper by Lord David Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office, arguing that a new approach to regulation could unlock innovation and drive the economic growth Britain needs.
- 💡 Today, the School for Government in the Policy Institute announces the Cash Lab, a new research centre conducting randomised trials to test whether giving people direct financial support – without conditions on how they spend it – can break the cycle of poverty and improve outcomes. 🧵⬇️
- 📊 In partnership with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social, we carried out polling for this new report from the UK Clean Power Taskforce, chaired by former energy minister Chris Skidmore and chair of @thecccuk.bsky.social Nigel Topping. Read about the public's energy concerns and more ⬇️
- Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our Evidence Development and Incubation Team, which partners with government departments, public bodies, charities and other organisations to understand the impact of their work Apply by 16 February ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136005-...
- EVENT: Religious revival or statistical mirage? Join us, Humanists UK, Conrad Hackett, Prof David Voas & Madeleine Davies to ask if religion really is making a comeback among young people, as headlines suggest, or if there's more to this story than meets the eye ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...
- "Many recent surveys have pointed to a Christian resurgence among young adults in the United Kingdom. This narrative, however, may be misleading" Ahead of our event on this next week, @conradhackett.bsky.social looks at the evidence for claims there has been a "quiet revival" in religious belief
- ⬇️ NEXT WEEK 🗞️ Recent headlines paint a striking picture of religious resurgence in Britain. From reports of a "quiet revival" to claims of a youth-led return to Christianity in the US, the narrative suggests a reversal of the long-term secularisation trend. ⁉️ But do the numbers actually add up?
- EVENT: Religious revival or statistical mirage? Join us, Humanists UK, Conrad Hackett, Prof David Voas & Madeleine Davies to ask if religion really is making a comeback among young people, as headlines suggest, or if there's more to this story than meets the eye ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...
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- 🚀 Are you the next big voice in policy? Join Policy Idol and share your solutions with influential leaders! 🌍 Open top all King's College London students ➡️ Apply by 31 Jan: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poli...
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- Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our Evidence Development and Incubation Team, which partners with government departments, public bodies, charities and other organisations to understand the impact of their work Apply by 16 February ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136005-...
- Along with @demos-uk.bsky.social and the Centre for British Democracy, we're partnering with the Home Affairs Committee to deliver a series of "citizen-assembly style" events where the public can come together and debate the trade-offs between legal migration and economic growth 📈 🛂
- Reposted by The Policy Institute📣 LATEST DIVERGENCE TRACKER OUT NOW 📣 📈 This report by @jreland.bsky.social clearly outlines how UK and EU rules and regulations have diverged in the period Oct-Dec 2025 🔍 And identifies the key trends driving regulatory alignment and divergence between the UK & EU 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...
- EVENT: Religious revival or statistical mirage? Join us, Humanists UK, Conrad Hackett, Prof David Voas & Madeleine Davies to ask if religion really is making a comeback among young people, as headlines suggest, or if there's more to this story than meets the eye ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1...
- "children in temporary accommodation experience higher levels of illness... much of this harm stems from the quality and design of the accommodation" Karren Torres at our event last week, on the individual impacts of the UK's child homelessness crisis Full video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
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- 🙏 Is there a religious revival underway among young people – or is it just a statistical mirage? @bobbyduffy.bsky.social writes about this growing debate ahead of an event we're hosting next week with experts from Pew Research Center and UCL
- 📘 Catch up on our latest report, from Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office David Willetts, who argues a new approach to regulation can unlock innovation and drive the economic growth Britain needs 💡 ⬇️
- "this new training on personal and police safety significantly reduces the likelihood that officers are using force between 8 and 11%" @michael-sanders.bsky.social on our 2025 study which resulted in 92,000 fewer uses of force by police per year in England and Wales ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/restori...
- "There are kids in schools in South London where 25% of the kids attending are homeless... in one case 50%" @kwajo.bsky.social earlier this week at our event on the unseen scale of the UK's child homelessness crisis Full video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
- "numbers... like words, like letters, are the gateway skill to unlocking opportunity" Rishi Sunak & Akshata Murty on BBC Breakfast this week discussing the Richmond Project's Number Nation, the UK’s largest ever survey into attitudes towards numbers, in which we are leading on qualitative research
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- Today we're sharing findings from our Hopeful Futures project, in which London residents took part in a series of deliberative workshops to develop a vision of what a London that is well-adapted to climate change could look like in 2050 and the steps to get there. ⬇️ Key findings
- "I think if you wanted to create a housing crisis you would have just done to the letter what we've done in Britain for the last 45 years" @danielhewittitv.bsky.social earlier this week at our event on the the UK's growing crisis of child homelessness Full video ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
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- NEW: In his latest paper for the Policy Institute, Lord David Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office, sets out his vision for how smarter regulation that balances safety with economic opportunity can boost UK growth ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/lord-wi... Key points 🧵⬇️
- 🚨 We're calling all King's College London students to share their best policy ideas! 💸 Share your idea with the world and win cash prizes! ➡️ Apply by 31 Jan: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poli...
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- Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to support a number of projects in our Evidence Development and Incubation Team. Apply by 22 January ➡️ www.directtemping.com/jobs/...
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- A full house tonight, exploring the causes and solutions to the UK's deepening child homelessness crisis with @kbrickell.bsky.social, @michael-sanders.bsky.social, @kwajo.bsky.social, @danielhewittitv.bsky.social, and Karen Torres Alarcón. 📺 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=taox...
- "For every person who experiences profound thankfulness for being alive, there’s another who never feels it at all" @bobbyduffy.bsky.social and King-Ho Leung write for the @bigissue.com about our study exploring some of the public's deepest emotional experiences – from gratitude to awe and wonder
- “Though 90% of UK adults agree that being able to use numbers is an important skill... 23% of respondents reported feeling ‘overwhelmed or anxious’ when doing calculations” We're excited to be part of The Richmond Project's Number Nation, the UK’s largest ever survey into attitudes towards numbers
- 🗓️ TOMORROW: No place like home? The crisis of child homelessness in the UK The latest figures reveal 172,420 homeless children in England are now living in temporary accommodation Join us to explore the solutions needed to end to child homelessness in the UK ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/no-pla...
- Come work with us! We are looking for a Research Assistant to support a number of projects in our Evidence Development and Incubation Team. 🗓️ Apply by 22 January ➡️ www.directtemping.com/jobs/show/17...
- 💡 We’re pleased to be joining Evidence Exchange, a new national network led by the Centre for Science and Policy at @cam.ac.uk, to enable civil and public servants to learn and connect with research organisations. Find out more ➡️ www.csap.cam.ac.uk/new-national...
- 🚨 We're calling all King's College London students to share their best policy ideas with us! 💸 Share your idea with the world and win cash prizes! ➡️ Apply by 31 Jan: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poli...
- 🚨 Next week Join us and leading campaigners, journalists, and researchers to explore the practical, political and long-term solutions needed to end the deepening crisis of child homelessness in the UK. ⬇️
- 🔊 "It recognises that actually they're probably the best people to make decisions for themselves" Hannah Piggott spoke to BBC Radio 4 about our trial evaluating the impact of a £2,000 unconditional cash transfer to people experiencing homelessness, conducted with @homelessnessimpact.bsky.social
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- 🚀 Are you the next big voice in policy? Join Policy Idol and share your solutions with influential leaders! 🌍 Open to all King's College London students ➡️ Apply by Jan 31: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poli...
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