How Society-Wide Conversations Help Us Tackle Complex Problems, Such as Net Zero
Around the world, policymakers are reconciling the long-term need to tackle climate change with public backlash against policies that would ensure a path to Net Zero.
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Society-Wide Conversation As a Mode of Democratic Engagement
Read moreAround the world, policymakers are reconciling the long-term need to tackle climate change with public backlash against policies that would ensure a path to Net Zero. In this review of ‘Society-Wide Conversations’, our partner INGSA explores how national debates over controversial issues of social change have come about, and their outcomes.
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Time Poor, Knowledge Rich: How to Access to Relevant Evidence In A Crisis
Read moreOne way to capture the flood of research during the pandemic was to gather and organise information using evidence synthesis methods, such as an evidence map. During the pandemic, I worked at the EPPI Centre developing their Living Map of systematic reviews of social research focused on COVID-19, as part of the IPPO partnership.
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How to Hold a Difficult Conversation With a Whole Society
Read moreEvery democracy at times has to make difficult decisions – making sacrifices or accepting restraints in the longer-term interest of the community. Sometimes these choices are thrown up by emergencies like wars and pandemics. Sometimes they are thrown up by slower moving crises, like reforming pensions or committing to multi-decade strategies on net zero.
