Every 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.
Large language models and generative AI are offering an alternative to Google and again appear to have the potential to dramatically improve evidence synthesis, in an instant bringing together large bodies of knowledge and making it available to policy-makers, members of parliament or indeed the public.
Upgrading our homes – why the UK needs new institutions to support the net zero transition, mobilising intelligence as much as money Download the report in PDF format Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan and Jeremy Williams All over the world countries are trying to shift their homes to more efficient, less carbon intensive sources – an essential part of strategies to get to Net Zero – and campaigners regularly take direct action to prompt more decisive action. But shifting homes to become more energy efficient is not easy, with barriers of finance, skill...
From September 2023, IPPO will begin a series of public, online events on new methods for mobilising evidence for greatest impact, to guide researchers, policymakers and intermediaries. Details for every session will be updated here. Please also sign up to our newsletter to get further insight into all of our work. New Digital Tools For Linking Evidence to Action This discussion will explore how new tools are improving our ability to synthesise evidence and more clearly connect research evidence with public policy outcomes. Our speakers are: September 5th, 2023: 14:00-15:00. Watch the...
