ippr Think Tank of the Year 2007
Public Policy Research
Formerly New EconomyEdited by:
Georgina Kyriacou, Guy Lodge and Andrew Pendleton
Public Policy Research is the quarterly journal of the Institute for Public Policy Research. Public Policy Research features policy-relevant and politically savvy essays about the major issues in the news and those rising up the political agenda, and includes original research and analysis. It publishes the finest international writers and thinkers, including academics, practitioners, and politicians, to provide a platform for topical, intellectual and evidence-based debate. By placing policy issues in a global context, it reaches beyond Westminster and the UK.
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Thinking for Tomorrow
Thinking for Tomorrow is a unique space where ippr presents big-picture thinking on a range of policy questions. Thinking for Tomorrow will commission some of the most important academic, political and cultural figures to address big questions beyond the confines of daily political debate.
Using a variety of formats - essays, speeches, 'podcasts' and roundtables - Thinking for Tomorrow will offer reflections on some of the major social challenges and key trends that will face policymakers in decades to come, from security to climate change and religion to economics.
For more information on Thinking for Tomorrow, please click here.
Public Policy Research are pleased to offer you free access to the recently published article Mayors Rule by Michael Kenny and Guy Lodge.
ippr Think Tank of the Year 2007
In October 2007, ippr became the first ever think tank to win the Prospect Magazine 'Think Tank of the Year' Award for the second time. In the Great Hall at Kings College, ippr Co-Director Lisa Harker was presented with the award by Schools Secretary Ed Balls MP. Explaining the judges' decision, David Walker, editor of the Guardian's Public Magazine, explained that ippr was now a 'household name' and cited ippr's outstanding reports like Freedom's Orphans , States of Reason, Britain's Immigrants: an Economic Profile and Whitehall's Black Box. The last time ippr won was in 2001.
Free Online Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.
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Latest Issue - Volume 15, Issue 4
Escaping climate policy Groundhog Day
Matthew Lockwood, Andrew Pendleton
What's posterity ever done for me? On strategy in government
Geoff Mulgan
Child protection: crisis management or learning curve?
Ruth Gardner, Marian Brandon
The case for care
Martin Narey
Ratings war?
Avinash Persaud
After the credit crunch: the future of sustainable investing
Nick Robins, Cary Krosinsky
A welfare state as valued as the NHS: the progressive case for reform
James Purnell
Obama: The first 100 days
Marcellus Andrews, Ted Marmor, Nicolaus Mills, Michael Walzer, Christine Stansell, Sean Wilentz, Ellen DuBois
The road to progressive taxation
Richard Murphy
Detaching youth work to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm
Adam Fletcher, Chris Bonnell
Benchmarking and the bottom line
Matti Siemiatycki
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'A leading forum for contemporary debate about critical policy problems and solutions.'
Pippa Norris, United Nations Development Programme and Harvard University
'Policy debates are often conducted in a language and style that either oversimplifies the issues or alienates those who would otherwise take an interest. Public Policy Research bridges this gap by inviting thinkers from various disciplines to tackle important and complex questions in a way that makes sense to a broader readership.'
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
'Public Policy Research brings a refreshing, clear-headed analysis to key issues of public policy.'
David Willetts MP
