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August 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Now the Bennett Institute for Public Policy is the Bennett School of Public Policy, follow us on our new Bluesky account where we've just posted about our latest podcast episode on #migration
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Today, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy, @cam.ac.uk
The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared.
Please now follow our work here.
The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared.
Please now follow our work here.
August 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Today, the Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy, @cam.ac.uk
The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared.
Please now follow our work here.
The Bennett School will continue to conduct leading public policy research, teaching & engagement, for the right kind of growth fairly shared.
Please now follow our work here.
The English devolution bill marks a major shift in how England is governed, with more powers for mayors & local areas—but concerns remain over accountability & local voice.
@alwalker.bsky.social explores this big moment for the governance of England.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/english...
@alwalker.bsky.social explores this big moment for the governance of England.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/english...
July 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The English devolution bill marks a major shift in how England is governed, with more powers for mayors & local areas—but concerns remain over accountability & local voice.
@alwalker.bsky.social explores this big moment for the governance of England.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/english...
@alwalker.bsky.social explores this big moment for the governance of England.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/english...
Populist politics is on the rise—from Trump to Reform UK.
Why? It's not just economic hardship or distrust in elites.
In a new blog, Rosa Marks argues something deeper is at play: the collapse of social & cultural infrastructure. 🧵
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
Why? It's not just economic hardship or distrust in elites.
In a new blog, Rosa Marks argues something deeper is at play: the collapse of social & cultural infrastructure. 🧵
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
July 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Populist politics is on the rise—from Trump to Reform UK.
Why? It's not just economic hardship or distrust in elites.
In a new blog, Rosa Marks argues something deeper is at play: the collapse of social & cultural infrastructure. 🧵
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
Why? It's not just economic hardship or distrust in elites.
In a new blog, Rosa Marks argues something deeper is at play: the collapse of social & cultural infrastructure. 🧵
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
. @michaelkenny.bsky.social recently visited the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Highlights included:
🌐 A keynote at the Lien International Conference
📚 A talk to NCPA Executive Master students
🤝 Productive dialogues with NCPA scholars
Highlights included:
🌐 A keynote at the Lien International Conference
📚 A talk to NCPA Executive Master students
🤝 Productive dialogues with NCPA scholars
July 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
. @michaelkenny.bsky.social recently visited the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Highlights included:
🌐 A keynote at the Lien International Conference
📚 A talk to NCPA Executive Master students
🤝 Productive dialogues with NCPA scholars
Highlights included:
🌐 A keynote at the Lien International Conference
📚 A talk to NCPA Executive Master students
🤝 Productive dialogues with NCPA scholars
🎙️What’s the value of speaking other languages?
In this month’s Crossing Channels, Wendy Ayres-Bennett points out a major AI issue: big languages dominate training data, so smaller languages & dialects get left behind. That’s a problem.
🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#AI #Multilingualism #podcast @iast.fr
In this month’s Crossing Channels, Wendy Ayres-Bennett points out a major AI issue: big languages dominate training data, so smaller languages & dialects get left behind. That’s a problem.
🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#AI #Multilingualism #podcast @iast.fr
July 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🎙️What’s the value of speaking other languages?
In this month’s Crossing Channels, Wendy Ayres-Bennett points out a major AI issue: big languages dominate training data, so smaller languages & dialects get left behind. That’s a problem.
🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#AI #Multilingualism #podcast @iast.fr
In this month’s Crossing Channels, Wendy Ayres-Bennett points out a major AI issue: big languages dominate training data, so smaller languages & dialects get left behind. That’s a problem.
🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#AI #Multilingualism #podcast @iast.fr
From pubs to populism: what the decline of community space means for democracy
Rosa Marks explores how rebuilding social & cultural infrastructure can help reverse the UK’s slide into distrust, division & populist politics?
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Rosa Marks explores how rebuilding social & cultural infrastructure can help reverse the UK’s slide into distrust, division & populist politics?
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
From pubs to populism: what the decline of community space means for democracy
Rosa Marks explores how rebuilding social & cultural infrastructure can help reverse the UK’s slide into distrust, division & populist politics?
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
Rosa Marks explores how rebuilding social & cultural infrastructure can help reverse the UK’s slide into distrust, division & populist politics?
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...
@britishacademy.bsky.social
At our latest Brown Bag, affiliated researcher Helen Johnson shared new work on social clustering & its impact on disease risk. Clustered unvaccinated groups are driving measles risk. A UNICEF-backed model shows ignoring this can underestimate outbreaks 10-fold. Targeted strategies are essential.
July 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
At our latest Brown Bag, affiliated researcher Helen Johnson shared new work on social clustering & its impact on disease risk. Clustered unvaccinated groups are driving measles risk. A UNICEF-backed model shows ignoring this can underestimate outbreaks 10-fold. Targeted strategies are essential.
New blog: As trust in government wanes, devolution must empower citizens & their neighbourhoods. Without tackling deep-rooted inequalities with real local powers & investment, initiatives like the Plan for Neighbourhoods may fall short.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
July 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New blog: As trust in government wanes, devolution must empower citizens & their neighbourhoods. Without tackling deep-rooted inequalities with real local powers & investment, initiatives like the Plan for Neighbourhoods may fall short.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
Devolution must empower citizens & neighbourhoods—but without addressing spatial inequalities via stronger local powers, investment & accountability, efforts like the Plan for Neighbourhoods may fall short, write Geoff White, Colin Warnock & Peter Tyler www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
July 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Devolution must empower citizens & neighbourhoods—but without addressing spatial inequalities via stronger local powers, investment & accountability, efforts like the Plan for Neighbourhoods may fall short, write Geoff White, Colin Warnock & Peter Tyler www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/making-...
New blog on how the Renters’ Rights Bill could improve private renters’ mental health
Private renters face mental health risks due to tenancy uncertainty. Marco Felici explores how banning "no fault” evictions in the UK’s Renters’ Rights Bill could help
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/renters...
Private renters face mental health risks due to tenancy uncertainty. Marco Felici explores how banning "no fault” evictions in the UK’s Renters’ Rights Bill could help
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/renters...
July 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New blog on how the Renters’ Rights Bill could improve private renters’ mental health
Private renters face mental health risks due to tenancy uncertainty. Marco Felici explores how banning "no fault” evictions in the UK’s Renters’ Rights Bill could help
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/renters...
Private renters face mental health risks due to tenancy uncertainty. Marco Felici explores how banning "no fault” evictions in the UK’s Renters’ Rights Bill could help
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/renters...
🎙️What is the value of speaking other languages?
"We're in a current geopolitical situation where we need to be able to speak other languages... & that works through things like soft power & diplomacy as well social cohesion, conflict resolution."— Wendy Bennett
🎧https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast
"We're in a current geopolitical situation where we need to be able to speak other languages... & that works through things like soft power & diplomacy as well social cohesion, conflict resolution."— Wendy Bennett
🎧https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast
July 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🎙️What is the value of speaking other languages?
"We're in a current geopolitical situation where we need to be able to speak other languages... & that works through things like soft power & diplomacy as well social cohesion, conflict resolution."— Wendy Bennett
🎧https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast
"We're in a current geopolitical situation where we need to be able to speak other languages... & that works through things like soft power & diplomacy as well social cohesion, conflict resolution."— Wendy Bennett
🎧https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast
. @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social calls for new frameworks to better measure & manage data’s role in innovation, AI, & economic development, to inform policy & ensure fair value distribution at @wipo.int conference in Geneva.
Watch: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/rethink...
Watch: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/rethink...
July 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
. @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social calls for new frameworks to better measure & manage data’s role in innovation, AI, & economic development, to inform policy & ensure fair value distribution at @wipo.int conference in Geneva.
Watch: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/rethink...
Watch: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/rethink...
🎙️New episode of Crossing Channels out today!
What’s the value of speaking other languages?
Wendy Ayres-Bennett & Benjamin Pitt join Richard Westcott to explore how the languages we speak shape our identity, thinking, relationships—& even our economies.
🔗https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast @iast.fr
What’s the value of speaking other languages?
Wendy Ayres-Bennett & Benjamin Pitt join Richard Westcott to explore how the languages we speak shape our identity, thinking, relationships—& even our economies.
🔗https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
#podcast @iast.fr
July 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Calling all university administrators! We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to work at the new @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
💻Lead teaching & course operations
👩🏽Manage a team
⚙️Help shape academic policies & processes
Apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
💻Lead teaching & course operations
👩🏽Manage a team
⚙️Help shape academic policies & processes
Apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
July 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Calling all university administrators! We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to work at the new @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
💻Lead teaching & course operations
👩🏽Manage a team
⚙️Help shape academic policies & processes
Apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
💻Lead teaching & course operations
👩🏽Manage a team
⚙️Help shape academic policies & processes
Apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
Thank you to our Advisory Council for meeting yesterday & offering valuable guidance as the Bennett Institute prepares to become the Bennett School of Public Policy—expanding our teaching, research & engagement to address today’s pressing public policy challenges in an increasingly turbulent world.
July 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you to our Advisory Council for meeting yesterday & offering valuable guidance as the Bennett Institute prepares to become the Bennett School of Public Policy—expanding our teaching, research & engagement to address today’s pressing public policy challenges in an increasingly turbulent world.
We're hiring a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to join the @bennettschool.bsky.social
You'll lead teaching & learning support, manage admissions & course operations, & help shape the policies & processes behind our academic programmes.
Apply by 9 July
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
You'll lead teaching & learning support, manage admissions & course operations, & help shape the policies & processes behind our academic programmes.
Apply by 9 July
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We're hiring a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to join the @bennettschool.bsky.social
You'll lead teaching & learning support, manage admissions & course operations, & help shape the policies & processes behind our academic programmes.
Apply by 9 July
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
You'll lead teaching & learning support, manage admissions & course operations, & help shape the policies & processes behind our academic programmes.
Apply by 9 July
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
📸 A productive & inspiring team away day!
Team Bennett is hard at work planning for the exciting opening of @bennettschool.bsky.social this October 2025 - under the leadership of @michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
#Research #Teaching #Engagement #Impact
Team Bennett is hard at work planning for the exciting opening of @bennettschool.bsky.social this October 2025 - under the leadership of @michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
#Research #Teaching #Engagement #Impact
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📸 A productive & inspiring team away day!
Team Bennett is hard at work planning for the exciting opening of @bennettschool.bsky.social this October 2025 - under the leadership of @michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
#Research #Teaching #Engagement #Impact
Team Bennett is hard at work planning for the exciting opening of @bennettschool.bsky.social this October 2025 - under the leadership of @michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
#Research #Teaching #Engagement #Impact
✨NEW BLOG✨ As the US & China battle for AI dominance,
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.
➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.
➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
✨NEW BLOG✨ As the US & China battle for AI dominance,
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.
➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...
@alturobov.bsky.social examines how ASEAN is executing a patient & collaborative grand strategy that is transforming Southeast Asia into a pivotal force in international AI policy.
➡️ www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/aseans-...
Congrats to @beamishmuseum.bsky.social, winners of Art Fund's #MuseumOfTheYear
A great example of how social & cultural infrastructure supports communities & economies
Our framework can help capture that value👇
🔗https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-of-social-and-cultural-infrastructure/
A great example of how social & cultural infrastructure supports communities & economies
Our framework can help capture that value👇
🔗https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-of-social-and-cultural-infrastructure/
June 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Congrats to @beamishmuseum.bsky.social, winners of Art Fund's #MuseumOfTheYear
A great example of how social & cultural infrastructure supports communities & economies
Our framework can help capture that value👇
🔗https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-of-social-and-cultural-infrastructure/
A great example of how social & cultural infrastructure supports communities & economies
Our framework can help capture that value👇
🔗https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-of-social-and-cultural-infrastructure/
Tune in today to watch @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social in a panel discussion on "The future of philosophy and economics in the age of AI". Hosted by @unibayreuth.bsky.social
🕒3.15pm (GMT)
👀Online
Watch here: mms.uni-bayreuth.de/Panopto/Page...
🕒3.15pm (GMT)
👀Online
Watch here: mms.uni-bayreuth.de/Panopto/Page...
June 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Tune in today to watch @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social in a panel discussion on "The future of philosophy and economics in the age of AI". Hosted by @unibayreuth.bsky.social
🕒3.15pm (GMT)
👀Online
Watch here: mms.uni-bayreuth.de/Panopto/Page...
🕒3.15pm (GMT)
👀Online
Watch here: mms.uni-bayreuth.de/Panopto/Page...
🧵1/ Artificial Intelligence could transform UK public services — but it must be introduced responsibly to avoid damaging public trust, experts warn.
A new report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Wendy Hall calls for urgent action. 👇
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
A new report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Wendy Hall calls for urgent action. 👇
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🧵1/ Artificial Intelligence could transform UK public services — but it must be introduced responsibly to avoid damaging public trust, experts warn.
A new report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Wendy Hall calls for urgent action. 👇
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
A new report by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Wendy Hall calls for urgent action. 👇
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications...
📢 New report from the Bennett Institute & the Web Science Institute, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, explores how AI can serve the public good—covering admin justice, place, public health & market failure. Based on 4 cross-sector workshops in 2024.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-...
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-...
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
📢 New report from the Bennett Institute & the Web Science Institute, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, explores how AI can serve the public good—covering admin justice, place, public health & market failure. Based on 4 cross-sector workshops in 2024.
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-...
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-...
📣Calling all university administrators
We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to oversee all teaching & learning support for the Bennett School of Public Policy's growing academic programmes.
📅See job details & apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to oversee all teaching & learning support for the Bennett School of Public Policy's growing academic programmes.
📅See job details & apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
June 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📣Calling all university administrators
We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to oversee all teaching & learning support for the Bennett School of Public Policy's growing academic programmes.
📅See job details & apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
We're looking for a Teaching & Learning Coordinator to oversee all teaching & learning support for the Bennett School of Public Policy's growing academic programmes.
📅See job details & apply by 9 July 2025
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
🚨Job Alert: We’re looking for a dynamic Teaching & Learning Coordinator to support established & newly developed postgraduate programmes at the new Bennett School of Public Policy.
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
🔗 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
🔗 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
June 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨Job Alert: We’re looking for a dynamic Teaching & Learning Coordinator to support established & newly developed postgraduate programmes at the new Bennett School of Public Policy.
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
🔗 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
🗓️ Apply by 9 July 2025
🔗 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...