Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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Join @michaelkenny.bsky.social for an informal conversation & Q&A with @mikemcnair.bsky.social about his career, his advice & his top tips for creating a great career in policy.
Thu 27 Nov 2025
6-7pm
@fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social
All welcome—please register: www.tickettailor.com/events/fitzw...
Thu 27 Nov 2025
6-7pm
@fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social
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November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Join @michaelkenny.bsky.social for an informal conversation & Q&A with @mikemcnair.bsky.social about his career, his advice & his top tips for creating a great career in policy.
Thu 27 Nov 2025
6-7pm
@fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social
All welcome—please register: www.tickettailor.com/events/fitzw...
Thu 27 Nov 2025
6-7pm
@fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social
All welcome—please register: www.tickettailor.com/events/fitzw...
We're delighted to welcome Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social to deliver our annual lecture on Public Policy in an Age of Disruption - chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We're delighted to welcome Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social to deliver our annual lecture on Public Policy in an Age of Disruption - chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
Nine years of G20 AI policy shows steady cooperation—not an ‘AI arms race’.
In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social examines how the G20 has built a cooperative, sector-based AI governance model that avoids great-power tensions but ignores deeper economic power issues.
Read: bit.ly/48pXbl6
In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social examines how the G20 has built a cooperative, sector-based AI governance model that avoids great-power tensions but ignores deeper economic power issues.
Read: bit.ly/48pXbl6
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nine years of G20 AI policy shows steady cooperation—not an ‘AI arms race’.
In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social examines how the G20 has built a cooperative, sector-based AI governance model that avoids great-power tensions but ignores deeper economic power issues.
Read: bit.ly/48pXbl6
In a new blog, @alturobov.bsky.social examines how the G20 has built a cooperative, sector-based AI governance model that avoids great-power tensions but ignores deeper economic power issues.
Read: bit.ly/48pXbl6
The UK’s fragmented approach to AI sovereignty creates vulnerabilities, warn @cam.ac.uk experts.
Only a fully integrated strategy—linking research, industrial policy & procurement—can secure the domestic AI capabilities needed to shape the nation’s economy, security & democracy.
bit.ly/3XoJblH
Only a fully integrated strategy—linking research, industrial policy & procurement—can secure the domestic AI capabilities needed to shape the nation’s economy, security & democracy.
bit.ly/3XoJblH
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The UK’s fragmented approach to AI sovereignty creates vulnerabilities, warn @cam.ac.uk experts.
Only a fully integrated strategy—linking research, industrial policy & procurement—can secure the domestic AI capabilities needed to shape the nation’s economy, security & democracy.
bit.ly/3XoJblH
Only a fully integrated strategy—linking research, industrial policy & procurement—can secure the domestic AI capabilities needed to shape the nation’s economy, security & democracy.
bit.ly/3XoJblH
Digitising transport = real productivity gains
New study by Filip Mandys & Diane Coyle shows modest investments in ICT can boost labour & energy productivity in the transport sector—though the benefits aren’t always evenly shared over time.
Read the blog www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
New study by Filip Mandys & Diane Coyle shows modest investments in ICT can boost labour & energy productivity in the transport sector—though the benefits aren’t always evenly shared over time.
Read the blog www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Digitising transport = real productivity gains
New study by Filip Mandys & Diane Coyle shows modest investments in ICT can boost labour & energy productivity in the transport sector—though the benefits aren’t always evenly shared over time.
Read the blog www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
New study by Filip Mandys & Diane Coyle shows modest investments in ICT can boost labour & energy productivity in the transport sector—though the benefits aren’t always evenly shared over time.
Read the blog www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
New blog: Does investing in ICT boost productivity & energy efficiency in transport?
Yes! Small ICT capital increases yield labour & energy gains; but those modest gains shift over time & aren’t evenly spread, writes Filip Mandys based on new research.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
Yes! Small ICT capital increases yield labour & energy gains; but those modest gains shift over time & aren’t evenly spread, writes Filip Mandys based on new research.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New blog: Does investing in ICT boost productivity & energy efficiency in transport?
Yes! Small ICT capital increases yield labour & energy gains; but those modest gains shift over time & aren’t evenly spread, writes Filip Mandys based on new research.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
Yes! Small ICT capital increases yield labour & energy gains; but those modest gains shift over time & aren’t evenly spread, writes Filip Mandys based on new research.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/digitis...
Read more, view the oral and written evidence, and look at the report:
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-work...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-work...
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Read more, view the oral and written evidence, and look at the report:
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-work...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-work...
They submitted oral & written evidence calling for more research on mental health in the workspace, a more consistent measurement of productivity, & stronger empirical evidence to better know the impact of home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They submitted oral & written evidence calling for more research on mental health in the workspace, a more consistent measurement of productivity, & stronger empirical evidence to better know the impact of home-based working.
Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
New paper: Digitisation & productivity in the transport sector
by Filip Mandys & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social explores how greater investment in information & communication technologies (ICTs) can lead to greater productivity & energy efficiency in the transport sector.
Read: bit.ly/4qW42Kt
by Filip Mandys & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social explores how greater investment in information & communication technologies (ICTs) can lead to greater productivity & energy efficiency in the transport sector.
Read: bit.ly/4qW42Kt
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New paper: Digitisation & productivity in the transport sector
by Filip Mandys & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social explores how greater investment in information & communication technologies (ICTs) can lead to greater productivity & energy efficiency in the transport sector.
Read: bit.ly/4qW42Kt
by Filip Mandys & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social explores how greater investment in information & communication technologies (ICTs) can lead to greater productivity & energy efficiency in the transport sector.
Read: bit.ly/4qW42Kt
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
We're delighted to welcome Dr William Warr OBE as an affiliated researcher.
William studied on the MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge in 2014/15, and is currently Senior Vice President & Global Head of Health Strategy at BioNTech SE.
Read more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/per...
William studied on the MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge in 2014/15, and is currently Senior Vice President & Global Head of Health Strategy at BioNTech SE.
Read more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/per...
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We're delighted to welcome Dr William Warr OBE as an affiliated researcher.
William studied on the MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge in 2014/15, and is currently Senior Vice President & Global Head of Health Strategy at BioNTech SE.
Read more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/per...
William studied on the MPhil in Public Policy at Cambridge in 2014/15, and is currently Senior Vice President & Global Head of Health Strategy at BioNTech SE.
Read more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/per...
Tickets are going fast for this year's Public Policy Lecture w/ Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social discussing "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption", chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
📅 Thu 20 Nov
🕠 17:30 – 19:00
📍 Jesus College
👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
📅 Thu 20 Nov
🕠 17:30 – 19:00
📍 Jesus College
👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tickets are going fast for this year's Public Policy Lecture w/ Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social discussing "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption", chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social
📅 Thu 20 Nov
🕠 17:30 – 19:00
📍 Jesus College
👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
📅 Thu 20 Nov
🕠 17:30 – 19:00
📍 Jesus College
👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
🎙️In this month's podcast, @jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg discuss what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/3497ac
🎧https://pod.fo/e/3497ac
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎙️In this month's podcast, @jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg discuss what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
🎧https://pod.fo/e/3497ac
🎧https://pod.fo/e/3497ac
Join us for the 2025 Public Policy Lecture with Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social on how today’s policymakers can drive growth & prosperity in an age of disruption.
Thu 20 Nov 2025 | 17:30–19:00 | Jesus College, Cambridge
Book your place www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
Thu 20 Nov 2025 | 17:30–19:00 | Jesus College, Cambridge
Book your place www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Join us for the 2025 Public Policy Lecture with Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social on how today’s policymakers can drive growth & prosperity in an age of disruption.
Thu 20 Nov 2025 | 17:30–19:00 | Jesus College, Cambridge
Book your place www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
Thu 20 Nov 2025 | 17:30–19:00 | Jesus College, Cambridge
Book your place www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...
Join us at our virtual open day sessions this morning to find out about our two MPhil programmes running in 2026:
9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Join us at our virtual open day sessions this morning to find out about our two MPhil programmes running in 2026:
9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
9am—MPhil in Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
10am—MPhil in Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register for the joining link: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
Looking to advance your career in public policy?
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Looking to advance your career in public policy?
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions on Tues 4 Nov to hear about our two MPhil programmes:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy w/ @terzibus.bsky.social
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy w/ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
Register & ask your questions
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Check out the inaugural Bennett School of Public Policy e-newsletter!
📸 Launch event photos
🎓 MPhil programmes (2026 apps open)
💡 Research on start-ups & economic growth
🎧 Crossing Channels podcasts
📰 Latest blogs & more!
🗓️ Events
👀 Read: mailchi.mp/bennettschoo...
📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/4nB0Cdm
📸 Launch event photos
🎓 MPhil programmes (2026 apps open)
💡 Research on start-ups & economic growth
🎧 Crossing Channels podcasts
📰 Latest blogs & more!
🗓️ Events
👀 Read: mailchi.mp/bennettschoo...
📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/4nB0Cdm
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Check out the inaugural Bennett School of Public Policy e-newsletter!
📸 Launch event photos
🎓 MPhil programmes (2026 apps open)
💡 Research on start-ups & economic growth
🎧 Crossing Channels podcasts
📰 Latest blogs & more!
🗓️ Events
👀 Read: mailchi.mp/bennettschoo...
📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/4nB0Cdm
📸 Launch event photos
🎓 MPhil programmes (2026 apps open)
💡 Research on start-ups & economic growth
🎧 Crossing Channels podcasts
📰 Latest blogs & more!
🗓️ Events
👀 Read: mailchi.mp/bennettschoo...
📨 Subscribe: bit.ly/4nB0Cdm
New Crossing Channels podcast for November
@jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou debate what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
pod.fo/e/3497ac
@jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou debate what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
pod.fo/e/3497ac
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New Crossing Channels podcast for November
@jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou debate what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
pod.fo/e/3497ac
@jacknewman.bsky.social, Angélique Acquatella & Pinelopi Koujianou debate what really drives inequality — from technology & trade to health & local policy — & how institutions can bridge the gap between national goals & everyday realities.
pod.fo/e/3497ac
Looking to advance your career in public policy?
Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy
Register & ask your questions:
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy
Register & ask your questions:
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Looking to advance your career in public policy?
Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy
Register & ask your questions:
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social for our Virtual Open Day – Tues 4 Nov - to find out more about our two Masters courses:
🕘 9:00 MPhil Public Policy
🕙 10:00 MPhil Digital Policy
Register & ask your questions:
bit.ly/4ohV9ck
Millions now turn to AI for comfort, not just answers.
Yet regulation still treats chatbots as code, not companions.
In a new blog, Walter Pasquarelli argues: if AI acts like a therapist or caregiver, it should face the same standards.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-comp...
@economist.com
Yet regulation still treats chatbots as code, not companions.
In a new blog, Walter Pasquarelli argues: if AI acts like a therapist or caregiver, it should face the same standards.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-comp...
@economist.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Millions now turn to AI for comfort, not just answers.
Yet regulation still treats chatbots as code, not companions.
In a new blog, Walter Pasquarelli argues: if AI acts like a therapist or caregiver, it should face the same standards.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-comp...
@economist.com
Yet regulation still treats chatbots as code, not companions.
In a new blog, Walter Pasquarelli argues: if AI acts like a therapist or caregiver, it should face the same standards.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-comp...
@economist.com
We’re pleased to welcome Rupert Oliver Allen as an affiliated researcher at the Bennett School.
Rupert is Head of Economics & Financial Analysis in the Cultural Affairs Sector at Canadian Heritage, leading work on the cultural economy, emerging technologies, & innovative financing.
bit.ly/4hDr5FJ
Rupert is Head of Economics & Financial Analysis in the Cultural Affairs Sector at Canadian Heritage, leading work on the cultural economy, emerging technologies, & innovative financing.
bit.ly/4hDr5FJ
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We’re pleased to welcome Rupert Oliver Allen as an affiliated researcher at the Bennett School.
Rupert is Head of Economics & Financial Analysis in the Cultural Affairs Sector at Canadian Heritage, leading work on the cultural economy, emerging technologies, & innovative financing.
bit.ly/4hDr5FJ
Rupert is Head of Economics & Financial Analysis in the Cultural Affairs Sector at Canadian Heritage, leading work on the cultural economy, emerging technologies, & innovative financing.
bit.ly/4hDr5FJ
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions to learn more about our postgraduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social
📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy
🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy
Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy
🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy
Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join our Virtual Open Day sessions to learn more about our postgraduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social
📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy
🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy
Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9am—MPhil in Public Policy
🕒 10am—MPhil in Digital Policy
Register to attend online: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
New paper by Ioannis Bournakis & Dimitris Christopoulos argues that falling corporate tax revenues in OECD countries stem from capital-intensive firms paying lower effective taxes, suggesting fairer policy should reward productive investment over mere capital accumulation.
bit.ly/4nseeau
bit.ly/4nseeau
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New paper by Ioannis Bournakis & Dimitris Christopoulos argues that falling corporate tax revenues in OECD countries stem from capital-intensive firms paying lower effective taxes, suggesting fairer policy should reward productive investment over mere capital accumulation.
bit.ly/4nseeau
bit.ly/4nseeau
🎓 Applications are now open for our two Masters programmes starting in 2026!
💰 Funding opportunities are still available — apply by 2 December 2025.
Find details on funding & eligibility on the University's postgraduate web pages:
👉 www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding
💰 Funding opportunities are still available — apply by 2 December 2025.
Find details on funding & eligibility on the University's postgraduate web pages:
👉 www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎓 Applications are now open for our two Masters programmes starting in 2026!
💰 Funding opportunities are still available — apply by 2 December 2025.
Find details on funding & eligibility on the University's postgraduate web pages:
👉 www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding
💰 Funding opportunities are still available — apply by 2 December 2025.
Find details on funding & eligibility on the University's postgraduate web pages:
👉 www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding