The Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference 2022 explored public policy issues facing governments and populations amidst plans for economic recovery, resilience, and prosperity.
Amidst global plans for economic recovery, resilience, and prosperity, academics and policymakers will meet for the Bennett Institute for Public Policy Annual Conference on Friday 22 April 2022 at the University of Cambridge.
The day’s four panel discussions centred around the Institute’s four key research themes – Place, Progress, Productivity, and Decision-Making in Government – for leading experts to share their knowledge and research across different disciplines – and close with a keynote speech by Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance.
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Watch the Conference sessions below.
Chair: Professor Dennis C. Grube, Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy
Speakers:
Francesca Gains, Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of Policy@Manchester, University of Manchester
Joshua Bailey, Senior Policy Advisor, Levelling Up Taskforce
Fiona Reynolds, Chair of the Governing Council of the Royal Agricultural University
Chair: Michael Kenny, Professor of Public Policy and Inaugural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Speakers:
Sir John Aston, Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life, University of Cambridge, and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office
Sarah Dillon, Professor of Literature and the Public Humanities, University of Cambridge
Dame Theresa Marteau, Behavioural Scientist and Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit, University of Cambridge
Chair: Dennis C Grube, Professor of Politics and Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Speakers:
Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Claire Melamed, CEO of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Anna Alexandrova, Professor in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge
Chair: Matthew Agarwala, Project Lead for the Wealth Economy, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Speakers:
Meredith Crowley, Professor of International Economics at the University of Cambridge
Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge
Bart Van Ark, Managing Director of The Productivity Institute
Chair: Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy
Keynote speaker: Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA)
Chair: Professor Stephen J Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Speaker: Peter Bennett, Founding Benefactor of the Peter Bennett Foundation
Chair: Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy