About the Institute for Policy Research
The University of Bath Institute for Policy Research, (IPR), was formally established on 1 February 2013. It brings together many of the University’s research strengths and will foster inter-disciplinary research of international excellence and impact. It will bridge the worlds of research, policy and professional practice and enable us to address some of the major policy challenges we face on a local, national and global scale.
Our mission statement
An internationally-recognised Institute in a research-intensive University, undertaking inter-disciplinary research of high quality, scrutinising the evidence base for policy and practice, and enlarging the policy options under debate, so as to contribute to public understanding and the common good.
What we’re doing
- Building inter-disciplinary research teams to address complex policy problems
- Deploying a range of novel analytical frameworks and toolkits
- Forging new connections between the research and policy worlds and working together on new policy approaches
- Making such connections at local, national and international levels, and using these to provide early warning of new policy challenges
- Developing public engagement events that connect technological, environmental, social and economic challenges and their policy implications, and developing our web presence as an interactive public forum
Plans for Future Development of the Institute
The Institute for Policy Research is a major new initiative for the University of Bath. Graham Room has led the development until now. He will present the ambition for the Institute and the distinctive role it aims to develop.
Speaker overview
Graham Room is Professor of European Social Policy at the University of Bath. He is author, co-author or editor of twelve books, the most recent being Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World, Edward Elgar, 2011.
He was Founding Editor of the Journal of European Social Policy and is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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IPR Central team
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