A new working paper by academics at the Oxford Smith School and INET finds that banks’ risk models assign lower credit risk to higher-emitting companies, raising questions about whether transition ris...

Dozens of academics, environmental professionals and members of civil society have this week published an open letter to the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, Miatt...

The first three papers arising from our Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery conference have just been published

Minimum-wage increases were expected to kill jobs. The fact that they didn’t should make us rethink a lot of assumptions.

An emerging market promotes embryo selection for behavioural traits including IQ, but the response of the social and behavioural genetic research community remains muted. We call for unified best prac...

New research from Dr Selçuk Bedük provides the first comprehensive evidence that long-term childhood poverty in Britain has significantly surged following the austerity-era welfare reforms.

Rare genetic diseases affect approximately 3.5 million people in the UK. How can genetic technologies, policies and initiatives in healthcare support diagnosis and treatment?

The world could be facing an unprecedented energy shock if oil supplies remain choked.

Data centres underpin most aspects of modern life, including economic activity, cloud services, and how we interact with one another. How many does the UK have, and how do they affect the environment?

No one can predict the future... yet. Will Rogers-Coltman speaks to Professor Doyne Farmer about his lofty aims to build the world’s first super-simulator

Prof Michael Wooldridge says scenario such as deadly self-driving car update or AI hack could destroy global interest

Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world

Professor Frank Vandenbroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health for Belgium, addressed the concept of pragmatism in political action at DSPI’s annual Sidney Ball ...