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With the people, for the people: applying mental health research

From campus to community, the worlds of mental health research and medical practice are being brought together by a collaboration involving researchers, health and social care providers, and the patients themselves.

Rooted in evidence: a public health response to dementia

Research programmes at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health focus on common chronic disorders. Currently under the spotlight is dementia and a major new project that will underpin improved prevention, screening and patient care.

Nanotechnology and your views

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of questions that an online Knowledge Debate hopes to provoke.

Strengthening the bond between policy and science

Policy makers and scientists collaborate to create new science-policy research agenda.

Job security and pay fears at heart of manufacturing's “image problem”

Misplaced fears about job security and low pay could thwart efforts to strengthen British manufacturing and rebalance the economy, a new analysis of the sector's image among the general public has revealed.

Research, policy, practice: conservation in the round

Conservation scientists working in partnership with practitioners and policy makers are building practical tools for real-world conservation.

Politics and the future of the media under the spotlight in policy seminars

British politics, the media, and the deep distrust with which both are being treated following the phone-hacking scandal will form the subject of the latest in a compelling series of public policy seminars this Friday.

Foreseer of future resources

An online tool will help users predict trade-offs between the global commodities of energy, water and land.

Whose fault is famine? What the world failed to learn from 1840s Ireland

A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nally's analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.

Nature's value to business

A programme convening business leaders and policy makers is helping to identify the value to business of nature - and the step changes needed to build food security - as its co-Directors explain.