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探花直播Bennett Institute for Public Policy听will address emerging global patterns of inequality and social unrest by offering a unique combination of deep research, high-level training and effective policy engagement.听

It is time to set aside the ingrained assumption that there are technical fixes or ready-made solutions to our most intractable problems

Michael Kenny

A major gift from Cambridge alumnus and philanthropist Peter Bennett has enabled the launch of a groundbreaking new institute at the 探花直播 of Cambridge dedicated to researching solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing society in the 21st century.

探花直播 has been founded to address the new patterns of inequality and social unrest emerging around the globe, while training the policy-makers of tomorrow.

Its researchers will investigate the ways in which scientific or technical expertise and policy choices interrelate, in a world where so many now feel that the economic and political odds are stacked against them.

Led by inaugural Director, Professor , and the Bennett Professor of Public Policy, economist , the Institute will combine fundamental research and rigorous analysis with the search for new practical solutions to challenges such as the digital divide, resource scarcity and the need for more equitable growth.

鈥淲e live in an age of unprecedented disruption. More and more people are disenchanted with politics, and many feel that the rules of the economic game are rigged. At the same time, technological innovations and breakthroughs in scientific knowledge are gathering speed,鈥 said听Professor Kenny.

鈥淧ublic policy thinking needs to engage much more deeply with the challenges which these trends pose. It is time to set aside the ingrained assumption that there are technical fixes or ready-made solutions to our most intractable problems.鈥

鈥淲e want the new Institute to become one of the primary academic venues across the world for understanding these changes and devising responses to them. It will offer a unique combination of deep research, high-level training and effective policy engagement.鈥

探花直播Bennett Institute aims to blend Cambridge鈥檚 world-class research in technology and science with analysis of the political dimensions of policy. Based at the , it will be launching interdisciplinary research programmes on policy challenges in different parts of the world 鈥 from California to Calcutta, as well as in the city of Cambridge itself.

探花直播Institute is already establishing research projects on the constitutional future of the UK and Ireland post-Brexit and the increasing role of 鈥楪ovTech鈥 as states grapple with digital technologies.

探花直播territory linking the knowledge our societies produce with the decisions taken by policymakers is becoming harder than ever to navigate, says Professor Coyle.

鈥 探花直播tensions between expertise and public participation are an unavoidable feature of our complex, technology-powered global world. Universities have a vital civic role to play in this context, ensuring that their accumulated expertise and new knowledge contribute to the development of solutions to significant policy challenges.鈥

鈥 探花直播trend toward the creation of new independent policy institutes such as the Bennett Institute marks the growing recognition of this responsibility by the academic world. There could not be a more important time to be launching this endeavour.鈥

Peter Bennett established the in 2012 to seek innovative ways to reduce poverty and promote equality. He has a long-standing belief in the role of public policy as the most effective way to reach solutions to major social issues.

He said: 鈥淚t has long been my vision to see a global institute that can work to address one of the greatest challenges of our age 鈥 that for so many of the world鈥檚 citizens, the economic and political odds are stacked against them.鈥

鈥 探花直播Bennett Institute for Public Policy will harness the remarkable research in technology and science at Cambridge with the economic and political dimensions of policy-making. I am confident that under the leadership of Michael Kenny and Diane Coyle, it will be a leading force in achieving sustainable solutions to some of our most pressing global problems.鈥

探花直播Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope said:听鈥淭his is a very significant launch for Cambridge. 探花直播world faces a new age of anxiety, marked by the widespread distrust in business-as-usual politics. Cambridge must take a lead in bringing its unique breadth and depth of expertise to respond to social, political and economic conditions. We are enormously grateful for this generous gift from Peter Bennett. I am certain that the Bennett Institute for Public Policy will be transformational.鈥

Cambridge launched its 拢2 billion philanthropic campaign for the 探花直播 and Colleges in October 2015. To date more than 拢1.1 billion has been raised towards the total, including the gift from Peter Bennett.



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