Public policy seminars provide an opportunity for the UK's leading social scientists to present their latest research and draw out the policy implications./p>

The seminars aim to bring the best social science concepts and evidence into the policy arena and stimulate a discussion of how, in the light of these insights, policy can be developed. The goal is to encourage evidence-based policy through an exchange between researchers and policymakers.

To attend a seminar or to receive a copy of a seminar research briefing, please contact the ESRC Knowledge Exchange team: knowledgeexchange@esrc.ac.uk

Please note that the public policy seminar series is unrelated to the research seminars competition.

Forthcoming public policy seminars

• Wellbeing policy seminar - 2 May 2012
  
• Working with the Grassroots: learning from community organisers, community development and community engagement - 28 June 2012

Previous seminars 2012

• What role does volunteering play in improving employability and social mobility? - 24 April 2012
• Global food systems and UK food imports: resilience, safety and security - 30 March 2012
• Third Sector service delivery: Marrying scale and responsiveness? - 8 March 2012

Previous seminars 2011

• Neighbourhood and community involvement in public services - 13 December 2011
• Big Society - a critical reappraisal - 12 December 2011
• The role of older citizens in community building - 8 December 2011
• Early childhood health and development - 6 December 2011
• What mobilises communities to come together for positive reasons? - 26 October 2011
• Work-life balance - 7 June 2011
• Win, win, win? A critical perspective on student volunteering - 17 March 2011

Previous seminars 2010

• Knowledge transfer, knowledge exchange and knowledge brokerage in Scotland: the map, the model, and the territory 2005 – 2010 Report
• International volunteering and global citizenship - 9 December 2010 
• Unemployment, recession and health - 7 December 2010
• Volunteering and democratic engagement - 18 October 2010
• How do we know what works? Evaluating policy in culture, media and sport - 8 October 2010
• Social enterprise, procurement and the role of local government - 26 July 2010
• Education, education, education: a life course perspective - NatCen/ICLS policy seminar - 25 June 2010
• Rural community empowerment in the 21st century - 25 March 2010
• Systematic reviews and policy transfer for Scotland - 15 March 2010
• Social enterprise, community empowerment and cohesion - 15 March 2010
• Investing in criminological research - 1 March 2010
• Social enterprise, regeneration, planning and worklessness - 22 January 2010

For details of seminars prior to 2010, please vist the public policy seminar archive.

Seminar publications and outputs 

Publications and outputs linked to public policy seminars from the last two years can be found on the relevant seminar page.

If you are looking for older publications, please contact the Knowledge Exchange team at knowledgeexchange@esrc.ac.uk.