
Bennett Institute podcasts
Podcasts and event recordings from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.To listen to our Crossing Channels Podcast Series, produced with IAST, visit: https://pod.fo/e/102ba0
Episodes
12 episodes
Does prison work?
In this Season Four launch episode of Crossing Channels, Richard Westcott (Cambridge University Health Partners and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus) chats with Prof Alison Liebling (University of Cambridge), Prof Nicola Padfield (University of ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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28:41

Fixing our broken food system: where policy meets politics
As the nation grapples with the intertwined challenges of health, sustainability, and social equity, Henry Dimbleby has been at the forefront of advocating for healthier eating habits and systemic change. He led the Government’s School Food Pla...
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Season 2024
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Episode 5
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1:07:10

How should the Civil Service be reformed/reimagined for the 21st century?
The Northcote Trevelyan Report of 1854 is seen as the foundation document for the UK Civil Service. The pillars it established have shaped the institution ever since. But much has changed in the 170 years since that report’s publication. The si...
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Season 2024
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Episode 4
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1:13:12

What do our institutions need to do to make the UK more resilient?
It often seems policies are developed in real time in reaction to ever-changing geopolitical events. In this session, our guest speakers discuss how the UK’s institutions – business, policy, and civil society – can help proactively shape resili...
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Season 2024
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Episode 3
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1:08:05

What infrastructure does society need and what policies can deliver it?
Infrastructure is vital for the economic growth of places and enhancing the wellbeingand quality of life of its citizens. In this session, our guest speakers discuss why infrastructure matters in the 21st century and how decision-makers can...
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Season 2024
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Episode 2
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1:13:25

How should we respond to the disruptions being caused by significant technological innovations?
With rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and telecommunications and the growing importance of data in our decision-making, we are witnessing a period of significant digital disruption. The resource-intensive nature of these technologi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1
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1:10:33

How much do people care about inequality?
Rory Cellan-Jones and leading experts Charlotte Cavaillé, Ailbhe McNabola and Jack Shaw discuss the causes of income and regional inequality, why policymakers should care, and what policy interventions work best to reduce them. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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29:06

Towards a semantic civil service
Prospect’s Editor, Alan Rusbridger chats to the winner of the Bennett Prospect Public Policy Prize 2022 , Walter Pasquarelli, and Prof Dennis Grube of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, about "What is a 21st century civi...
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22:00

Public Policy and Global Public-Policy Tech
This panel discussion explores the intersection of public policy and public-purpose technology - the technology needed to help address major public needs - in 2022, and how leading founders, investors, and policy experts view them.
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57:26

Union at the crossroads: can the British state handle the challenges of devolution?
There is a growing political focus upon the future of the UK Union, in the context of consistent support at 50% or higher for independence in Scotland, the destabilising impact that Brexit has had on Northern Ireland and the emergence of a more...
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