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Policy Briefs

University of Southampton researchers are producing or contributing to a variety of policy briefs on a range of topical issues. Read more about their work below:

Data linkage and analytics

Read Professor Rosalind Edwards' and Dr Hélène Vannier Ducasse's contribution to the policy brief on Parents' views on administrative data linkage and analytics.

Safety of small fishing vessels

Read Dr Matteo Scarponi's and Dr Wassim Dbouk's policy brief on Enacting the new UK Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels of less than 15m Length Overall.

Advancing the Joint Fisheries Statement

Read Professor Paul Kemp's and Gowshika Subbiah's contribution to the policy brief on Recommendations for advancing the Joint Fisheries Statement.

Work after lockdown

Read Dr Jane Parry's policy brief on Work after lockdown: no going back.

Vaccine uptake and hesitancy

Read Dr Michael Head's and Dr Ken Brackstone's contribution to the policy brief on Examining predictors of vaccine uptake and hesitancy.

AI taxonomy

Read Professor Themis Prodromakis' and Dr Alex Serb's policy brief on AI taxonomy.

United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

Discover how Southampton researchers are producing policy briefs that are connected to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Development Goal 1

End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Sustainable Development Goal 2

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Sustainable Development Goal 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

Sustainable Development Goal 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Sustainable Development Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Sustainable Development Goal 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Sustainable Development Goal 7

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Sustainable Development Goal 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Sustainable Development Goal 10

Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Sustainable Development Goal 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Sustainable Development Goal 12

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Sustainable Development Goal 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

Sustainable Development Goal 14

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Sustainable Development Goal 15

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Sustainable Development Goal 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Sustainable Development Goal 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

Policy Projects

Find out more about the research projects Public Policy|Southampton (PPS) has supported and how you can engage further.

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