Data for international development: lessons from a scientist in government

6 February 2019 by Dr Justyn Maund

In 2017, the Royal Society launched a new fully-funded Science Policy Secondment scheme offering its Research Fellows the opportunity to…

Global science in a time of global turmoil

14 January 2019 by Professor Richard Catlow FRS, Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, the Royal Society

As we enter a new year, it is more important than ever in these tumultuous times to reflect upon the…

Extreme weather and diplomacy

19 December 2018 by Deborah Bronnert, Director General Global Britain, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

As part of its Science in Public Life programme, the Royal Society hosted a discussion between senior UK diplomats and…

Return of the MAC: what does the future hold for UK immigration?

27 September 2018 by Tom Frostick, Senior Policy Adviser

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published two reports this month. The first looked at the economic impact of international students…

Managing climate change

16 August 2018 by Professor Eric Wolff FRS, Chair of GERC

On 12 September 2018 the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering will be launching a report on the features…