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Approved work: Prison populations

Thursday, 10 August, 2023

This POSTnote will outline current figures on prison populations, implications of an increasing UK prison population and prisoners’ welfare and safety.

  • Future research
  • Crime and justice
Approved work: Prison populations

Approved work: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

Thursday, 10 August, 2023

This POSTbrief will be a technical explainer introducing AI technologies. It will explain the main types of AI, give examples of their current and potential future applications, and provide a glossary of common terminology.

  • Future research
  • Digital technologies
Approved work: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

Approved work: Carbon offsetting and carbon payback

Thursday, 10 August, 2023

This POSTnote will summarise the challenges that have emerged around setting standards for international offsetting and what monitoring is needed to ensure effective mitigation.

  • Future research
  • Environment
Approved work: Carbon offsetting and carbon payback
  • Future research

    Approved work: Freshwater, floodplain and wetland restoration.

    Thursday, 10 August, 2023

    This POSTnote will summarise the evidence base for restoration measures for different freshwater habitat types (complimenting the recent POSTnote and POSTbrief on habitat restoration) and the outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits such as natural flood management and water quality.

    • Future research
    • Environment
  • Future research

    Approved work: The impacts and costs of synthetic fertilisers

    Thursday, 10 August, 2023

    This POSTnote will summarise the challenges and opportunities for the different approaches for reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers.

    • Future research
    • Environment
  • Future research

    Approved work: Demand side response

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This POSTnote will consider developments in demand-side response, evidence of its potential contribution to decarbonisation of the power system, and the policy or market mechanisms needed to fully realise the opportunities DSR presents.

    • Future research
    • Energy
  • Future research

    Approved work: Psychedelic drugs and mental health

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This note will outline the latest knowledge about the role for psychedelic drugs to treat a wide range of mental health disorders and the recent data on risks and benefits.

    • Future research
    • Health and social care
  • Future research

    Approved work: Consumer debt and mental health

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This briefing will outline current trends in consumer debt and evidence for how financial and mental well-being implicate each other.

    • Future research
    • Health and social care
  • Future research

    Approved work: Just sustainable transitions

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This POSTnote will summarise and define environmental justice with respect to different sustainability transitions and consider how and why these issues should be addressed.

    • Future research
    • Environment
  • Future research

    Approved work: Biodiversity net gain

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This POSTnote will summarise the implementation challenges including the latest version of the net gain metric consulted and update the three existing publications on this topic (the latest of which was the net gain POSTbrief in 2019).

    • Future research
    • Environment
  • Future research

    Approved work: The future of horticulture

    Tuesday, 09 May, 2023

    This POSTnote will provide an overview of the horticultural innovations and technologies that are under development globally, the future challenges and constraints of implementing these in a UK context, and measures to increase resilience against growing pressures such as climate change.

    • Future research
    • Food security
  • Fellowship

    Institute of Food Science and Technology Fellowship 2023-2024

    Wednesday, 05 April, 2023

    Applications closed 10th May 2023.

    • Fellowship
    • Food security
  • Future research

    Approved work: Indoor Air Quality

    Monday, 13 February, 2023

    This briefing will identify contributors to improved and compromised indoor air quality, and subsequent effects on health.

    • Future research
    • Environment
  • POSTnote

    Electronic Cigarettes

    Thursday, 30 January, 2014

    • POSTnote
    • Health and social care
  • POSTnote

    Autonomous Road Vehicles

    Wednesday, 18 September, 2013

    • POSTnote
    • Transport and infrastructure

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