Approved work: Children’s wellbeing in schools
This POSTnote will outline the current evidence and policies in schools to support children's wellbeing.
Approved work: Psychedelic drugs and mental health
This POSTbrief will outline the regulatory and legal landscape for research using psychedelic drugs to treat a wide range of mental health disorders.
Approved work: Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health
This POSTnote will outline the challenges and opportunities for the use of artificial intelligence and mental health
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Future research
Approved work: Security of UK technology infrastructure
This POSTnote will outline what UK technology infrastructure is, potential impacts of disruptions, risks, options for mitigating risks and relevant policy.
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Future research
Approved work: Planning for Net Zero
This POSTnote will outline the challenges and opportunities for spatial planning and climate change across national, regional and local decision-making levels.
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Approved work: The future of Energy Security through AI and Machine Learning
This POSTnote will outline the energy system application of AI and Machine Learning. It will also consider the data, cybersecurity and ethical challenges that will need to be considered for application in the UK to enhance energy security.
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Future research
Approved work: Quantum technologies
This POSTnote will provide an overview of recent developments in quantum technologies and potential applications, including "dual-use" applications for use in either the military or the civilian world.
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Future research
Approved Work: Public health impacts of 20mph speed limits and zones
This POSTnote will outline research evidence about health impacts, data on public attitudes, and explore stakeholder perspectives on this policy.
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Future research
Approved Work: Personalised medicines for Sickle Cell and Thalassemia
This POSTnote will outline the health burden of blood diseases, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anaemia. It will explain key concepts of emerging treatment and examine perspectives regarding patient awareness and access to innovative medicines such as cell and gene therapy.
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Approved Work: North Sea Decommissioning
This POSTnote will assess the current state of decommissioning in the UK Continental Shelf. It will also consider the technological challenges and repurposing potential with other technologies for innovations that could lower costs or provide opportunities for economic and environmental improvements in the process.
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Approved work: The hydrogen backbone
This POSTnote would consider the challenges and opportunities of creating a hydrogen transmission backbone for the UK, including the likely benefits and costs that may arise from the current approaches being envisioned.
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Future research
Approved work: Biodiversity net gain
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).
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Future research
Pilot project: New methods for rapidly reviewing research for parliamentarians
How do we rapidly review research for parliamentarians and parliamentary audiences - without comprising academic quality?
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Future research
Parliament-research knowledge exchange mechanisms around the world
Two Parliamentary Academic Fellows are conducting a research project examining the global landscape of mechanisms connecting academic knowledge with parliaments. Find out how to contribute.