Our work programme guides the production of POSTnotes and POSTbriefs. If you have relevant expertise on an ongoing project, you can get in touch and contribute.
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This POSTnote will summarise the evidence base for increasing the resilience of habitats to climate impacts and outline the current approaches to implementing measures in the different nations of the UK.
This POSTnote will provide an overview of current and future military applications of automation and AI, and the technical, legal, ethical and societal issues associated with this.
This POSTnote will provide an overview of palliative and end of life care, its key components, approaches to managing and standardising care and key challenges to providing high quality care.
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This POSTnote will focus on the technical issues that will affect the security of the UK's energy system in the short to medium term.
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The POSTnote will summarise the forecasting and strategic tools needed to identify and measure climate risks and provide early warnings for climate security related tipping points
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The POSTnote will summarise the different definitions of, and objectives for, restoration; the evidence base on techniques for restoring different habitat types and the use of science and data to actively support and monitor habitat recovery.
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This POSTnote will explain what hypersonic missiles are, the technical challenges to developing them, and summarise publicly available information about nations’ current capabilities.
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This POSTnote will provide a summary of the ethical debate and research on public opinion on assisted dying and related UK legislation.
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How do we rapidly review research for parliamentarians and parliamentary audiences - without comprising academic quality?
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This POSTnote will look at the potential threats that cyber presents to UK national security and the steps being taken by Government, industry and other stakeholders to mitigate these.
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20 to 21% of adults in the UK report having a disability. Many disabilities cannot be observed physically. This POSTnote will review current employment rights and potential future adjustments for people with disabilities.
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Destructive agricultural, forestry and fishery subsidies cancel out biodiversity funding. This POSTnote will look at the financial risks arising from investments that lead to biodiversity loss.
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This POSTnote will summarise recent trends in the use of the Mental Health Act on children and examine proposed legislative reforms.
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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.
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This POSTnote will examine the energy consumption of data centres and data transmission networks. It will review energy trends and initiatives aiming to limit energy consumption.
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