Engaging Policy

LSSI (Leeds Social Sciences Institute) have been successful in their application for additional funding for the Leeds IAA (Impact Acceleration Account) from the competitive ESRC Local Acceleration Fund (LAF).   Work will build upon and accelerate the implementation of the twelve recommendations and action plan resulting from the report ‘Unlocking the Potential of Civic Collaboration: A...

Dr Eleni Iacovidou and Professor Andrew Brown received ‘Responsive Mode’ funding through our ESRC IAA in 2018 for their project which explored ‘key metrics for supporting national and local government waste policy improvements.’ You can read more about their original IAA project here. Since then, they have gone on to...

On Tuesday 3 March, LSSI brought together researchers from the University of Leeds with policy makers, analysts, and strategists from the Department for Transport (DfT) for a one-day collaborative event in central London. 15 University of Leeds Researchers and  20 colleagues from DfT came together to present research, discuss effective...

‘Enhancing Urban Safety and Crime Prevention through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships’ was the focus of a major international workshop funded by the British Council that took place from the 17-19th February 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organised by Professor Adam Crawford (Director of LSSI) and Dr Emilio Ayos of the University of...