Where Evidence Meets Practice
About us
Governments and parliamentarians are confronting many difficult policy and societal challenges, from climate change to inequality, and ensuring the economy keeps pace with demographic and technological change.
The Centre for Public Policy is a commitment from the University of Glasgow to play our part in working with the policy community - locally, nationally and internationally - to access expertise, evidence, and to devise the right tools to find solutions to the challenges they face.
Who we are
Our Mission
To build collaboration between the research and policy community, by sharing evidence, nurturing skills, creating space for fresh thinking and preparing the next generation of policymakers.
Our Work
We bring together experts across disciplines, sectors and communities to help policymakers deal with the myriad of challenges they face.
We do this through research, engagement, policy labs and other collaborative projects.
Our People
We offer a broad range of expertise in public policy across disciplines, sectors, governments and politics.
Latest news and insights
Applications open for Research Associate post at the Centre for Public Policy
7 April 2025
The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Public Policy is inviting applications for a Research Associate with an expertise in economic policy, with applications closing on 15 May.
Today’s Lesson: Human Rights, Disability and Welfare Reform
2 May 2025
Following announcements of proposed cuts to disability welfare in the UK, Dr Paul Pearson and Professor Jo Edson Ferrie examine the impact of this from a human rights perspective, writing 'by integrating human rights and equalities, we see both what is wrong with the world - inequalities - while also considering remedies to access justice'.
Watch - Child poverty and Scotland’s public debt crisis
1 May 2025
A new video shares insights from the recent national conference on child poverty and public debt in Scotland, co-hosted by the Centre for Public Policy and Aberlour Children’s Charity, and how the Centre is creating space to talk about and find solutions to challenging policy issues.
Spotlight Podcast
The University of Glasgow Spotlight podcast discusses public policy and the political process at a local, national and international level, through a Scottish lens.
It brings together insights from experts across the University of Glasgow and beyond, in an accessible and engaging way.
Partnerships
The Centre for Public Policy works in collaboration with other organisations.
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