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Hulme discusses research on serious and organised crime
28 Apr 2021

Research leader Shann Hulme discusses her report, Mapping the Risk of Serious and Organised Crime Infiltrating Legitimate Businesses, with Paul Adamson on the Encompass podcast "In Conversation."
News Release
Liaison and Diversion Services Can Help Vulnerable People in the Criminal Justice System
12 Apr 2021

An NHS England programme aimed at supporting vulnerable people in the criminal justice system may significantly reduce the chances of those with mental and other health needs from receiving custodial sentences.
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Experts discuss how to redesign jobs for better employee wellbeing at Cambridge Festival webinar
29 Mar 2021

In this webinar presented by RAND Europe for Cambridge Festival 2021, research experts Prof Chris Warhurst and Christian van Stolk discussed how we could be exploring ways to create better jobs and a better society as a result. Research leader Mike Whitmore moderated the talk.
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Exploring Workplace Financial Wellbeing Interventions
08 Mar 2021

Workplace financial wellbeing interventions could offer a key means for addressing rising financial concerns and mental health issues in the workplace. In this video, Christian van Stolk and Jennifer Bousfield describe their findings from an extensive analysis of British and Asian workplace survey data.
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RAND Europe appoints Magdalena Douleva as its first Director of Development
01 Feb 2021

RAND Europe president Hans Pung welcomes Magdalena Douleva’s appointment as part of ambitious plans to broaden the organisation’s impact by exploring how philanthropic gifts could allow us to examine new and cross-cutting areas of policy importance.
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Bridget Kendall MBE joins RAND Europe’s Council of Advisors
27 Jan 2021

RAND Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of former BBC Correspondent Bridget Kendall MBE to our Council of Advisors.
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Spotlight highlights research from a turbulent year
26 Jan 2021

Spotlight 2020–2021 features examples of our research that helped to improve people's lives during a challenging year. It also highlights a selection of research initiatives on the horizon for 2021.
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Defence Challenges and Opportunities for Norway
10 Dec 2020

Ruth Harris, research director for the Defence, Security, and Infrastructure group at RAND Europe, is joined by senior political scientist Stephen Flanagan and international defence researcher Gene Germanovich in a discussion about their study on enhancing deterrence and defence on NATO's northern flank.
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RAND Europe supports the Air Power Conference 2020
09 Dec 2020

RAND Europe supported this year’s Air Power Conference, which focused on how the UK can deter and meet the challenges of increased air power competition and the proliferation of advanced weapons systems. Research leader James Black was one of the event's featured speakers.
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CCHSR lecture focuses on importance of early cancer diagnosis
12 Nov 2020

Professor Sir Michael Richards, an eminent cancer specialist, presented this year’s Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research lecture. He discussed how, even though cancer survival in England has improved steadily over the past 20 years, survival rates for most types of cancer continue to lag behind those in other developed countries.
News Release
COVID-19 'Vaccine Nationalism' Could Cost the World Up to $1.2 Trillion a Year
28 Oct 2020

Nationalistic behaviour by governments may exclude some countries from gaining access to COVID-19 vaccines and cost the global economy up to $1.2 trillion a year in GDP, according to a new study from the not-for-profit research organisation RAND Europe.
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Using AI to Tackle Disinformation Online
23 Oct 2020

RAND Europe analyst Linda Slapakova talks with RAND senior behavioral scientist William Marcellino about their study on human-machine detection of online-based malign information.
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UKRI-commissioned study conducts real-time review of upcoming REF 2021
05 Oct 2020

A new study led by RAND Europe will conduct a real-time review of the upcoming REF 2021, evaluating researchers’ perceptions of the assessment process while they are preparing and submitting their work.
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Sustainable Pharmaceutical Innovation for COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases
16 Sep 2020

RAND Europe's Sonja Marjanovic describes the critical success criteria for innovation in infectious disease, antimicrobial, and vaccine research and development.
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Professor Dahlan joins RAND Europe Council of Advisors
14 Sep 2020

RAND Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Malik Dahlan, a transnational regulatory lawyer and policy expert, to its Council of Advisors.
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The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry
08 Sep 2020

RAND Europe's Sonja Marjanovic explains how changes in society have brought about opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry to innovate to better meet the needs of patients and health care systems.
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Using Binding Pay Transparency Measures to Encourage Equal Pay for Equal Work
14 Aug 2020

RAND Europe experts Joanna Hofman and Michaela Bruckmayer discuss their study on binding pay transparency measures as a tool for encouraging equal pay for equal work. They consider key concepts in the debate and potential challenges in implementing the measures across the EU.
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COVID-19 Briefing Series: Examining the Post-COVID-19 Workforce
19 Jun 2020

In this briefing, RAND's Christian van Stolk discusses how policymakers and employers can rethink and retool the workplace to support employee health and well-being and maintain productivity during the pandemic.
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Experts discuss COVID-19 and new security and defence challenges in Europe
05 Jun 2020

Questions around security and defence in Europe and the impacts of COVID-19 were addressed by RAND Europe experts in a webinar hosted by the Luiss School of Government on the 28th May 2020.
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NHS innovation initiatives and COVID-19
06 Apr 2020

A Cambridge radio programme interviewed Sonja Marjanovic about her recent report identifying support for NHS innovation initiatives and how COVID-19 has now accelerated innovation in the healthcare system.
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Tackling staffing and funding issues in the NHS is necessary for improvement but not enough
29 Jan 2020

The NHS could move towards a more sustainable model of healthcare delivery that is fit for purpose if it empowered staff to be able to embrace innovation as a mindset, attitude, culture and practice, according to a new study by RAND Europe and the University of Manchester.
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Further trade uncertainty related to Brexit could cost UK economy billions
28 Jan 2020

The UK's departure from the EU on January 31, 2020, will end only the first phase of trade uncertainty owing to Brexit, according to a new RAND Europe study. Costs to the UK economy are likely to continue during the UK–EU renegotiation period and will increase over time.
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Spotlight 2019-2020 highlights a year of evidence-based insights
28 Jan 2020

Spotlight 2019–2020 highlights our work, including defining possible directions for education and youth policy in the EU, analysing strategies to improve social media literacy in the age of disinformation, mapping the European defence skills landscape, and quantifying the wider societal costs of disease.
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What Are the Potential Economic Implications of Prolonged UK–EU Trade Policy Uncertainty?
24 Jan 2020

In this Call with the Experts podcast, RAND researchers discuss the potential economic implications of prolonged trade policy uncertainty associated with the renegotiation period between the UK and EU after Brexit.
News Release
The NHS Spends Significantly Less on Pregnancy-Related Research Compared with Other Health Conditions
14 Jan 2020

The National Health Service spends significantly less on pregnancy-related research compared with other health conditions. Funding for pregnancy research totaled £255 million from 2013 to 2017, or about £51 million a year. As pregnancy care costs the NHS £5.8 billion annually, this means that for every £1 spent on pregnancy care, less than 1 penny is spent on research.

Recent Commentaries

Domestic Violence Support Staff Need More Help
15 Mar 2021
Lillian Flemons, Shann Hulme

During the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, European Union states had a 60 percent increase in emergency calls about intimate-partner violence. Amid a protracted second wave that has led to further lockdowns, it may not be too late to provide the funding and legislative changes necessary to ensure domestic violence service providers can offer crucial support.
Equal, Rapid Access to Vaccines Is More Important Than Ever as New COVID-19 Variants Emerge
09 Feb 2021
Marco Hafner, Christian Van Stolk

Vaccine nationalism could prolong the pandemic and lead to preventable deaths. If some countries don't receive timely access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to spread in some populations, mutate further, and potentially render existing vaccines less effective.
What Works in Preventing the Development of Depression and Anxiety in Children
09 Feb 2021
Michaela Bruckmayer

Mental health problems have been increasingly recognized as one of the most significant health concerns for children and adolescents in developed countries. But the quality of existing evaluations can make drawing conclusions about what works in preventing the development of anxiety and/or depression in children difficult.
Helping Mothers Return to Work Is a Gender Equality Issue
21 Jan 2021
Michaela Bruckmayer, Joanna Hofman @JoannaBHofman

Employers and policymakers play a crucial role in ensuring that women are not unnecessarily disadvantaged when they have children. Policies such as access to family leave, job protection, and childcare options can play a large role.
Vaccine Nationalism Has Real Economic Consequences
30 Dec 2020
Marco Hafner

Vaccine nationalism, in which countries prioritize their domestic needs at the expense of others, will have significant global economic consequences. Major economies actually have more to gain by helping to make an effective COVID-19 vaccine widely available globally.

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