Transforming Employment Support for Those with Mental Health Problems
In this essay, we look at what the evidence base around interventions is and see what types of options that policymakers could consider.
Publications by Date
2017
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Future of Health: Findings from a survey of stakeholders on the future of health and healthcare in England
The report presents findings from a survey conducted by RAND Europe at the request of the National Institute for Health Research to gather and synthesise stakeholder views on the future of health and healthcare in England in 20 to 30 years' time. The aim was to generate an evidence-based picture of the future health needs, and how it might differ from today. The findings validate several current health research priorities in England.
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Understanding how organisations ensure that their decision making is fair
RAND Europe was commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) to conduct a study examining the tools, practices and processes used by organisations to support fair decision making. The overall purpose of this study was to help the GMC draw lessons for its decision making activities from methods used elsewhere. The report will have relevance for GMC staff as well as for researchers and practitioners involved in organisational decision making.
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Developing standards to support the synthetic biology value chain
A study identifying the impact that adoption of synthetic biology is likely to have on the global marketplace (buyers, sellers and users) as well as any existing barriers or obstacles preventing the rapid scale-up and commercialisation of the technology.
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Digital Currency and the Future of Transacting
Digital platforms have facilitated the emergence of new forms of currency and transaction platforms to support different ways of value exchange. This perspective explores the changing the ways we transact and the associated societal impacts.
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Later school start times in the U.S.: An economic analysis
RAND Europe investigated the economic implications of later school start times in the U.S. through an innovative economic analysis (in 47 U.S. states) of a state-wide universal shift to 8:30 a.m. Using a novel macroeconomic modelling approach, the benefit-cost projections in the study suggested that delaying school start times is a cost-effective policy change, which could have a significant impact on public health and the U.S. economy.
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Open Science Monitoring: Methodological Note
The overarching objective of this study was to inform the European Commission's future engagement with open science.
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Understanding mental health in the research environment: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
This study aimed to establish what is known about the mental health of researchers based on the existing literature. There is limited published evidence on the prevalence of specific mental health conditions among researchers. The majority of the identified literature on prevalence relates to work-related stress among academic staff and postgraduate students in university settings.
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Civic Engagement: How Can Digital Technology Encourage Greater Engagement in Civil Society?
This Perspective explores the potential impacts that digital technologies may have on the nature of civic engagement and political processes, providing an overview of the opportunities and risks associated with the use of these technologies.
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Exploring the transferability and applicability of gang evaluation methodologies to counter-violent radicalisation
Through a targeted literature review and comparative analysis, this report examines the transferable lessons that can be drawn from evaluations of gang interventions and applied to the development of evaluation practice in the field of counter violent extremism (CVE), where robust and rigorous evaluations are not yet the norm. It also demonstrates that in some areas, CVE research might offer useful insights to inform future gang evaluations.
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Behind the curtain: The illicit trade of firearms, explosives and ammunition on the dark web
RAND Europe and the University of Manchester explored the role played by the dark web in fuelling and/or facilitating the worldwide illegal arms trade. The overall aim was to estimate the size and scope of the trade in firearms and related products on cryptomarkets, including the number of dark web markets listing firearms and related products, and the range and type of firearms and related products advertised and sold on cryptomarkets.
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Open Science: The citizen's role and contribution to research
A subset of the Open Science movement includes the increased involvement of amateur scientists in the various stages of the scientific research process, and is called 'citizen science.' This publication explores the definitions, opportunities and challenges for citizen science.
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What sort of Brexit do the British people want? A proof-of-concept study using stated preference discrete choice experiments: Technical addendum
This proof-of-concept study uses stated preference discrete choice experiments to explore and quantify how the British public value key dimensions of a future relationship with Europe, including freedom of movement for holidays, freedom of movement for working and living, contributions to the EU, free trade with other countries, access to the EU single market for goods and services and sovereignty.
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What Sort of Brexit Do the British People Want? A Proof-of-Concept Study Using Stated Preference Discrete Choice Experiments
Knowledge of the public stance on different characteristics of the future relationship with the EU will give negotiators some indication of which trade-offs are likely to satisfy the public's preferences.
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Community Hospitals and Their Services in the NHS: Identifying Transferable Learning from International Developments — Scoping Review, Systematic Review, Country Reports and Case Studies
Community hospitals can provide effective care and are valued by patients and their families, but there is limited evidence to understand these benefits against the costs of community hospitals.
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Education: Digital technology's role in enabling skills development for a connected world
This Perspective explores the ways in which the growth of digital technology is impacting education and skills.
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How Do NIHR Peer Review Panels Use Bibliometric Information to Support Their Decisions?
This paper examines various aspects of the use of bibliometric information by members of award selection panels, based on interviews with ten panel members from three NIHR panels, alongside analysis of the information provided to those panels.
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Innovation as a driver of quality and productivity in UK healthcare: Creating and connecting receptive places
RAND Europe and the University of Manchester have been commissioned to conduct a study to examine the potential of innovation to respond to the challenges the NHS faces, and to help deliver value for money, efficient and effective services.
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Value for Money: EU Programme Funding in the Field of Democracy and Rule of Law
This report presents the findings of an analytical study prepared by RAND Europe for the Committee of Budgetary Control of the European Parliament which focuses on European Union programme funding in the field of democracy and rule of law .
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Evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme
This is the final report of an evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme, which issued grants between 2004 and 2014 to organisations helping migrants to gain access to justice and services. The report presents findings about the Programme's impacts on law, policy and practice in Ireland, and the lessons that might be drawn for other grantmakers, grantees, policymakers, researchers and academics working in this field.
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'Macro' Evaluation of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
The Office of Health Economics and RAND Europe were commissioned by the Oxford BRC to undertake a programme of top-down evaluations of aspects of the impact of the BRC. This programme of research has looked at the health, economic and scientific impact of Oxford BRC's research activity.
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The return of investment for preventive healthcare programmes: A calculation framework for GSK's Partnership for Prevention (P4P)
The report summarises the existing evidence on the effectiveness of workplace related preventive health programmes, outlining the challenges involved in calculating their return on investment (ROI). The report outlines the drivers of successful workplace health promotion programmes and develops a framework to analyse the ROI of such projects.
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Distributed Ledger Technologies/Blockchain: Challenges, Opportunities and the Prospects for Standards
An overview of the current landscape of DLT/Blockchain developments and the issues that are central to the development of DLT/Blockchain.
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NHS Health Check Programme Rapid Evidence Synthesis
The report summarises the key findings from an evidence synthesis completed by the University of Cambridge and RAND.
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Regulation of logistics infrastructure in Brazil
This report deals with the regulation of logistics infrastructures in Brazil, focusing in particular on the federal level. Brazil, one of the key emerging economies in the world, has a particular need for developing logistics infrastructures. Past initiatives, however, have suffered from a lack of strategic perspective and from poor regulatory capacity. This report argues for a renewed focus on regulatory governance and regulatory capacity.