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Latest Research

Improving the financial stability of military families in the UK
To examine the factors that may affect the financial stability of current and former UK Service personnel and their families, RAND Europe and the Army Families Federation are conducting a 10-month study on behalf of the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT).
11 Nov 2022
‘Green’ jobs and skills development for disadvantaged groups
People who face disadvantages, including those with low qualifications, may miss out on the opportunities presented by the transition to a greener economy. To ensure this is not the case, more targeted action is needed from relevant stakeholders, such as investing in skill-building among these populations.
27 Oct 2022
Advancing environmentally sustainable health research
Researchers are mapping the existing tools and methods that aim to measure and/or improve the environmental sustainability of health research and assessing how these can be used and incorporated into Wellcome processes and decision-making.
21 Oct 2022
Understanding employee wellbeing, work behaviours and work outcomes in a hybrid work context
Analysis of employee data from one employer, Vitality, suggest that workplace behaviours are associated with wellbeing, that employees can be clustered based on their work behaviours and that improving employee wellbeing is associated with better work and performance outcomes.
14 Oct 2022
Exploring the impacts of increasing cost transparency requirements in pharmaceutical R&D
An independent literature review will analyse evidence to consider the positive and negative impacts on medicines pricing and innovation, and how these should be considered as part of the ongoing transparency and pricing debate.
11 Oct 2022
Evaluating the Multi-Agency Advisory Service for AI and data-driven technologies in health and social care
Researchers are conducting a process evaluation to help MAAS and relevant stakeholders improve their service and identify ways to understand the impact that MAAS may have on developers and adopters of AI and other data-driven technologies in health and care that engage with the service.
11 Oct 2022
Applying quantum technologies to the life sciences
Researchers assessed the global research landscape associated with the development and adoption of quantum technologies in the life sciences, highlighting current developments, opportunities and challenges, initiatives, and activities to help enable the ecosystem in the future.
05 Oct 2022
Evaluation of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) aims to support cutting-edge research to address the challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries. Researchers are undergoing a 5-year evaluation to assess whether GCRF is on course to deliver impact.
28 Sep 2022
Helping NHS staff to evaluate health and wellbeing interventions within the NHS
To equip wellbeing practitioners within the NHS with the tools and knowledge to enable them to effectively evaluate their wellbeing programmes, and to ensure that they are achieving their objectives, RAND Europe designed and delivered a set of presentational workshops, in partnership with NHS Employers, to each of the five NHS England regions.
21 Sep 2022
Understanding policy and practice to promote early childhood development in France
A range of formal childcare options are available in France, but provision and use are far from universal. Additionally, despite a growing emphasis on holistic early childhood development in the first three years, preschool priorities follow a different trajectory.
08 Sep 2022
Evaluating England's youth employment infrastructure
The youth employment space in England has gone through substantial changes over the last several years, in part due to underfunding, structural changes and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. RAND Europe is studying the role of infrastructure organisations in strengthening the space.
08 Sep 2022
Creating operational advantage through military diversity
Advances in technology have made warfighting more complex and the range of skills required more diverse. Researchers examined how increasing workforce diversity may create strategic opportunities for military organisations.
24 Aug 2022
Exploring the value of engineering and physical sciences doctorates
To support the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's review of their investment in doctoral education, researchers explored the skills required for doctoral graduates in the sector, and how students see doctoral education contributing to the development of these skills and to their career pathways.
16 Aug 2022
Disruptive money: Exploring the future of corporate cryptocurrency
This project will lay out a framework for considering the public/private balance of benefit and risk in managing money globally as corporate cryptocurrencies attempt to surmount numerous barriers.
21 Jul 2022
Exploring the security implications of a Chinese developed and governed transcontinental power grid
Researchers from RAND Europe and RAND Corporation will assess global security risks stemming from a potential Chinese developed and governed Global Energy Interconnection that would directly connect renewable producers to consumers around the globe.
21 Jul 2022
Securing future defence supply chains against Black Swan disruptions
Supply chains are highly vulnerable to events that are unexpected and difficult to plan for but may have far-reaching and catastrophic consequences. Researchers will explore how to design resilient defence supply chains that are secure from these 'Black Swan' events.
21 Jul 2022
Preventative approaches to organised crime in the Netherlands
This study will focus on preventive methods used to fight organised crime by addressing the underlying causes and factors which support it. The research aims to supplement previous evidence on the effects of preventing organised crime.
21 Jul 2022
Examining corruption at two of Europe's gateways
Researchers are examining corruption in relation to subversive crime at Schiphol Airport and the Port of Rotterdam, two facilities in the Netherlands that form a gateway to the European market.
21 Jul 2022
Combatting psychological violence against women across the EU
Commissioned by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), researchers conducted a study to help strengthen the institutional capacity of the EU and member states to combat psychological violence against women and coercive control.
19 Jul 2022
Evaluating Primary Science Quality Mark
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the impact of PSQM sought to understand the impact of the intervention on pupils and teachers. The study also examined how the intervention is implemented.
15 Jul 2022
Developing future scenarios for the sustainable use of pesticides
There is a complex landscape surrounding pesticide use, which needs to be addressed holistically across all contexts, including political, legal, economic, societal, technological and environmental. The inherent variation across regions must also be considered, in an increasingly globalised context.
12 Jul 2022
Veterinary under care and 24/7 emergency care review
Veterinarians in the UK sometimes differ on how the business of providing care should be regulated. The differences often come down to the practicalities and consequences of implementing regulations, which RCVS wants to help clarify.
07 Jul 2022
Understanding the financial ecosystem surrounding the development of medicines
To enable governments to make more informed policy decisions that optimise value for their citizens, while at the same time appropriately reimbursing innovators, researchers explored the evidence base on how medicines R&D is financed and how this may evolve in the future.
23 Jun 2022
Exploring the opportunities and challenges of research engagement with China
An independent and evidence-based study into UK academics' research engagement with China explored how and why UK academics engage with China on joint research activities with the goal of better understanding how UK research organisations manage any resulting risks.
22 Jun 2022
Human security and the 2022 NATO Strategic Concept
RAND Europe brought together over forty experts from across military, government, academia, think tanks, and civil society for a seminar to explore the concept of human security and its applications at NATO now and in the future.
15 Jun 2022

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