Institute for Policy
Policy hubs
We remain committed to addressing the pressing issues of our time. We have research evidence to address the challenges that we face as a society. Find out more about our policy hubs on the issues that we need to address today.
Climate change
The climate emergency crisis presents an ever-pressing need for informed responses to ensure the future habitability of our planet. Transformative and transdisciplinary research at the University of Leicester is developing policy solutions and innovations with regional, national and global policymakers aimed at delivering an environmentally sustainable future.
Policy briefing papers
Our downloadable briefing papers can help to inform policy on a number of the most significant challenges posed by climate change.
- Adaptive Regulation and the Green transition (PDF, 193kb)
- Heat-Stress Preparedness (PDF, 363kb)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Net Zero (PDF, 273kb)
Discover more about our climate change research at our Institute for Environmental Futures
Space
The University of Leicester’s world-leading space research addresses some of the most pressing space sector and global sustainability challenges that we face today. Working alongside our key industrial and scientific research partners as part of Space City Leicester and on a national and international level, the University’s research plays a pivotal role in informing policy developments.
Policy briefing papers
Our downloadable briefing papers can help to inform policy on a number of the most pressing space related-issues.
Discover more about our space research at our Institute for Space
Health
Health research at the University of Leicester has played a leading role in developing key policy responses to the pressing challenges that face us today. Its impact has been harnessed through the award of over £40 million of annual funding for health-related research. In partnership with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, it has developed a world-leading reputation for addressing healthcare provision, delivery and outcomes.
Policy briefing papers
Our downloadable briefing papers can help to inform policy and tackle the pressing issue of health inequalities.
- Empathic Healthcare (PDF, 303kb)
- Gestational Diabetes (PDF, 243kb)
- UK Black Maternal Health Equity Act (PDF, 239kb)
Discover more about our health research at our Institute for Precision Health
Justice
Justice is a theme that has urgent relevance to both the policy world, and to many of the research activities undertaken across the University of Leicester. By examining justice through a variety of perspectives, our research draws from collaborative, cross-disciplinary and innovative methods to identify ways of making society safer and fairer for all. In doing so, researchers at the University of Leicester generate evidence which informs improved access to justice and effective responses to injustice.
Policy briefing papers
Our downloadable briefing papers can help to inform policy on a number of today’s most pressing issues related to justice.
- Accessible Justice for all (PDF, 216kb)
- Corrosive Attacks (PDF, 186kb)
- Tackling prolific offenders through crime linkage (PDF, 296kb)
Discover more about our justice research at our School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, Leicester Law School and our Centre for Hate Studies.