Institute for Public Policy Research, ippr Institute for Public Policy Research IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research, is the UK's leading progressive thinktank. We are an independent registered charity with more than 40 staff members, paid interns and visiting fellows. Our main office is in London, with IPPR North, IPPR's dedicated think tank for the North of England, operating out of offices in Newcastle and Manchester. Our purpose is to conduct and publish research into, and promote public education in, the economic, social and political sciences, and in science and technology; including the effect of moral, social, political and scientific factors on public policy and on the living standards of all sections of the community. Browse through our brochure to see what we've been working on over the past year, and where the next challenges lie. IPPR produces rigorous and independent policy research, covering the full range of local and national policy debates. With the support of our experienced and expert trustees and Policy Advisory Council, we seek to influence all political parties and decision-makers at all levels of government and beyond. Our trustees are responsible for overall governance of the charity and come from varied political and non-political backgrounds, such as media, advertising, finance and academia. Trustees are appointed for their independent expertise and for being distinguished in their fields. We work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders from across the country to improve the evidence base for, and effectiveness of, public policy, and our international partnerships extend IPPR's influence and reputation across the world. Our current research and policy work is focused around three priority areas: Combining fiscal realism with a plan for deep reform of British capitalism There are significant long-term pressures on the UK's public finances which require priorities to be set for spending, new sources of revenue to be found, and new fiscal rules. Allied to these tasks must be a strategy for shifting the structure and character of British capitalism that learns the lessons of the financial crisis, overcomes longstanding economic weaknesses, reforms core consumer markets and provides the basis for full employment and rising living standards. Developing relational public services and a more democratic statecraft Over-reliance on targets and markets to improve public services has become exhausted, along with trust in government. A new model of reform should be more relational, local and democratic, while not conceding on quality or value of money. Across a range of service areas, this requires a balance to be struck between a strategic state, democratic institutions, autonomous but accountable providers, world-class workforces, a vibrant civil society and empowered citizens. Shaping a post-crash social politics The narrative of 'broken Britain' and the 'big society' has itself broken down. We need an alternative account of the pressures and potential in British society today, rooted in everyday lives and experiences. This can inform a new partnership between government, society and citizens on issues ranging from family life, financial pressures, social security, good neighbourhoods and personal relationships and wellbeing. IPPR publishes more than 60 reports each year, addressing a wide range of research and policy questions. Recent publications have covered topics as diverse as youth unemployment, childcare, social isolation among older people and energy market reform. We also publish Juncture, our quarterly journal of politics and ideas, which showcases the best in British and international thinking for achieving lasting progressive change. Recent Juncture authors include David Runciman, Thomas Piketty, Elizabeth Anderson and Roberto Unger. IPPR holds more than 70 events every year, many with high-profile thinkers and policymakers from the UK and abroad. Some recent political speakers from across the political spectrum have included Greg Barker (Conservative), Caroline Flint (Labour), Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat), Caroline Lucas (Greens), Sadiq Khan (Labour), Matt Hancock (Conservative), Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat), Jon Cruddas (Labour) and many more. Through Juncture, IPPR is also able to attract a diverse and very high-profile range of thinkers and commentators. Our website is one of the most visited of all British thinktanks and we lead our sector in the use of social media.