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About this event

On 24th March 2022, to mark the second anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns, IPPO - the International Public Policy Observatory – will be hosting a gathering to take stock of what happened, what’s been learned and what insights to take into recovery plans. Throughout 2021, IPPO has been synthesising evidence and working with policy-makers on issues ranging from online learning and education to mental health and homelessness, tapping into a global network covering over 100 countries.

The all-day event will bring together a wide range of decision-makers, thinkers and commentators – including just to name a few:

• Sir Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council
• Inaya Rakhmani, Director of the Asia Research Centre
• Andy Haldane (who led the government’s recent Levelling Up White Paper), 
• Sir David Spiegelhalter, Statistician
• Marvin Rees, Bristol City’s Mayor
• Siobhan O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Champion 
• Sarah Vibert, NCVO Chief Executive
• Richard Harries, Associate Director of the Institute for Community Studies
• Andrew Kerr, Edinburgh Council's Chief Executive 
• Kellie Beirne, Director of the Cardiff Capital City Region Deal 
• Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration & Skills 
• Angela Scott, Aberdeen Council's Chief Executive 
• Deborah Cadman, Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council 
• Professor Alison Park, Chair of the ESRC 
• Professor Dominique Brozzard, Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ursula Gobel, VP , Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. 
• Michael Mansfield QC

Current structure of the day in GMT (subject to change):

• 09.00- 10.00: Global picture of policy responses with case studies from regions and countries
• 10.00-11.15: UK two years on; facts, lessons and insights
• 11.15- 11.30: Spotlight on IPPO
• 11:35-12:30: Breakout groups - Social Capital, Mental Health and Education
• 12:30-13.30: How are cities addressing systemic issues and building greater resilience against future crises? 
• 13:30- 14.30: Making evidence impactful session
• 14:30- 15:00: COVID-19 Public Inquiries
• 15:00-16:00: Final plenary with summaries and closing comments

Time

10:00 - 17:00 CET

Background of IPPO:

IPPO is a collaboration between UCL, Cardiff University, Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Glasgow, the University of Auckland and the University of Oxford, together with think-tanks including the International Network for Government Science (INGSA) and academic news publisher The Conversation.

IPPO is supported by a £2 million, two-year grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the UK’s largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. ESRC supports independent, high-quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and civil society – including (at any one time) supporting more than 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students in academic institutions and independent research institutes.

You can find much more on our website:

This will be an online event via Zoom with joining instructions to be sent nearer to the time.