Institute for Public Policy Research
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The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a UK think-tank with strong ties to the Labour party that claims to produce progressive ideas committed to upholding values of social justice, democratic reform and environmental sustainability. IPPR is based in London and also has a branch in Newcastle, IPPR North.
It was founded in 1988. The founding director was James Cornford.[1] The institute has also been lead by Gerald Holtam, Matthew Taylor, now Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts,[2] and Nick Pearce, a former special advisor to David Blunkett MP. Former members of staff include Patricia Hewitt, David Miliband and Tristram Hunt. The current co-directors are Lisa Harker and Carey Oppenheim, on a job share basis.[3]
The Institute edits a quarterly journal called Public Policy Research (formerly New Economy), published by Blackwell, which features articles from academics and politicians.
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[edit] Policy areas
The institute undertakes research in the following areas:
- arts, culture & sport
- assets & wealth
- children & families
- crime & justice
- democracy, governenace & citizenship
- digital society & media
- economy and business
- education
- environment
- health & social care
- housing & communities
- human rights
- international
- local government, nations and regions
- migration & integration
- public attitudes & involvement
- tax, welfare & public finance
- transport
[edit] Influential research
In the mid-1990s, the IPPR was best known for its Commission on Social Justice, which provided the basis for many of the policies of the New Labour government that came to power in 1997, including the New Deal. Child Trust Funds were first conceived by the IPPR in 2000, and were subsequently adopted by the government in 2005. [4]
Recent publications of note include: Freedom's Orphans, Brits Abroad, Darfur: The Responsibility to Protect, and Steering Through Change.
In 2005, the IPPR published a report mapping recent immigration to the UK, drawing on data from the 2001 Census [5] The report received considerable media attention, and was used as the basis for a BBC mini-site called 'Born abroad', on which the result were made available interactively. [6]
[edit] Officers
- Chris Powell - Chairman
- Jeremy Hardie - Treasurer
- Dr Chai Patel - Secretary
[edit] Advisory Council
- The Lord Bhattacharyya
- The Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
- The Lord Eatwell
- The Lord Gavron
- Chris Gibson-Smith
- The Lord Giddens
- The Lord Hollick
- Jane Humphries
- Sir Roger Jowell
- The Lord Kinnock
- Richard Lambert
- David Marquand
- Frances O'Grady
- Michael Perry
- David Pitt-Watson
- Dave Prentis
- The Lord Puttnam
- The Lord Rees of Ludlow
- The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
- Ed Sweeney
- The Baroness Williams of Crosby
- The Baroness Young of Old Scone
[edit] References
- ^ Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett (2006) 'What works'? British think tanks and the 'end of ideology', The Political Quarterly 77(2), pp. 156-165
- ^ Justin Bentham (2006) The IPPR and Demos: Think tanks of the new social democracy, The Political Quarterly 77(2), pp. 166-174
- ^ Profile – Lisa Harker & Carey Oppenheim – It takes two, Public Finance, 14 December 2007, accessed 20 December 2007
- ^ IPPR About ippr: Influence on policy, accessed 16 September 2006
- ^ Sarah Kyambi Beyond black and white: Mapping new immigrant communities, IPPR, 7 September 2005, accessed 16 September 2006
- ^ BBC Online Born abroad: An immigration map of Britain, 7 September 2005, accessed 16 September 2006
