The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST, for short) has been producing impartial, non-partisan, and peer-reviewed briefing notes for over thirty years on various subjects which may be of interest to Members and staffers.
POST is the UK Parliament’s in-house source of independent, balanced and accessible analysis of public policy issues related to science and technology. Their aim is to inform parliamentary debate.
More information and the full list of POSTnotes can be found on the main POST site here: https://post.parliament.uk/
Their work programme covers:
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- Biology and health
- Energy and Environment
- Physical and digital science
- Social Sciences
Their analysis covers:
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- COVID-19
- Energy
- Environment
- Food Security
- Transport and Infrastructure
- Digital Tech
- Security and Defence
- Education
- Crime and Justice
- Health and Social Care
- Science Policy
All publications (since 1995) are available in PDF format. To sign up for their mailing list, please click here: https://mailchi.mp/email.parliament.uk/post
POST also hosts seminars and training events, details of which can be found here: https://post.parliament.uk/events/