Medicine Men
James Wilsdon reviews a new history of alternative medicine by Roberta Bivins
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Islamic innovation is finally on a rising crescent
James Wilsdon assesses the prospects for science and innovation across the Islamic world. This will be the theme of a new Demos project to be launched in early 2008.
Diplomacy and skills for the cultural age
Culture is coming to play a more important role in determining the course of international relations than ever before. Politicians must respond to this with support, and cultural organisations must adapt to respond to the new needs that it brings
Capital Finance
Charlie Tims, a Demos senior researcher, commenting on less measurable benefits that London brings to surrounding regions and the country as a whole.
A Crucial Engagement
Engagement with political Islam is not a question of if, but of how
The incendiary tax?
When did the inheritance tax become the new poll tax? When did it gain the Exocet-like power to hone in on the outrage of middle Britain, and even put off an election?
Can politicians use technology? NZ thinks so
Earlier this week I took a trip down to Bournemouth to speak at an event organised by the thinktank Demos as part of the Labour Party Conference Fringe. For the discussion, which was entitled 'Participation Rewired', I joined an illustrious panel - Jim
The ungood earth
According to Demos, a UK think tank that studied science and innovation potential in China, the country is at an early stage in the most ambitious programme of research investment since John F Kennedy embarked on the race to the moon. Demos cite Chinese
Who's afraid of the Respect Party? Dissent and cohesion in modern Britain
For a demographic group that makes up approximately 3 per cent of the UK’s population, the Muslim community manages to command more than its fair share of newspaper headlines. Rarely does a week pass without controversy, whether it be veil-wearing women
Safety for deposits
Economists can be frustrating sometimes. Watching the Channel 4 news yesterday I saw Michael Foot - formerly of the FSA, not the other one - describe how the people withdrawing their money from Northern Rock had been acting "naively" and "irrationally". B
Planners called on to bridge gap between public and economic value of place
London Deputy Mayor welcomes debate over future of planning profession
Skills deficit risks polarizing Britain, warns Demos
New research programme launched to look at solving ‘skills paradox’
BRITAIN WILL BE SIDELINED IN GLOBAL SCIENCE REVOLUTION, WARNS DEMOS
Innovation hotspots set to leave Britain out in the cold
Demos Annual Security Lecture 2006
Wednesday 20 December 2006, 6pm Demos, Magdalen House
Dr Catherine Fieschi appointed Director of Demos
Dr Catherine Fieschi has this week been appointed Director of the think tank Demos, warning that British politics faces a growing crisis of democratic legitimacy. Under Dr Fieschi’s leadership Demos will explore the shifting sands of political engagement,
Experts don’t have all the answers, we need to put the politics back into policy
Politicians should stop relying just on scientists and start trusting the public