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• Healthy Conversations We know that the doctor-patient relationship is changing. Sources of health information have multiplied and the GP’s monopoly on knowledge is wobbling. But as we move from paternalism to ‘patient-centred’ how should we think about professionalism and expertise? What are the advantages and challenges of patients and the public playing a more active role in their own healthcare? As the questions patients ask of their doctors become more complicated, how do conversations with doctors need to change? 30 BlogPosts 5 Bookmarks 14 Themes
• The politics of public behaviour This project is a chance to explore the tensions in the current debate between fostering a 'nanny state' and finding a response to some of the most pressing social issues of our time. Researchers: Duncan O'Leary 1 BlogPost 56 Bookmarks 40 Themes
• For Your Information (past) We live in an information age. Libraries, radio and television have been supplemented by the Internet, email and mobile technologies.  But we seem to have quickly generated a state of collective angst about what new levels of openness, and an environment rich in information, mean for the protection of personal data – for where it is stored, who sees it, what it is used for, and what it might say about us. Researchers: Peter Bradwell 130 BlogPosts 705 Bookmarks 84 Themes
• User-led service design in Local Authorities We're working with three local authorities: Lewisham, Knowsley and Bristol, to work out how change happens in local authorities. Researchers: Hannah Green Matthew Horne 1 BlogPost 46 Bookmarks 66 Themes
• Demos 2050 Demos has undertaken futures work with a wide range of organisations – helping groups from trade unions to international security bodies plan ahead. Researchers: Charlie Edwards 5 BlogPosts 8 Bookmarks 27 Themes

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