Projects
Our projects are led by working groups of Fellows and other experts, including economists and social scientists. The Council of the Royal Society reviews our major reports.
You can find our policy projects related to education here.
Current projects
This landmark study explores the changing landscape of science and innovation across a diverse selection of countries with large Muslim populations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
A project which aims to inform policymaking about cybersecurity research in the UK.
A set of principles and responsibilities for students, supervisory teams, careers and training services and HEIs, to help ensure that PhD students’ career expectations are clearly understood and managed.
The project is examining human resilience to weather- and climate-related extreme events and considering measures that can be taken to protect lives and livelihoods.
A project to investigate ways to remove barriers to entry and progression to the scientific workforce, which focuses on gender, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic status.
This project will look at all types of environmental observation by remote sensing, which includes all types of technologies which monitors environmental systems.
An ambitious project to set out a vision for how the UK can develop an inspiring and high performing science and mathematics education system over the next 15-20 years.
Past projects
The following projects are recently completed.
This project investigated developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and public policy.
This joint project between the Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society is looking at the implications of human enhancement technologies for the future of work.
This study provided an overview of the global scientific landscape in 2011. The aims were to map and analyse where, why and by whom science is being carried out around the world and to understand how this is changing and what the implications of these developments are for global decision makers in science, business, NGOs and government.
This project focuses on best practices for the management of spent fuel, including interim storage, geological disposal, and reuse.
This project is a major study investigating the relationship between changes in population size, distribution and age structure, consumption and the implications for human wellbeing.
This project is a major study on the use of scientific information as it affects scientists and society. It aims to identify the principles, opportunities and problems of sharing and disclosing scientific information and asks how scientific information should be managed to support innovative and productive research that reflects public values.
This short review is examining the major risks associated with hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking'.
The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) aims to ensure that any geoengineering research that goes ahead – inside or outside the laboratory - is conducted in a manner that is responsible, transparent and environmentally sound.
This project is exploring research that involves the design and construction of novel artificial biological pathways, organisms and devices or the redesign of existing natural biological systems.
