Institute for Public Policy Research

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. [Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett (2006) [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00758.x 'What works'? British think tanks and the 'end of ideology'] , "The Political Quarterly" 77(2), pp. 156-165] The institute has also been led by Gerald Holtam, Matthew Taylor, now Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, [Justin Bentham (2006) [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00759.x The IPPR and Demos: Think tanks of the new social democracy] , "The Political Quarterly" 77(2), pp. 166-174] 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. [ [http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/features_details.cfm?News_id=31891 Profile – Lisa Harker & Carey Oppenheim – It takes two] , "Public Finance", 14 December 2007, accessed 20 December 2007]

The Institute edits a quarterly journal called "Public Policy Research" (formerly "New Economy"), published by Blackwell, which features articles from academics and politicians.

Policy areas

The institute undertakes research in the following areas: [cite web|url=http://www.ippr.org/research/themes/|title=IPPR research themes|publisher=Institute for Public Policy Research|accessdate=2008-08-14]

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. [ IPPR [http://www.ippr.org.uk/aboutippr/?id=18 About ippr: Influence on policy] , accessed 16 September 2006 ]

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 [ Sarah Kyambi [http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=308 Beyond black and white: Mapping new immigrant communities] , IPPR, 7 September 2005, accessed 16 September 2006 ] 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. [ BBC Online [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/html/overview.stm Born abroad: An immigration map of Britain] , 7 September 2005, accessed 16 September 2006 ]

Trustees

IPPR's trustees are: [cite web|url=http://www.ippr.org/aboutippr/?id=16|title=Trustees|publisher=IPPR|accessdate=2008-06-13]

References

ee also

*Centre for Cities
*List of UK think tanks

External links

* [http://www.ippr.org Institute for Public Policy Research]