Archive - Lauren Policy

weekly link roundup

Slightly late this week, because I have been on a series of trains and buses and trolleybuses and trams this week to travel overland from London to…

Aug 7 •

Power, Parity, and Place

Remember when I used to be an international relations scholar?

Aug 3 •

July 2025

weekly link roundup

I’ll be in Ghana in mid-August!

Jul 30 •

Air conditioning: saving lives and accelerating net-zero

The world has warmed by about 1.5°C relative to the pre-industrial average, but Europe has warmed faster than any other continent.

Jul 25 •

weekly links roundup

Your last reminder: we are still having a women in science and tech policy meetup/drinks/mixer tonight at Newspeak House.

Jul 22 •

weekly link roundup

I previously linked to the Lancet paper arguing that USAID cuts will cause 14M deaths in the next five years.

Jul 15 •

weekly link roundup

My fellow Roots of Progress fellow Kevin Kohler has an excellent post on how Europe under-uses air conditioning

Jul 9 •

July 22: UK Women in Science and Technology Policy Drinks

There will be a women in science and technology policy drinks/mixer on July 22, at 7 PM at Newspeak House, Bethnal Green.

Jul 7 •

weekly link roundup

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, Sam Dumitriu has a great piece on how Britain discourages the use of air conditioning through government policy

Jul 2 •

June 2025

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