[1][2][3] The Centre attempts to achieve this goal by running three programmes: Notable Policy Fellows include NESTA chief executive Geoff Mulgan, DG CONNECT Director-General[4] Robert Madelin, and chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Julia Unwin.
The first visiting research fellow was Professor Charles Kennel, who began his fellowship on 16 January 2014.
It holds its annual conference at the Royal Society of London in April each year.
[8][9] CSAP also hosts an annual lecture, which in 2017 was given by Professor Chris Whitty, then Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health.
[10] CSaP's role in aiding policy makers was noted by Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament Julian Huppert in his science policy proposals drafted in 2012.