Samuel Houlberg

Policy Fellowships Coordinator at Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

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Policy Fellowships Coordinator, Centre for Science and Policy

Samuel Houlberg is Policy Fellowships Coordinator at the Centre for Science and Policy, where he is responsible for fostering networks and collaboration between policymakers and academics.

Samuel completed a BA in French and History from King's College London, spending a year abroad teaching English in France, and an MPhil in American History from the University of Cambridge.

Prior to joining CSaP, he worked as a baker, and he has also been a research assistant on projects looking at the internment of foreign 'aliens' in Britain during WWII, and studying eighteenth-century Neapolitan material culture.

Dr Faye Taylor

Department for Education
Sarah Andrews

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
John O'Flaherty

Commission for Communications Regulation, Government of Ireland
Patricia McCabe

Ministry of Defence
Benjamin Saoul

British Embassy Paris
Dan Chugg

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Michael Davies

Department for Education
Tom McNeil

JABBS Foundation
Jack Witt

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
Frances Oram

Department for Education
Chris Wilkinson

Homes England
Teresa Soter

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Penny Walker-Robertson

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Oladipo Okusaga

British Embassy Washington DC
Robert Harrison

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Kirsten Pringle

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Niamh Matthews

Greater Cambridge Partnership
Keren Shurkin

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Alex Jones

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)
Alison Kilburn

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge

Policy Fellowships Coordinator

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    The Reynolds Lecture 2025

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    CSaP Annual Conference 2025: Resilience in a changing world

    This year our annual conference explored the theme 'Resilience in a changing world'. You can read summaries and listen to audio recordings of sessions held throughout the day.

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