The Leeds Policy Institute (LPI) recently joined over 148 think tank leaders, researchers, and policy professionals from 50 countries at the 10th annual OTT Conference. Held in Rabat, Morocco, from 19 to 21 May 2026, the global summit was hosted in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South.

We are pleased to announce that the researchers of the Leeds Policy Institute had the pleasure of attending and presenting their research at the 2026 British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), hosted by the University of Glasgow.

The US/Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent rise in the price of oil to a 4-year high has once again swung the spotlight onto Britain’s precarious energy composition and the ease with which geopolitical crises abroad destabilises domestic economic activity. Spelled out in Labour’s 2024 manifesto was the pledge to reduce foreign energy reliance by accelerating the transition to domestic renewables; and while a step in the right direction, complete upheaval of the current

Leeds Policy Institute hosts yearly conference with the Leeds Economics Society

LPI's Sasha Johnson writes for On Think Tanks

...and What Labour Can Learn From It

Is a Four-Day Week Economically Viable and Politically Feasible?

Should all states be held equally responsible for implementing climate policy despite huge differences in contributions to climate-related issues?

Planning Policy, Credit Distortion, and the Roots of Britain’s Economic Stagnation