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Since 2019, the National Engineering Policy Centre has helped shape critical policy decisions that have made a difference to people’s lives and the economy.

The four key strategic aims of the NEPC are,

  1. Create an inclusive partnership
  2. Promote engineering
  3. Deploy engineering insights
  4. Extend our reach beyond engineering

Find out more below about how we are working to those aims:

Net zero

Achieving net zero is an unprecedented challenge – in the scale and pace of policy change and action that is required. Engineering expertise will be central to delivering a transition to a prosperous and sustainable society.

Net Zero

Safety and ethics of autonomous systems

This project seeks to understand the risks and benefits associated with autonomous systems across sectors and how they should be designed, developed, and deployed to ensure benefits are widely distributed and no one is disadvantaged.

Safety and ethics of autonomous systems

Infection resilient environments

In March 2020, the Academy and its partners in the National Engineering Policy Centre were commissioned by the Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci to identify the interventions needed in the UK’s built environment and transport systems to reduce infection transmission.

Infection resilient environments

Late-stage R&D

This work focused on understanding late-stage R&D, explaining what late-stage R&D is to policymakers and made recommendations to government on actions to ensure more late-stage R&D takes place in the UK.

Late-stage R&D: Business perspectives

COVID-19

The Academy, working with our partners in the National Engineering Policy Centre provided advice to government on a range of areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Covid-19

Air quality

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Professor Chris Whitty asked the NEPC to input to the 2022 CMO Annual Report on air pollution. We organised two virtual roundtables in December 2021 to provide an overview of the roles of engineering in reducing the harmful health effects of air pollution.

Air Quality

Sustainable living places

June 2020 the National Engineering Policy Centre undertook a project to develop a shared perspective on the current system of housing and infrastructure delivery in the UK.

Sustainable living places

The Academy is working to ensure that engineering is at the heart of policy-making, providing authoritative, impartial advice and expertise. We bring together leading engineers from across all disciplines to work together on issues of national and global importance.

Find out about our other policy work