SPRU has more than 60 faculty members, 150 MScs and 50 doctoral students.
Organization
The Science Policy Research Unit is located within the University of Sussex Business School in Brighton, United Kingdom. SPRU's current[as of?] director is Professor Jeremy Hall, formerly director of the Centre for Social Innovation Management at Surrey Business School and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. He took over as professor from Johan Schot in September 2019.
SPRU's specialist research centres include:
Sussex Energy Group (SEG)
Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP)
The STEPS Centre (co-hosted with the Institute of Development Studies)
Harvard Sussex Program (a long-standing partnership with Harvard University in the field of biological and chemical weapons)
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (in partnership with Nesta)
Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions – Digital Society strand
National Centre for Energy Systems Integration (in partnership with four other research-intensive universities and strategic partner Siemens)
SPRU currently offers six Master's courses, two of which are available online. Additionally, SPRU offers two PhD degrees in Science and Technology Policy Studies and Technology and Innovation Management.
Harvard Sussex Program
The Harvard Sussex Program (HSP) is a collaborative effort on chemical biological weapons disarmament between Harvard University and SPRU at the University of Sussex. It was formed by Matthew Meselson and Julian Perry Robinson to provide research, training, seminars, and information on chemical biological warfare and its disarmament. In 2010, Sussex faculty member Caitriona McLeish was appointed co-director of the HSP.
The program has an archival collection of CBW-related documents at the Sussex Harvard Information Bank (SHIB).