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"IFS" is a registered trademark of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
IFS Licensing & Use Conditions
Updated 16/02/2026
1. Copyright Ownership
Unless otherwise stated, all content produced, published, recorded, or hosted by IFS is the exclusive copyright of IFS.
This includes (but is not limited to):
• written reports, articles, commentary, and web pages
• infographics, charts, data visualisations, and graphics
• videos, webinars, animations, live-streams, and other video content
• podcasts, audio interviews, and sound recordings
• presentations, slide decks, teaching and outreach materials
• any derivative works created on behalf of IFS
Guests and external contributors
For materials involving external participants—such as podcast guests, interviewees, panel speakers, invited researchers, or other contributors—the Institute retains copyright in all recordings, transcripts, edited outputs, and published forms of those materials unless otherwise contractually specified. Guest contributions do not confer independent copyright ownership nor restrict IFS’s rights to publish or license the materials under the terms below.
Academic publications by IFS researchers
Where work by IFS researchers is published with UKRI funding in academic publications (journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and monographs), it is published using a CC-BY licence, in line with UKRI requirements.
2. Default Licence: Creative Commons Attribution–Non-Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Unless stated otherwise, all IFS content is licensed under:
Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Under this licence you are free to:
• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material without changing the original intent of the material
As long as you comply with the following terms:
Attribution. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
Example:
“Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.”
Non-commercial use only. You may not use the material for commercial purposes without prior written permission from IFS.
3. Definition of Non-Commercial Use (NCUP)
Non-commercial use includes:
• academic research and teaching
• public-interest journalism
• use by non-profit organisations and public agencies
• personal study or commentary
• free online sharing or discussion of the materials
Commercial use includes (but is not limited to):
- usage by for-profit publishers, consultancies, or corporations
- monetised platforms, apps, or subscription services
- use in commercial products, commercial training, paid analytics or technical services
- integration into commercial datasets or machine-learning/AI models
- any use where revenue, business advantage or commercial benefit is involved
- If you are unsure whether your use qualifies as non-commercial, please contact IFS. (see Section 8).
4. Integrity and “No Bad-Faith Editing” Notice
IFS is committed to protecting the accuracy, reliability and reputation of its work.
By using IFS materials, users must not:
• edit, remix or alter them in a way that misrepresents, distorts conclusions, or falsifies context
• use them in a knowingly deceptive, defamatory or misleading manner
• present modified materials which claim to be endorsed by IFS without authorisation
• create or distribute altered versions (including AI-generated alterations) that imply positions or statements not originally made by IFS
IFS asserts all applicable moral rights, including the right of integrity, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
5. Video, Audio, and Data Visualisations
Videos & Audio: These are covered by the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, but users must not:
• edit content to misrepresent speakers or their viewpoints
• alter statements to imply conclusions not made
• generate misleading deep-fakes, AI-voice mimics or falsified recordings
6. No Endorsement & Trademarks
IFS’s name, logo and branding elements are trademarked and may not be used to imply endorsement, sponsorship or approval of derivative works without explicit written permission.
Trademark rights remain fully reserved.
7. Third-Party Content
Some IFS publications or resources may include third-party content (e.g., images from commercial galleries) which is subject to different copyright or licence terms.
Users are responsible for verifying and complying with any such separate terms before reuse.
8. Commercial Licensing Requests
Commercial or for-profit use of IFS materials requires prior written permission.
Contact:
Email: [email protected]. Please state:
• intended use
• distribution channels
• geographic scope
• duration of use
• any modification or adaptation of original materials
IFS will review each request individually and may approve, deny or propose a custom commercial licence.
9. Disclaimer
All IFS materials are provided as is, without warranty of accuracy, fitness for purpose, or freedom from error. Use is at your own risk.
10. Governing Law
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, unless otherwise specified in a separate written agreement.