From Bristol University Press and Policy Press, Transforming Society shares the powerful stories rooted in our research, showing how ideas can shape a fairer, better society.
Here are our most-read articles from 2025:
1. What would a future without the British monarchy look like?
Laura Clancy, author of What Is the Monarchy For?, considers the monarchy’s role and legacy in modern society.
2. The politics of division: Why we blame the wrong people
Peter Beresford, author of The Antidote, argues that political division encourages people to blame each other instead of those responsible for inequality.
3. The power and politics of the manosphere
Malin Holm, author of The privilege of ‘aggrieved entitlement’: exploring the social bases of antifeminist political players mobilising for the European Journal of Politics and Gender, examines how the “manosphere” spreads misogyny online and shapes public debate.
4. Three years of war: The struggles of Ukrainian refugees in the UK job market
Mariia Makarova highlights how Ukrainian refugees, many highly educated and experienced, continue to struggle to find jobs matching their skills.
5. AI vs artists: A dangerous cultural misunderstanding
Margaret Heffernan, author of Embracing Uncertainty, warns that AI often exploits artists’ work while threatening their livelihoods.
6. Moving beyond the negative language surrounding adolescence and fathers
Anna Tarrant, author of Fathering and Poverty, argues we should stop using “deficit” language about adolescence and fathers, and recognise that many men are engaged fathers deserving support.
7. Social media, hate and resistance: What we learned from England’s 2024 riots
Alex Ardalan-Raikes and Nasrul Ismail, authors of United against hate: lessons from the far-right riots in England for Justice, Power and Resistance, argue that online misinformation enables the far‑right.
8. The gender and race myths perpetuating medical misogyny
Sally King, author of Menstrual Myth Busting, shows how persistent gender and racial myths in medicine cause women, especially racialised women, to have their symptoms dismissed, perpetuating medical misogyny.
9. How the left is winning the moral high ground, but losing the culture war
Suzy Levy, author of Mind the Inclusion Gap, discusses how the left may seem to hold the moral high ground, but is failing to win many who feel alienated by current approaches to inclusion and diversity.
10. Young Muslims’ creative engagement with social media
Peter Hopkins, Robin Finlay and Joel White show how many young Muslims see social media as a space for creative expression and self‑representation, even while navigating risks like Islamophobia and online bias.
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