The era of climate boiling – the Pyrocene – is upon us. Extreme heat and wildfire events are both widespread and regular. Celia Roberts, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Louisa Allen and Rebecca Williamson propose the term Pyro-reproduction to explore the ways in which people forge ways of life in such conditions. …Read more

Bozena Wielgoszewska reports her findings on why the pandemic affected women’s employment rates more adversely than men’s. …Read more

Patrick White, editor of 'Straightforward Statistics', reveals his findings with Emma Smith on research into our shortage of STEM professionals.…Read more

Tina Sikka, editor of 'Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies', discusses the effect that health technology such as full-body MRI scans is having on our understanding of what constitutes good health. …Read more

Scott Timcke, author of 'Algorithms and the End of Politics', looks at the dangers of attributing human-like intelligence to machines in the context of the rollout of AI products. …Read more

Maria Gallo, author of 'The Alumni Way', offers strategies to final-year university students on preparing for life after graduation. …Read more

Henry Tam calls for a top-priority programme to reform our broken democratic infrastructure so that it can support sustained cooperative interactions. …Read more

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Malcolm Evans, former Chair of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and author of ‘Tackling Torture: Prevention in Practice’.…Read more

Clive Sealey, author of 'Applying Social Policy to Criminal Justice Practice', shows how criminal justice practice must move away from a narrow emphasis on crime and criminality, to a wider focus that attends to the social policy needs of individuals, groups and communities.…Read more

Hannes Gerhardt, author of 'From Capital to Commons', considers what an alternative, commons approach to our electricity provision could look like. …Read more