Rory Coulter, author of 'Housing and Life Course Dynamics', argues for a new way of considering the UK housing crisis: it is not a discrete technical problem to be solved but must be part of a much broader social policy agenda.…Read more

What’s the emotional toll of COVID-19? In this new episode of the Transforming Society podcast, the fantastic Lucy Easthope and Kandida Purnell, two of the co-editors of 'When This Is Over', talk about the pandemic and its long lasting impact.…Read more

Richard Machin looks at the UK’s response to the financial & housing needs of Ukrainian refugees, more than a year on from the Russian invasion, and argues that a stronger safety net is needed.…Read more

Nicky Gregson, author of 'The Waste of the World' calls for a rethink of waste and argues that, somewhat paradoxically, our current capitalist fix exacerbates the problem.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more

In this, the second of three short conversations, Tim expands on the idea that cybersecurity is primarily about and for people, and responds to the question of whether, given the power of Big Tech, individual users’ interest can ever truly be paramount.…Read more

Authors of the International Journal of Care and Caring article ‘What happens when care homes close?’ explain the importance of their research at a time when care homes are facing tough economic challenges. …Read more

Mary P. Murphy, author of 'Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future', looks at the cojoined problems of climate change and inequality that need to be tackled together if we want transformative change.…Read more

Aiming to change perspectives on public housing, John Bissett talks about what life is like for the people who live on the estate and how it is shaped by gender and class, not simply deprivation.…Read more

Richard Riddell, author of 'Schooling in a Democracy', calls for an urgent change in the role of Ofsted and a curtailment of its influence.…Read more