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Rebecca Megson-Smith with Kate Anderson chart the influence of a Bristol University Press book on the debate on Universal Credit. Kate's coverage of research with mothers affected by the conditionality clause in UC has given a voice to those at the sharp end of Whitehall decision making.…Read more
As yet another private home care provider goes out of business, Peter Scourfield discusses why the quasi-marketisation of adult social care has failed and how many are impacted.…Read more
Sam Illingworth, author of 'Poetry and Pedagogy in Higher Education', shows how poetry can play a pivotal role in shifting public discourse towards a common ground amid the other less palatable Ps of populism, polarisation and post-truth. …Read more
Sally Stapley and Claire Pentecost reveal the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on family carers of dementia patients. …Read more
Lars Evertsson, Ann-Sofie Henrikson and Charlott Nyman describe the alarming weapon that a smartphone can become when controlled by an abusive partner. …Read more
Lee Gregory, co-editor of 'Diversity and Welfare Provision' challenges the notion of citizenship in policy efforts to address inequality. It’s an antiquated notion that implies a norm and doesn’t acknowledge the experience of marginalised groups. …Read more
Emre Eren Korkmaz, author of 'Smart Borders, Digital Identity and Big Data', considers the use of ‘smart border’ surveillance technology tested on Palestinians for many years and now used in the war on Gaza. …Read more
Jardar Østbø, co-author of 'Luxury and Corruption', dispels the myth that Putin is the ultimate enemy of the liberal capitalist order and Navalny its hero. Rather they are the two sides of the same neoliberal capitalist coin. …Read more
Alex Stevens, author of 'Drug Policy Constellations' discusses how drug policy actors don’t base their policies on research evidence, but on shared and difficult-to-shift ethical and political commitments. …Read more
Cara Jardine looks at the effect of prison on families, and their limited ability to challenge how they are treated by the justice system .…Read more