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Noel Cass calls for a different approach to discouraging the 15% responsible for 70% of airline seat bookings. Active restraint or flight-shaming is what’s needed.…Read more
The authors of a recent article in Emotions and Society share their research into white supremacist beliefs and ask how you deradicalise someone whose racist views are based on intuitive or emotional pathways.…Read more
Jeremy Dixon, author of 'Adult Safeguarding Observed', probes the rising number of adult safeguarding concerns being reported in the UK and what might be the reasons. …Read more
Aaron Pycroft and Clemens Bartollas, authors of 'Redemptive Criminology', discuss their new book, which offers new insights into punishment and retribution. …Read more
Flora Gill, author of 'Work and Social Justice', discusses the only circumstances in which she would support the introduction of a Universal Basic Income. …Read more
Hannah Phillips, policy researcher at The Jo Cox Foundation, outlines her research examining the politicisation of the problem of violence against MPs in the UK. …Read more
Tristan Partridge and Javiera Barandi remind us that systems that renewable energy will replace do not neatly come to an end. Energy transitions must be built around decommissioning frameworks. …Read more
Helen Penn discusses how far we’ve come away from the community nurseries of the 1980s: a local accountable service for local people. Now it’s big business and the children are not the beneficiaries.…Read more
Anne-Marie Greenslade, contributor to 'Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking', examines the government’s continued attempt to paint migrants as exploitative and not genuine victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. …Read more
Patrick White, editor of 'Straightforward Statistics', reveals his findings with Emma Smith on research into our shortage of STEM professionals.…Read more