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Melissa Marschke and Peter Vandergeest expose the impact of the pandemic on the already vulnerable workers on industrial fishing boats.…Read more
Dominic Bates and Ian Thomson argue why the Sustainable Development Goals are the best way for businesses to be more responsible and sustainable. …Read more
Eleanor Jupp considers how the local action that blossomed during the covid and austerity crises has morphed but continues to evolve and bring people together. It must not, though, replace the welfare state.…Read more
Elizabeth Kiely and Katharina Swirak draw our critical attention to the steady creep of crime-control discourses and logics into so-called social policies, in projects of welfare reform, urban policy making, family interventions and rehabilitation strategies.…Read more
Morena Tartari outlines her experiences as a lone parent and transnational researcher during the pandemic, and the structural inequalities she faced.…Read more
Stewart Lansley, author of 'The Richer, The Poorer', discusses the recent changes to benefits sanctions in the UK, and how runaway rewards for the rich and sanctions for the poor is not a politics of the common good. …Read more
K.M Fierke presents a new book which brings together snapshots of Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism and quantum physics to peel back the various layers of societal uncertainty revealed by the pandemic.…Read more
Chris Brink, author of 'The Soul of a University', discusses the changing role of academia in society. It is not enough to say that the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake will provide resolution to society’s problems. …Read more
Ian Hyslop, author of 'A Political History of Child Protection', considers the disproportionality of Māori children in state care in NZ – another example of bias against indigenous peoples in Anglophone countries across the world. …Read more
Terri Givens reflects on her personal reaction to January 6 and why she felt the need to reflect on why the images were so upsetting, beyond the act of insurrection itself. …Read more