Global social challenges
There are multiple interlocking crises currently gripping the planet. Significant threats and dangers lie ahead of us, but so do opportunities, as new ways of being, thinking, and doing emerge.
This stream of Transforming Society is a space for exploring the complexities of the global social challenges across disciplines and fields. It seeks to build and share the knowledge needed to shape a fairer world, across and for the global south and north, hoping to foster dialogue between academics, practitioners, policy makers and the wider public.
John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more
Stephen McBride argues that we shouldn’t fall into the trap of believing that our current 'permacrisis' is not in our control to solve. Instead, he calls for radical change through a new international order based on different principles.…Read more
In this policy briefing Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hick, authors of The War on Dirty Money present key findings and policy recommendations based on their work. …Read more
In this episode, Jess Miles speaks to those involved in the Changing Realities project about their experiences of life on a low-income. They discuss their involvement in the project, what they hope people will take away from reading the book and what we can all do individually to make the necessary changes in our society.…Read more
Nando Sigona, one of the authors of Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis', considers the multiple flaws in Rishi Sunak’s ‘five-point plan’ on immigration and its fatal consequences.…Read more
Marko Salvaggio argues for a shift in our narrative when thinking about the defining crisis of our times and suggests that it is not climate, but social.…Read more
Mick Cooper, author of ‘Psychology at the Heart of Social Change’, speaks to Richard Kemp about the strategies could we implement for a psychology-informed progressive society.…Read more
Amy Beddows asks how the government can tackle men’s violence against women and highlights how society often focuses on women’s feelings of safety rather than on the reality that two women a week are murdered in the UK.…Read more
In this episode, Tim Bodley-Scott and Ersel Oymak speak to Rebecca Megson-Smith about why robust university–industry partnerships are vital to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and create a better world for everyone.…Read more
Stewart Lansley looks at the rise of poverty in the UK and shows how a strategy to tackle widespread impoverishment must recognise the critical effect of the process of wealth accumulation at the top on low incomes at the bottom. …Read more