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POLICY BRIEFING: Creative Value Chains Copyright and Beyond for a Better Value Distribution
by Yaniv Benhamou  |  2nd February 2026

In this policy briefing, Yaniv Benhamou, author of 'Creative Value Chains', warns that digital platforms drain value from the creative ecosystem and calls for reforms to ensure fairer rewards for all contributors.…Read more

Pensions and a fair future for care workers
by Duncan U Fisher and Liam Foster  |  9th January 2026

The article argues that improving pensions is essential if reforms to adult social care work are to genuinely address inequality, retention and job quality.…Read more

Bristol Refugee Rights: Supporting refugees and asylum seekers through rising hostility

Bristol Refugee Rights supports thousands of refugees and asylum seekers each year, helping them survive hostile immigration policies, harmful media narratives and rising anti-migrant hostility while rebuilding their lives with dignity and support.…Read more

Power off: How feminism can combat digital violence
by Maddy Coy, Tamsin Bradley and Kirsten Campbell and Aisha K. Gill  |  9th December 2025

The editors of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence argue that digital violence against women extends offline patriarchal abuse and demands urgent feminist action and accountability.…Read more

 Teaming up to raise the nation: Open access and the power of collaboration

Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', is making his book open access to demonstrate how collaboration and free knowledge-sharing can promote inclusion, amplify impact, and inspire real social change for children and society.…Read more

Can public services go fully digital? Exploring the limits
by E. K. Sarter and Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey  |  30th October 2025

E. K. Sarter and Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey discuss how digitalisation in public services offers potential benefits but is limited by whether services are bound to physical space, requiring tailored strategies for different activities and tasks. …Read more

Challenging the boundaries of science: Inclusion, decolonisation and change
by Bahar Muller and Elizabeth Rasekoala  |  22nd October 2025

Elizabeth Rasekoala’s award-winning book 'Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication', calls for a global decolonisation of science communication, challenging systemic inequities and fostering inclusive, transformative practices that bridge Global North–South divides.…Read more

POLICY BRIEFING: How can we turn the UK’s asylum accommodation ‘crisis’ into an opportunity?

This policy briefing by Charlie Winstanley, author of 'Bricking It', argues that short-term politics and fiscal constraints hinder effective responses to the asylum hotels crisis, and that strategic investment in housing could address both asylum accommodation challenges and the wider housing crisis.…Read more

Fighting on two fronts: If Ukraine wins the war against Russia, will it lose to the West?

Elliott, author of 'Making War Safe for Capitalism', argues that Ukraine’s war has left the country deeply indebted, with international lenders prioritizing profits over its people’s survival and reconstruction.…Read more

AI in care: Augmentation or depletion?
by Kate Hamblin, Grace Whitfield and James Wright  |  7th August 2025

Kate Hamblin, Grace Whitfield, and James Wright explore how, despite growing enthusiasm for AI in UK social care, its use raises pressing ethical, equity, and ecological concerns that undermine claims of efficiency and effectiveness. Ask ChatGPT …Read more