Politics and International Relations
Steve Iafrati considers the reasons for the 89% increase in households living in temporary accommodation over the last decade, and calls for urgent intervention with an ambitious strategy to break the cycle of missed targets.…Read more
Henry Tam looks at the low voter turnout at last week’s elections, and considers how we can persuade the public that their vote matters.…Read more
Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', discuss the impact of their book. By delving into the complex issue of the wealth divide, they shed light on how reducing income inequality could have far-reaching benefits, even for the top 10% of earners.…Read more
Jane Miller and Kitty Stewart present the Child Poverty Action Group's strategy to end child poverty, as part of the Academic Stand Against Poverty blog series.…Read more
Stewart Lansley calls on Keir Starmer to step up his ‘laser focus on poverty’ commitment to attack Britain’s yawning income and wealth gap.…Read more
Scott Timcke considers the impact of AI systems on democratic politics, as our lives become managed experiences optimised for efficient data extraction, and our social relations mediated by computer engineering.…Read more
Gerardo Arriaga reminds us that the Academics Stand Against Poverty manifesto audit will scrutinise parties’ policies on poverty, climate change and gender equality in the run up to the UK election.…Read more
Katie Schmuecker, Principal Policy Advisor at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, calls on politicians to stop ignoring poverty, and to come up with a plan for reducing hardship – otherwise the grim records will keep on coming and storing up problems for the future. …Read more
Steven Griggs and David Howarth call for a radical rethinking of our attitudes to aviation.…Read more
Jennifer M. Piscopo and Julieta Suárez-Cao consider the effects of gender parity in Chile’s first constitutional convention and ask if women’s presence in elected office leads to policy outcomes that benefit women.…Read more