Politics and International Relations
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
Lee Gregory introduces Academics Stand Against Poverty UK‘s audit of party manifestos, specifically their commitment to addressing poverty and inequality, ahead of the general election. …Read more
Michael Orsini and Jennifer M. Kilty discuss the impact of emotions on political discourse, highlighting the common tendency to dismiss emotions as distractions that hinder "reasoned debate".…Read more
In this episode, Richard Kemp speaks with Anna Durnova about the weaponisation of truth, the important difference between being told you are safe and feeling you are safe and the need to bring the harnessing of emotions back to democracy.…Read more
Following presenting at a pre-budget briefing hosted by Richard Burgon MP, Gerry Mitchell, co-author of 'Uncomfortably Off' discusses why the top 10% of earners are best placed to reset the public conversation about the flow of wealth in society.…Read more