Social and Public Policy

When is it wrong to accept a donation because of how the money was made? In this final conversation with Rhodri Davies, he explores this and other moral dilemmas that beset the philanthropic landscape of the 21st century.…Read more

Wanga Zembe-Mkabile outlines the experiences of primary caregivers during COVID-19 lockdown in Cape Town. …Read more

Rhetta Moran and Grainne McMahon chart the pernicious attempt by the Government to pit the British public against people seeking refuge. …Read more

What’s the emotional toll of COVID-19? In this new episode of the Transforming Society podcast, the fantastic Lucy Easthope and Kandida Purnell, two of the co-editors of 'When This Is Over', talk about the pandemic and its long lasting impact.…Read more

Aiming to change perspectives on public housing, John Bissett talks about what life is like for the people who live on the estate and how it is shaped by gender and class, not simply deprivation.…Read more

In the second of three short conversations with Rhodri Davies, author of 'What Is Philanthropy For?', George Miller asks Rhodri about the difference between philanthropy and charity.…Read more

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and E.K Sarter, editors of 'Understanding Public Services', consider the innovations that public services are employing in the face of multiple challenges.…Read more

Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', argue that the Spring Budget will do little to improve the situation of even the relatively well-off in society, while the underlying causes of our many crises are left unaddressed.…Read more

In this episode, George Miller speaks to Rhodri Davies about why he thinks this is a good time to ask questions about the purpose of philanthropy, and its relationship to democracy, inequality and the market.…Read more

Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more