Social and Public Policy
Erin Rennie examines how idolisation of professional footballers means that when they commit violence against women, fans rush to their defense without consideration, which undoes so much of the progress made by the #MeToo movement.…Read more
This policy briefing by Kate Andersen, the author of 'Welfare That Works for Women?', is particularly relevant at the current time given that the UK government has recently further expanded welfare conditionality with the aim of increasing moves into paid work.…Read more
Luke Martell, author of Alternative Societies, calls for us to learn from a multitude of lived utopias around the world and scale them up to create an alternative society that is green, just and democratic. …Read more
This policy briefing by Nicky Gregson, the author of 'The Waste of the World' is for people who are trying to break this link between economic growth and waste by reducing the amount of material that becomes waste. …Read more
Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan, editors of 'Landscapes of Hate', respond to the 26 percent rise in hate crimes in the UK, and look at how they are embedded in the fabric of our lives. …Read more
Arun Verma, the editor of Anti-Racism in Higher Education, charts the overwhelming impact of the book on the debate around diversity and inclusion in higher education across the UK.…Read more
Safak Tartanoglu Bennett and Sian Moore consider the change in the backdrop to this new winter of discontent and highlight how inequality has increased, trade union composition has shifted and strikes are no longer simply about pay. …Read more
On the first day of the teachers' strikes, Richard Riddell, the author of Schooling in a Democracy, looks at how centralised government policy has increasingly separated schools from the communities they serve. …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