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Illustration of a rising sun
by Mick Cooper  |  4th January 2023

Mick Cooper, author of ‘Psychology at the Heart of Social Change’, speaks to Richard Kemp about the strategies could we implement for a psychology-informed progressive society.…Read more

by Policy Press and Bristol University Press  |  21st December 2022

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in the top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2022.…Read more

by Bristol University Press and Policy Press  |  19th December 2022

Transforming Society's most read articles from 2022, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more

by Changing Realities participants - Ana Q Emdad and Faith with Uisce Jordan  |  12th December 2022

Participants in the Changing Realities project share their involvement in the book, A Year Like No Other, and reflect on the impact COVID-19 had on care givers and low-income families. …Read more

Leave no one behind
by Stewart Lansley  |  9th December 2022

Stewart Lansley looks at the rise of poverty in the UK and shows how a strategy to tackle widespread impoverishment must recognise the critical effect of the process of wealth accumulation at the top on low incomes at the bottom. …Read more

Snake
by Mo Stewart  |  1st December 2022

Mo Stewart, author of a recent article in Justice, Power and Resistance, joins those deriding Matt Hancock in the jungle and argues that it’s not a laughing matter when thousands have died from the policies he helped to create. …Read more

Ripples in water
by Sarah Morton and Ailsa Cook  |  29th November 2022

In this episode, Sarah Morton and Ailsa Cook speak to Jess Miles about the challenges of tackling complex issues and trying to achieve change in the public services.…Read more

by Natasha Mulvihill  |  23rd November 2022

This policy briefing by Natasha Mulvihill covers key messages and policy recommendations around the contemporary sex industry in England and Wales.…Read more

by Martin Parker and Kat Burger  |  21st November 2022

Katharina Burger and Martin Parker look at how Bristol has localised the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how they can be leveraged to facilitate strategic change towards sustainability in a city environment. …Read more

by Stephen Wenham  |  8th November 2022

On Transforming Society, Stephen Wenham, our Publisher for Politics and International Relations, has curated a reading list that highlights the broad range of gender and politics publications from Bristol University Press. …Read more