Sociology

Jules Boykoff speaks to George Miller about when the Olympics first made an impression on him, why the question of what the Olympics are for matters and what makes him feel positive about the possibility of change.…Read more

Graham Scambler, author of 'Healthy Societies', questions what makes a society ‘healthy’. Can a country be considered healthy if improvements in health equity in its own population come at the expense of exploitation of others’?…Read more

Time was when museums were staid, dusty institutions. Those days are long gone. Jon Sleigh tells George Miller why he structured the book around conversations with museum professionals about specific exhibits in a wide range of institutions. …Read more

Uta Bolt looks at essays written by 11-year-old girls in 1969 to see if their predictions for life at 25 affected their earning outcomes.…Read more

George Miller talks to Robert Gildea, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Oxford University, about his new book, What is History For?, and why the past matters.…Read more

Rebecca Megson-Smith and David C. Lane examine the impact beyond the academy of Beyond Bars, an open access book about the ripple effect that mass incarceration has on society.…Read more

Nicola Roberts, Lauren Doyle and Mark Roberts call on universities to reframe their personal safety advice to students to avoid victim-blaming.…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

Maaike Matelski, author of 'Contested Civil Society in Myanmar', considers the Spring Revolution resistance movement in Myanmar, three years on from the military coup.…Read more