Conflict, security and peace

Scandals show how the NGO halo effect enables ‘good’ organisations to justify unethical behaviour, highlighting the need for balanced ethics and accountability.…Read more

Tara Lai Quinlan, author of 'Police Diversity' highlights how Black children have long been subject to disproportionate policing at the hands of UK police, including strip-searches and stop-and-searches.…Read more

Gerald Roche advocates for a global language rights movement, linking local struggles like those of Irish rappers Kneecap and Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk, to strengthen collective action and achieve meaningful change.…Read more

Most read articles and most listened to podcast episodes in 2024 from Transforming Society, published by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, sharing impactful research aimed at inspiring social change. …Read more

In their practice briefing, Teresa Silva and Marzena Kordaczuk-Was, authors of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation, stress that addressing violent extremism has become a global priority.…Read more

Kyla Bavin, Adam Lynes, James Treadwell and Max Hart, authors of 'Crimes of the Powerful and the Contemporary Condition', explore how AI’s true threat lies not in dramatic apocalyptic scenarios but in its subtle erosion of workers’ rights, deepening inequalities, and enabling corporate exploitation.…Read more

In this practitioner briefing, Craig Barlow, author of 'The Complexities of Human Trafficking and Exploitation', shows how professionals in law enforcement, social work, education, and healthcare face challenges in addressing exploitation and trafficking due to oversimplified protocols. …Read more

Carol Johnson explores how gender shaped the U.S. presidential elections, influencing voting patterns and portraying strong male leaders as protectors against various threats.…Read more

Peter Squires and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, editors of 'Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order', examine the emerging ‘southern’ and postcolonial challenges to conventional criminology, specifically the role of police and military power.…Read more

The budget and resources that have been dedicated to combatting terrorism this century are staggering. But has it worked? In this episode, George Miller talks to Leonie B. Jackson about the exceptional measures that states have taken in recent decades in reaction to terrorist threats which they often portray as existential.…Read more