Democracy, power and governance

As part of the Academics Stand Against Poverty blog series, Georgia van Toorn, Joanna Redden, Lina Dencik, Jess Brand and colleagues challenge Labour to resist the temptation to rely on technological solutions such as AI to tackle the structural problems of poverty and inequality.…Read more

As the United Kingdom approaches the general election, this reading list examines some of the core areas shaping the election discourse.…Read more

Danny Dorling and Jess Miles talk about Keir Starmer and what the Labour party may offer, why higher taxes aren't a burden, how fear wrecks societies and the data that gives us hope that getting down from the top of the mountain of injustice might be possible.…Read more

A migrant, a Brit and a robot walk into a bar. Kostas Maronitis and Denny Pencheva, authors of 'Robots and Immigrants', discuss who will get the job. …Read more

Our children are growing up in a volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous world. Paul Lindley, author of 'Raising the Nation', explains why the next government needs to focus on providing for the UK's children.…Read more

As part of the Academics Stand Against Poverty blog series, Joanna Mack observes the start of the government’s electioneering at the expense of vulnerable people, diverting attention from the real reasons they are in need of help.…Read more

Steve Iafrati considers the reasons for the 89% increase in households living in temporary accommodation over the last decade, and calls for urgent intervention with an ambitious strategy to break the cycle of missed targets.…Read more

Henry Tam looks at the low voter turnout at last week’s elections, and considers how we can persuade the public that their vote matters.…Read more

Esther Barinaga asks how we can redesign money to build a more sustainable, just and equal future when so many of us don’t know how money is created. …Read more

Rik Peeters, Gabriela Lotta and Fernando Nieto Morales consider the role of street-level bureaucrats in contexts where state institutions are deficient. Do they inevitably maintain inequity in service delivery, or can they be valuable champions for vulnerable citizens?…Read more