Equality, diversity and inclusion
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
Clare Bambra, Luke Munford, Sam Khavandi and Natalie Bennett, authors of 'Northern Exposure', discuss the parallel pandemics that struck the north of England so much harder than elsewhere, both in terms of mortality, health and economics.…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
In this episode, Jess Miles speaks with Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers, authors of 'Against Youth Violence', about a new way of making sense of youth violence by putting it in the context of social harm.…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
Harriet Rowley, one of the editors of Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development, looks at acts of solidarity in everyday life that create connections across differences and communities, as we saw in the World Cup 2022. …Read more
Louise Ryan, the author of Social Networks and Migration, reveals the effect of social networks on migrants in London as they navigate their way in a new society.…Read more
Nando Sigona, one of the authors of Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis', considers the multiple flaws in Rishi Sunak’s ‘five-point plan’ on immigration and its fatal consequences.…Read more
Louise Hardwick, Molly Hardwick and Aidan Worsley research what it's like to live through austerity while on disability benefits and highlight how harmful policies consign disabled people to lives of ongoing suffering. …Read more