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Leave No One Behind
by Louise Ryan  |  13th January 2023

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

Migrant boat
by Nando Sigona  |  11th January 2023

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

Abstract figure
by Louise Hardwick Molly Hardwick and Aidan Worsley  |  6th January 2023

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

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

Women protesting violence
by Amy Beddows  |  15th December 2022

Amy Beddows asks how the government can tackle men’s violence against women and highlights how society often focuses on women’s feelings of safety rather than on the reality that two women a week are murdered in the UK.…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

Migration camp
by Sukhmani Khorana  |  8th December 2022

Sukhmani Khorana, author of 'Mediated Emotions of Migration', shows how migrants are routinely dehumanied by politicians and highlights how mainstream media outlets, including the ideologically left-wing, must do better in showing refugees as thinking, feeling subjects with agency.…Read more

Black crystal
by Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers  |  28th November 2022

This policy briefing covers policy recommendations that focus on improving the lives of young people with the aim of reducing youth violence.…Read more

by Natasha Mulvihill  |  23rd November 2022

Natasha Mulvihill examines the UK sex industry and highlights the importance of listening to firsthand accounts in order to implement policy that generates material social change. …Read more

Abandoned house
by Fiona Corby and Rob Creasy  |  17th November 2022

On Transforming Society, Fiona Corby and Rob Creasy, discuss the dangers of poor housing conditions, specifically the growing problem of dampness. They draw on the recent case of Awaab Ishak, aged two, who died as a consequence of exposure to mould in his family’s one-bedroom flat. …Read more