Health and wellbeing

Donna Baines, author of an article in Work in the Global Economy, looks at the victories won by the Hospital Employees’ Union in Canada for its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

Ellen Stewart, author of 'How Britain Loves the NHS', traces the roots of the love shown by the British public towards the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

Parthasarathi Shome, author of 'The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India', ponders the limitations of social science’s attempts to understand why poverty persists despite global and individual country attempts to eradicate it and alleviate inequality. …Read more

The authors of ‘The NHS at 75’ discuss how much we should be celebrating this anniversary year as the crisis that has characterised much of its history becomes a permacrisis.…Read more

Robin Sen and Christian Kerr speak to Jess Miles about the recent 'once in a generation' MacAlister Review of Childrens Social Care in England.…Read more

Andy Alaszewski, author of 'Managing Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic', considers the multiple reasons for the conspiracy theories that flourished in parallel with the scientific response to COVID-19.…Read more

In this policy briefing, Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', explain why it is in the top 10% of earners' best interest to pay attention to inequality.…Read more

Based on Camilla Lewis’ book 'COVID-19, Inequality and Older People', this policy briefing provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read more

David S. Caudill, author of Expertise in Crisis, argues that while disagreements over COVID-19 measures were often politically motivated, we should accept that sometimes there are genuine disagreements between scientists. …Read more

On Transforming Society, Julia Mortimer and Sarah Bird celebrate a year of the Global Social Challenges Journal and discuss its transformative mission to publish Open Access articles that respond to pressing global societal challenges.…Read more