Justice, law and human rights

Janos Mark Szakolczai, author of 'Onlife Criminology' shows how the Onlife blurs digital and physical boundaries, creating a hyperconnected world where surveillance, control, and resistance define everyday life and its hidden harms.…Read more

Maddy Janssens and Chris Steyaert, authors of 'On Practicing Diversity', show how queer theory challenges us to move beyond box-ticking inclusion and instead reimagine workplaces as spaces of complexity, emotional truth, and collective worldmaking.…Read more

Izram Chaudry and Yunis Alam reveal that despite universities promoting inclusion and diversity, Muslim staff and students still face widespread Islamophobia, exposing a stark gap between rhetoric and reality. …Read more

Ash Stokoe and Kit Colliver argue that, amid intensifying anti-trans rhetoric and legal rollbacks, trans* people in the UK are increasingly excluded from public life, with voter ID laws and a recent Supreme Court ruling threatening both their political rights and everyday safety.…Read more

Dame Nicole Jacobs’s report, supported by Dr Jade Levell’s research, calls for urgent, gender-responsive reforms to address how childhood domestic abuse fuels serious youth violence, particularly among marginalised boys. …Read more

Diana Pietrzak and Vincent Dupont examine how, despite "sustainability" initiatives and ethical labels, the cocoa industry perpetuates deep inequalities, with farmers stuck in poverty while multinational corporations profit, and argue that true change requires dismantling the structures that sustain this imbalance.…Read more

Peter Bloom, author of 'Capitalism Reloaded', argues that repression has evolved into a profitable industry driven by the Authoritarian–Financial Complex, where control, insecurity, and surveillance fuel economic growth.…Read more

Kaitlin Senk shows that despite Trump’s election win, his approval has fallen sharply due to unpopular policies, while Democrats gain support through popular candidates and progressive measures.…Read more

Leonie B. Jackson, author of 'What Is Counterterrorism For?', suggests that Trump’s EO 14157 labels cartels as terrorists, expanding counterterrorism powers and blurring the line between crime and terrorism.…Read more

Paul Spicker, author of 'What Is the Welfare State For?', highlights how ‘incentives’ are misused to shift blame onto individuals and justify benefit cuts, rather than tackling systemic issues.…Read more