Podcast
Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges.
We get to grips with the story their research tells, with a focus on the specific ways in which it could transform society for the better.
Can we create a world where food banks are in the past and everyone can afford the essentials? In this discussion with Jess Miles, Heather Buckingham explains the importance of believing that everyone matters and making sure that everyone can live a healthy life without shame or stigma.…Read more
In this episode, Sally Bridgeland, author of 'Chess Club, Drama Club', explores how balancing analytical “Chess Club” and creative “Drama Club” thinking can strengthen teams, foster inclusion and drive business success. …Read more
Is class truly in the past, or do invisible workplace codes still govern who gets a place in elite workplaces? Martin Parker speaks with Lee Elliot Major and Anne-Marie Sim about how leading employers can dismantle these class barriers.…Read more
In this episode of the podcast, George Miller speaks to Philip Roscoe about why a shopping trolley is more interesting than it at first appears, how markets of all sorts come to seem natural and inevitable, and what happens when we start to see them as things that people make – and can therefore remake.…Read more
In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Mats Alvesson and Dennis Nørmark about how we can give workers more space to use their judgement. …Read more
On the eve of what FIFA bills as ‘the greatest show on earth’ – the 2026 World Cup hosted in North America – it’s worth pausing to ask how well it serves the interests of the fans of the planet’s biggest spectator sport.…Read more
In this episode of the podcast, George Miller speaks to Madeleine Sumption, author of 'What is Immigration Policy for?'. They discuss why there is no single ‘right’ level of immigration, how the same evidence can lead to such different conclusions, and why attempts to control migration numbers so often fail.…Read more
In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Melissa Tyler about why we need to rethink vulnerability as a shared, deeply social condition shaped by inequality and interdependence.…Read more
In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Barbara Kump and Babette Julia Brinkmann about how we can all create change from within our organisations.…Read more
In this podcast, Richard Kemp speaks with Bahar Baser and Élise Féron about how the 'Journal of Disappearance Studies' serves as a space to break these boundaries and give this important field a unified platform.…Read more