Poverty, inequality and social justice
Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in our top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2023.…Read more
Kelli Kennedy and Carolyn Snell investigate whether alliances between supermarkets and food charities are working to eliminate food insecurity. …Read more
Adam Kingsmith unpacks anxiety. Why has it become such a pervasive condition in modern life? Can it be explained as a byproduct of the alienation and isolation produced by neoliberal capitalism?…Read more
Maddy Power, author 'Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain', discusses some of the negative aspects of foodbanks, and the structural issues that jeopardise their inclusivity. …Read more
In the latest in our #UPWeek blog tour, Thea Cook outlines how we promote equity, whether that be by breaking academic silos, changing age-old publishing formats or working with partners to widen access to our content. …Read more
In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Olivier De Schutter, Hugh Frazer, Anne-Catherine Guio and Eric Marlier about child poverty and intergenerational poverty and what we can do as individuals to make change.…Read more
This University Press Week, our Digital Marketing Manager Jess Miles celebrates how we help our authors and other contributors to #SpeakUp and make a difference on Transforming Society.…Read more
The authors of a recent article in Emotions and Society share their research into white supremacist beliefs and ask how you deradicalise someone whose racist views are based on intuitive or emotional pathways.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Laura Vickers-Rendall, our Commissioning Editor for Social and Public Policy, has curated a reading list that highlights the broad range of poverty-focused publications from Bristol University Press. …Read more
On Transforming Society, Sarah Bird, Managing Editor of Global Social Challenges Journal, explains why we signed the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations – the first publisher to do so.…Read more