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The growing crackdown of LGBT groups in China

BBC News, 28 June 2023

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt was recently interviewed by the BBC for a story on the recent crackdown of LGBT groups in China.

Liberia's elections

BBC's Focus on Africa, 4 May 2023

Robtel Neajai Pailey discussed Liberia's forthcoming elections with Esau Williams of the BBC's Focus on Africa on 4 May 2023. The  was conducted in-person at the BBC World Service, New Broadcasting House, in London. 

China's Population decline

Dr Shuang Chen has had media coverage on China’s population decline.

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Protests in China

Weekendavisen, 1 December 2022

Tim Hildebrandt was interviewed by the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen on a story “The party’s terrible year" about the recent large protests in China. Tim researches social movements in China and other countries. 

Dual Citizenship in Liberia

Liberian Observer, 21 December 2021

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey presented the major findings and policy recommendations of her monograph to the plenary of Liberia's Senate in Monrovia on 14 December 2021. 

Two-child benefits cap

The Guardian, 15 July 2021

Dr Kitty Stewart talks to the Guardian about her new research for the Nuffield Foundation that shows that children in larger families were at higher and increasing risk of poverty even before the two-child limit began.

Child Poverty

Independent, 1 February 2021

Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader have written about their Nuffield Foundation funded research findings for the Independent, and how their research shows that, even prior to the pandemic, child poverty and inequalities among young children had risen since 2015.

Liberia’s Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls

Al Jazeera English. 1 December 2020

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey writes a commentary for Al Jazeera English on Liberia's elections.

Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa

Weekend (BBC World Service), 7 November 2020

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey explains her forthcoming book Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa on the BBC World Service's Weekend. 

Open Letter to Boris Johnson to tackle child poverty

Initiated by Dr Kitty Stewart

Independent, 29 June 2020

An open letter to Boris Johnson was initiated by Dr Kitty Stewart and signed by many academics including other CASE members and associates, Tania Burchardt, Kerris Cooper, John Hills, Abigail McKnight, Polly Vizard, Kate Summers, Susan Harkness and Glen Bramley. 

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

TutuTalks: The Activist-Scholar: Promises and Pitfalls of Policy-making with Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
Recorded 26 July 2022

Expert Conversations

Scholars in the department consider some highlights of their careers and how their research has directly engaged in knowledge exchange and engagement with non-academic audiences. 
These videos have been funded by the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund 2019/20.

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Interrogating Inequalities

Research on inequalities is a key theme within work conducted in our department. Using some diverse examples, we reflect on the motivations for this work, discuss some of our research findings, and consider who the users and beneficiaries are intended to be, beyond our traditional academic audiences. These videos have been funded by the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund 2019/20.

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Professor Sir John Hills

Gearty Grilling: John Hills on the cost of inequality
Recorded 28 May 2015

Professor Stephen Jenkins

How UK elections affect household income inequality
Recorded 1 June 2015

Professor Tim Newburn

Criminology: A Very Short Introduction 
Recorded 14 May 2019

25 Years of Riots Research
Recorded 30 August 2018

Where does Donald Trump stand on gun control?
Recorded 30 August 2016

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

ODI Bites: Decolonising international development
Recorded 15 October 2020

Professor Lucinda Platt

Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review


Gearty Grillings: Lucinda Platt on Poverty/Want
Recorded 22 February 2018

Professor Anne West

Gearty Grillings: Anne West on Ignorance/Education
Recorded 21 February 2018

Best in Class Summit
Recorded 18 March 2016

The two-child limit: a growing hole in the UK’s safety net

Author: Dr Kitty Stewart
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 26 September 2023

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Policing in an age of uncertainty: New York and Chicago 1877-1923

Author: Dr Johann Koehler
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 25 July 2023

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Does international action affect domestic public opinion on climate change policy? 

Author: Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 15 November 2022
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Government policies have fragmented the UK state secondary school landscape 

Author: Professor Anne West
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 15 November 2022
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More education for women could help China’s fertility problem

Author: Dr Shuang Chen
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 12 July 2022
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Why MAT and state school goverance structures must align

Authors: Professor Anne West, Dr David Wolfe QC, Basma Yaghi
Tes magazine, 27 June 2022

Academics behind new research into the major differences in how state and MAT-run school governance structures operate explain the key issues it has laid bare – and why they need addressing as MAT growth continues apace.

Building a civil society after the USSR

QCode magazine, 13 December 2021

Dr Armine Ishkanian talks about about civil society and democratization in the former Soviet Union. The article is part of a series that marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Why ethnic minorities are bearing the brunt of COVID-19

Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World’s Race Equity edition
Article posted 9 November 2021
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"Not a panacea to reconstruction": Liberia's dual citizenship dilemma

Author: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 7 September 2021
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The state and education: lessons for the UK from China and India

Author: Dr Yifei Yan 
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 7 September 2021
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The importance of public health

Men's Health, 21 July 2021

Dr Timothy Hildebrandt talks about the importance of public health being a collective responsibility.

Prioritise early years to reduce childhood inequalities

Authors: Dr Kitty Stewart, Mary Reader
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 4 May 2021
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COVID-19 and Ethnic Inequalities in England

Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Public Policy Review
Article posted 3 May 2021

Crime and punishment

Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 18 January 2021
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Country responses to the pandemic

The New Yorker, 17 January 2021

Dr Adam Oliver speaks to Dhuruv Khullar at The New Yorker on how different countries have responded to the pandemic.

Improving our understanding of income inequality

Author: Professor Stephen Jenkins
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 13 January 2021
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Britain's mixed-race population blurs the lines of identity politics

The Economist, 1 October 2020

Analysis by Professor Lucinda Platt and Dr Alita Nandi (Essex University) suggests that the true figure of mixed-race Britons could be three times as high as recorded.  

What makes a good school?

Dr Sonia Exley talks about how parents experience school choice and how they go about choosing schools on a BBC Radio 4 programme.

Released on 16 October 2023

Still a man's world? Gender inequalities, parenthood and the workplace

IFS podcast mini-series host Soumaya Keynes speaks to Alison Andrew, Christine Farquharson and Professor Lucinda Platt, asking why this pay gap opens up, whether things have improved in recent years, and talk about one key factor affecting women’s pay - kids.

Released on 23 August 2023

Thinking Allowed

Professor Tim Newburn talks about the social history of ‘orderly Britain’ – the way in which we’ve resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to smoking and queuing- in an episode of Thinking Allowed.

Released on 28 September 2022

What does it really mean to be a citizen?

Contributors: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey, Dr Ian Sanjay Patel and Dr Megan Ryburn

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IQ Podcast, recorded 1 June 2021

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What’s the point of social science in a pandemic?

Contributors: Professor Laura Bear, Nikita Simpson, Professor Joan Roses, Dr Adam Oliver, Dr Clare Wenham, Professor Patrick Wallis

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IQ podcast, recorded 5 January 2021

How can we end child poverty in the UK?

Contributor: Dr Kitty Stewart

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ IQ podcast, recorded 1 December 2020

Racism in development

by Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey

Oxfam Power in the Pandemic Podcast, recorded 12 June 2020

Child Poverty

BBC Radio 4 interview with Kitty Stewart on child poverty -  was invited to talk about child poverty on BBC Radio 4. The segment from the radio show is available  (from minute 12:35 onwards).

Commission for Equality in Mental Health

With Professor Sir John Hills - Liz Sayce, Chair of the Commission for Equality in Mental Health discusses the state of inequality in the UK, the impact it can have on mental health, and potential solutions to these systemic issues with . The podcast is available .

Stop and Search

Dr Michael Shiner discusses 'stop and search' with Jacob Hawley on BBC Sounds, from 12m:45s. 

Thinking Allowed podcasts

• Rules and Order
  featuring Professor Tim Newburn, recorded 2022
  
  
• Law and Order
  featuring Professor Tim Newburn,  recorded 2018 
  
  
• Stop and search
  featuring Dr Michael Shiner, recorded 2015
  
  
• Multicultural Prison
  featuring Professor Coretta Phillips, recorded 2013
  
  
• Supermax - Western Rule
  featuring Dr Sharon Shalev, recorded 2010
  
  

To GDP or not to GDP? That is the question

Author: Dr Fabio Battaglia
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ European Politics and Policy Blog, posted 5 November 2024

Does migration reduce inequality?

Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Inequalities Blog, posted 2 July 2024

Interview with Liam Beiser-McGrath: “We have to design climate policies that reflect not just the environmental but also the political reality”

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ European Politics and Policy Blog, posted 12 June 2024

The persisting pay gap and the motherhood penalty

Author: Professor Almudena Sevilla
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 20 March 2024

Why Sunak’s net zero rollback won’t pay off

Authors: Dr Liam Besier McGrath and Muzhou Zhang
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 10 October 2023

How can we create a fairer school system?

Authors: Professor Anne West, David Wolfe, Basma Yaghi
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 14 April 2023

Where does the Met go from here?

Author: Professor Tim Newburn
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 24 March 2023

COVID interventions: what behavioural scientists should (and shouldn’t) advise the government on

Author: Dr Adam Oliver
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ COVID-19 Blog, posted 20 January 2022

Blogmas 2021: If COVID will not change our minds about international intellectual property regime for essential medicine, what will?

Author: Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Global Health at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 14 December 2021

Why the new levy won’t make England’s social care crisis go away

Author: Dr Tania Burchardt
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 16 September  2021

COVID-19 and the mortality risks of different ethnic groups in England

Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
British Politics and Policy at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Blog, posted 13 May 2021

The state of race: facilitating terror, harm, and inequality

Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
Social Policy Association Blog, posted 22 April 2021

Decolonising Higher Education: bring students back in

Author: Dr Yifei Yan
The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) Blog, posted 28 January 2021

Keeping safe without a safety net: How are children faring when families have no access to mainstream benefits?

Authors: Ilona Pinter, PhD candidate and Lucy Leon
Social Policy Blog, posted 17 December 2020

A culture of encounters

Author: Dr Sunil Kumar
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Higher Education Blog, posted 3 December 2020

New ways of measuring inequality: what can we learn from the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ pioneer, Richard Titmuss?

Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ COVID-19 blog, posted 26 November 2020

Race Matters: We need to talk about Race in and for International Social and Public Policy

Authors: Dr Sunil Kumar and Dr Vanessa Hughes
Social Policy Blog, posted 27 October 2020

There is no opportunity to avoid opportunity costs: facing the second wave

Author: Dr Adam Oliver
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ COVID-19 Blog, posted 6 October 2020

India's National Education Policy is light on details

Author: Dr Yifei Yan
Social Policy Blog, posted 24 September 2020

‘Watch the crime rate go up over the weekend!! Keep your doors and windows shut people!’

Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
Social Policy Blog, posted 29 June 2020

Inequalities in alcohol-related violent victimisation: what can we do?

Author: Lucy Bryant, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 19 June 2020

The latest #BlackLivesMatter protests highlight how American policing falls short of its charge

Author: Dr Johann Koehler
Social Policy Blog, posted 5 June 2020

Rethinking children’s time spent working in developing countries

Author: Grace Chang, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 18 May 2020

The social consequences of Covid-19 for vulnerable migrant groups in Germany

Authors: Cecilia Bruzelius and Nora Ratzmann
Social Policy Blog, posted 30 April 2020

Need in the Time of Corona

Author: Professor Hartley Dean
Social Policy Blog, posted 20 April 2020

On watching 'Contagion': what do we learn?

Author: Professor David Lewis
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 April 2020

Households failed to absorb massive job loss during economic crisis

Authors: Dr Thomas Biegert and Dr Bernhard Ebbinghaus
Social Policy Blog, posted 6 April 2020

COVID-19 recasts criminal justice reforms once deemed ‘unthinkable’

Author: Dr Johann Koehler
Social Policy Blog, posted 31 March 2020

Dear random effects – we love you. Signed, Social inequality scholars

Authors: Dr Amelia Peterson and Laura Sochas
Social Policy Blog, posted 27 February 2020

Britain in the Twenty-first Century – a more or less “irresponsible society”?

Author: Professor Sir John Hills
Social Policy Blog, posted 24 February 2020

British and disengaged: national identification and political engagement before and after naturalisation

Author: Victoria Donnaloja, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 10 February 2020

Why 2020 is a fitting year to start research into the impact of benefit change on larger families

Authors: Dr Ruth Patrick, Dr Aaron Reeves and Dr Kitty Stewart
Social Policy Blog, posted 6 February 2020

A cohesive future? School and neighbourhood composition and relationships between students of different ethnic groups

Authors: Professor Simon Burgess and Professor Lucinda Platt
Social Policy Blog, posted 4 February 2020

Can White Elephants Kill? Evidence from Infrastructure Development in Peru

Author: Antonella Bancalari, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 9 January 2020

The Grenfell Inquiry Report gives the government a lot to act on

Author: Professor Anne Power
Social Policy Blog, posted 15 November 2019

Prioritising participatory poverty projects properly

Authors: Dr Tania Burchardt and Dr Paul Dornan
Social Policy Blog, posted 18 October 2019

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Housing Plus and the wider role of social landlords in low income communities

Author: Professor Anne Power
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 October 2019

Will Modi Resume the Battle Against Corruption?

Authors: Dr Yifei Yan and Dr Wu Alfred Muluan
Social Policy Blog, posted 25 September 2019

Growing up lonely? The challenging social worlds of three generations of those with special educational needs and disability

Authors: Sam Parsons and Professor Lucinda Platt
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 September 2019

If inequality is flat, why is it such a big issue?

Author: Professor Sir John Hills
Social Policy Blog, posted 22 August 2019