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Young, Female and Forgotten?
Professor Sue Maguire is Honorary Professor at the IPR, and is distinguished by her important work on the topics of education, employment and social policy. Way back in 1988, the Thatcher government, through the Social Security Act, took most young people...
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In search of the green economy
Professor Ricardo García Mira is Professor of Social and Environmental Psychology at the University of A Coruña in Spain, and Visiting Professor at the IPR. On 12 December 2015, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted the Paris...
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Hinkley Point C and Its Implications for Energy Policy
Professor Geoffrey Hammond is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the interdisciplinary International Centre for the Environment at the University of Bath. Britain faces major challenges in the period out to 2050. Socio-technical solutions will be required on both...
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Islamophobia(s) in the aftermath of the Nice attack
Dr Aurelien Mondon is Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Politics at the University of Bath. His research focuses predominantly on elite discourse and the mainstreaming of far right politics, particularly through the use of populism and racism. Dr Aaron Winter...
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Giving back control? A contradiction at the heart of Universal Credit
Professor Jane Millar is a member of the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) Leadership Team, in addition to her role as Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bath. Fran Bennett is Senior Research and Teaching Fellow in the...
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Theresa May and the Varieties of Capitalism
Rhetorical commitment to social justice has featured in every new Prime Minister’s No. 10 doorstep speech in recent years. Theresa May’s remarks were well crafted and confidently delivered but it is her commitment to economic reform, not social mobility and...
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The Brexit referendum and the future of the EU
Dr Nicholas Startin is Senior Lecturer in French and European Politics in the University of Bath's Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies. Earlier this year, I was invited to speak at the European Ideas Network’s (EIN) annual summer school...
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No love on the dole
Dr Rita Griffiths is a researcher at the Institute for Policy Research (IPR). Her PhD focussed on the relationship between family structure and the UK means-tested social security system. How would you feel if, by living with your partner, you...
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After the Referendum: Picking up the bits, by Professor Graham Room
What have we learned from this referendum campaign, the passions and fears that it unleashed? Were the electorate truly energised by the question, to leave or remain, or were they asking quite other questions than that on the ballot paper? ...
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More Brexit...
I have a piece in today's Observer, expanding on the issue of the political economy of Brexit. It is in a section on the choices that confront Labour on Brexit. You can read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/02/brexit-labour-divisions-way-forward Meanwhile, down under, the...
