In my recently published book, The Great Decline, I present a reappraisal of how we understand the relationship between individual and society, drawing on emerging evidence from neuroscience and epigenetics…

When I wrote ‘Healthy Societies: Policy, Practice and Obstacles’ (Policy Press 2024) for the British Sociological Association’s ‘21st Century Standpoints’ series, I had three main goals in mind. The first…

Millions of households across the United Kingdom have been affected by the Cost of Living Crisis due to the swift surge in the prices of necessary goods and services such…

A project researching the impact of a three-year freeze of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) highlights the human consequences of rising rents and ‘no fault’ (s21) evictions.  Using Office for…

In summer 2023, 45,730 students sat A-Level Sociology, this marked an almost 5% increase on the previous year and meant that Sociology is now the 5th most popular subject at…

Food insecurity is a major public health crisis in the UK and one with significant inequalities. In 2021 to 2022 6% of households in the UK were food insecure, with…

One of the many frustrating consequences of reading the deliberations of the Covid-19 public inquiry is the realisation that, at best, we won’t have the report until 2026. Should we…

The Oslo Agreement of 1993 extended a promise of self-governance to the Palestinian Authority, allowing control over aspects such as direct taxation, education, social welfare, tourism, and healthcare. This signified…

The law changed in 2018 to legalise cannabis prescribing in the UK – but few people know about it, and even fewer people have accessed a prescription. My own interest…