Hello, Robot
Last year, Beauty.AI held an online beauty contest, but with a twist: it was “judged by robots”. Beauty.AI was going to be…
Posted by Events on September 22nd, 2017The Age of the Social Entrepreneur
Writing 20 years ago at Demos, Charles Leadbeater introduced to the mainstream the then-fringe idea of combining business and charitable…
Posted by Events on September 21st, 2017Still a Long Road Ahead in Fight Against Digital Extremism
With Theresa May speaking at the UN this week, the subject of extremist use of the web is back in the headlines….
Posted by Events on September 20th, 2017Democracy goes digital
Politics has always been an arena for disagreement and heated arguments, and this sometimes results in insults directed at elected officials –…
Posted by Events on September 15th, 2017We need to talk about gambling
If there was ever any doubt, the recent publication of statistics by the Gambling Commission reaffirmed the extent to which gambling,…
Posted by Events on September 14th, 2017Why do we still use cash?
We are using less cash each year. In 2015, cash made up only 45% of paymentsDigital democracy: overview of attempts at online governance
The internet has changed everything. We shop online, work online, and entertain ourselves online; we find jobs and partners online. It’s even… What do school lunches, social care plans, students’ fees, winter fuel payments, pension pots, energy prices, grammar schools and british… Astonishing new polling published by YouGov has revealed that 61 per cent of ‘Leave’ voters would be prepared to see the… The Holiday Childcare Survey 2017, released today by the Family and Childcare Trust, contains few surprises. The bottom line is that parents… Much thought is being invested in the question of how the UK can improve its industrial strategy, and how we train young… Today saw the release of the second estimate for GDP and revised figures for business investment in the first quarter of 2017. … The surprise election result has produced a lot of early responses, which offer avenues for more detailed research. Amongst these have been… Demos has a long-standing interest in the social and financial impact of disability and health conditions. People living with serious health conditions… Of all the lessons learned from the election result, two in particular have the potential to re-shape future campaigns. The first is… In the natural world, earthquakes function to dissipate the pressure building up between opposing tectonic plates. In the political world, however, it… In the cacophony of post-election analysis, one narrative has stood out: it appears the youth turnout rate surged. We do not yet… It is tempting to think of social media as a great enabler of democratic participation. Online platforms lower the bar… If we learned anything from the surprise election results of 2016, it was that disaffected voters seemed keen to ‘take back control’… According to some, the long-running rhetorical battle between nationalism and patriotism has been decided: patriotism has won. Macron’s presidential victory over Le…GE2017 policy U-turns: part of healthy democracy or a sign of a broken system?
Damned if you do, damned if you won’t
Is informal childcare an untapped resource for Londoners?
Make space for fabrication and future makers
UK GDP figures show growth slowed sharply in Q1 2017, amid a fragile political situation, Brexit and falling real wages
Activists, Not Bots: An Analysis of #VoteLabour Tweeters
Capturing unmet needs
Positive Online Debate: A Rough Guide
Amid the chaos, might politics now be in a better shape to bring the country together?
Youth turnout: the new wisdom
One-way conversations: Examining the tactics of Twitter’s most talkative parliamentary candidates
Taking Back Ctrl
Patriotism versus Nationalism: A Pointless Debate?