GE2017 policy U-turns: part of healthy democracy or a sign of a broken system?
What do school lunches, social care plans, students’ fees, winter fuel payments, pension pots, energy prices, grammar schools and british…
Posted by Events on August 10th, 2017Damned if you do, damned if you won’t
Astonishing new polling published by YouGov has revealed that 61 per cent of ‘Leave’ voters would be prepared to see the…
Posted by Events on August 1st, 2017Is informal childcare an untapped resource for Londoners?
The Holiday Childcare Survey 2017, released today by the Family and Childcare Trust, contains few surprises. The bottom line is that parents…
Posted by Events on July 20th, 2017Make space for fabrication and future makers
Much thought is being invested in the question of how the UK can improve its industrial strategy, and how we train young…
Posted by Events on July 18th, 2017UK GDP figures show growth slowed sharply in Q1 2017, amid a fragile political situation, Brexit and falling real wages
Today saw the release of the second estimate for GDP and revised figures for business investment in the first quarter of 2017. …
Posted by Events on June 30th, 2017Activists, Not Bots: An Analysis of #VoteLabour Tweeters
The surprise election result has produced a lot of early responses, which offer avenues for more detailed research. Amongst these have been…
Posted by Events on June 22nd, 2017Capturing unmet needs
Demos has a long-standing interest in the social and financial impact of disability and health conditions. People living with serious health conditions…
Posted by Events on June 21st, 2017Positive Online Debate: A Rough Guide
Of all the lessons learned from the election result, two in particular have the potential to re-shape future campaigns. The first is…
Posted by Events on June 16th, 2017Amid the chaos, might politics now be in a better shape to bring the country together?
In the natural world, earthquakes function to dissipate the pressure building up between opposing tectonic plates. In the political world, however, it…
Posted by Events on June 14th, 2017Youth turnout: the new wisdom
In the cacophony of post-election analysis, one narrative has stood out: it appears the youth turnout rate surged. We do not yet…
Posted by Events on June 14th, 2017One-way conversations: Examining the tactics of Twitter’s most talkative parliamentary candidates
It is tempting to think of social media as a great enabler of democratic participation. Online platforms lower the bar…
Posted by Events on June 5th, 2017Taking Back Ctrl
If we learned anything from the surprise election results of 2016, it was that disaffected voters seemed keen to ‘take back control’…
Posted by Events on May 23rd, 2017Patriotism versus Nationalism: A Pointless Debate?
According to some, the long-running rhetorical battle between nationalism and patriotism has been decided: patriotism has won. Macron’s presidential victory over Le…
Posted by Events on May 19th, 2017Like-minded? Mapping cross-party conversations on Twitter during the general election
General election campaigns are a fertile time for social media research. In the run-up to election day, online platforms become…
Posted by Events on May 19th, 2017Game changing reforms but a missed opportunity
Social care currently has a means and a needs test – in other words, you have to be both really poor, and…
Posted by Events on May 18th, 2017The Missing Election Debate
In an election called to shore up a Brexit negotiating position – with an added bonus of decimating the Opposition at the…
Posted by Events on April 20th, 2017Building character in 140 characters
On February 25th 2017, Lily Allen posted a poll to her Twitter followers, asking who they felt more marginalised by, pensioners or…
Posted by Events on April 13th, 2017The Health of Networks
Much of what we know about mental health comes from a clinical setting. When health commissioners, policy-makers and practitioners make…
Posted by Events on April 13th, 2017Life Goes on After Brexit
It may have been swept under the carpet in the midst of the latest Brexit conjecture and the worrying developments in Syria,…
Posted by Events on April 11th, 2017The “Roy Hodgson” Problem
Brash, globalised, unequal and deeply indebted, the Premier League has often seemed a relevant metaphor for Britain’s economic model. And when…
Posted by Events on April 3rd, 2017