Big Tech: Billion Dollar Idea or Billion Dollar Boondoggle?
In a world where real incomes are either flattening or falling, we have seen a steep rise of big tech being hailed as the saviour. At the...
What actually is STEM? The Importance of Clear Definitions in Research and Policymaking
“STEM” – which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – has become a buzzword among British politicians. There is no...
Exploring poverty in China
In January, Robert Walker, Research Associate and Professor Emeritus, was one of 12 foreign experts invited to meet with the Chinese...
Increasing Financial Inclusion and Credit Access in the United States
Access to the financial system enables individuals to save, make market transactions, buy insurance, get a mortgage, and more. An...
Is Low Fertility a Serious Challenge? Some Learnings from the International Seminar on Low Fertility
Low fertility is a major driver of population ageing and for that reason alone, it is believed to bring up various socioeconomic...
Sustaining Social Cohesion through Voluntary Return Policies?
In this piece, the author explores the variations of voluntary return policies that exist among receiving, economically-advanced...
Providing “Insite”: Overdose-Prevention and Supervised-Injection Sites
Amidst record-high and ever-increasing drug-related deaths, public health officials in North America are finding themselves at the centre...
Life at the Department: Views from Kyle & Claire from the Evidence-Based Social Intervention and
As we approach the end of Week 7 in Michaelmas term, two students reading for the MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy...
Response to statement by UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, 16.11.18
On the day (16 November) that the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights delivered his final statement following his...
Why universal credit is failing
Another budget, another bung for the Tories’ flagship Welfare reform: Universal Credit (UC). Eight years on, six years behind schedule...
