Beyond the Academy: Knowledge Exchange and Outreach

Bullying explained by bullies
El Norte, 23 February 2025
Dr Kevin Zapata-Celestino recently wrote an editorial piece for El Norte, in which he presented the findings of his research titled "Bullying explained by bullies".
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The growing crackdown of LGBT groups in China
BBC News, 28 June 2023
Dr Timothy Hildebrandt was recently interviewed by the BBC for a story on the recent crackdown of LGBT groups in China.
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Liberia's elections
BBC's Focus on Africa, 4 May 2023
Robtel Neajai Pailey discussed Liberia's forthcoming elections with Esau Williams of the BBC's Focus on Africa on 4 May 2023. The impromptu interview was conducted in-person at the BBC World Service, New Broadcasting House, in London.
China's Population decline
Dr Shuang Chen has had media coverage on China’s population decline.

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BBC Future, 16 January 2023
TIME magazine, 17 January 2023
Protests in China
Weekendavisen, 1 December 2022
Tim Hildebrandt was interviewed by the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen on a story "The party’s terrible year" about the recent large protests in China. Tim researches social movements in China and other countries.
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Dual Citizenship in Liberia
Liberian Observer, 21 December 2021
Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey presented the major findings and policy recommendations of her monograph to the plenary of Liberia's Senate in Monrovia on 14 December 2021.
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Two-child benefits cap
The Guardian, 15 July 2021
Dr Kitty Stewart talks to the Guardian about her new research for the Nuffield Foundation that shows that children in larger families were at higher and increasing risk of poverty even before the two-child limit began.
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Child Poverty
Independent, 1 February 2021
Dr Kitty Stewart and Mary Reader have written about their Nuffield Foundation funded research findings for the Independent, and how their research shows that, even prior to the pandemic, child poverty and inequalities among young children had risen since 2015.
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Liberia’s Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls
Al Jazeera English. 1 December 2020
Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey writes a commentary for Al Jazeera English on Liberia's elections.
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Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa
Weekend (BBC World Service), 7 November 2020
Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey explains her forthcoming book Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa on the BBC World Service's Weekend.
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Open Letter to Boris Johnson to tackle child poverty
Initiated by Dr Kitty Stewart
Independent, 29 June 2020
An open letter to Boris Johnson was initiated by Dr Kitty Stewart and signed by many academics including other CASE members and associates, Tania Burchardt, Kerris Cooper, John Hills, Abigail McKnight, Polly Vizard, Kate Summers, Susan Harkness and Glen Bramley.
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Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
TutuTalks: The Activist-Scholar: Promises and Pitfalls of Policy-making with Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
Recorded 26 July 2022
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Expert Conversations
Scholars in the department consider some highlights of their careers and how their research has directly engaged in knowledge exchange and engagement with non-academic audiences.
These videos have been funded by the LSE Research’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund 2019/20.
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Interrogating Inequalities
Research on inequalities is a key theme within work conducted in our department. Using some diverse examples, we reflect on the motivations for this work, discuss some of our research findings, and consider who the users and beneficiaries are intended to be, beyond our traditional academic audiences. These videos have been funded by the LSE Research’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund 2019/20.
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Professor Sir John Hills
Gearty Grilling: John Hills on the cost of inequality
Recorded 28 May 2015
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Professor Stephen Jenkins
How UK elections affect household income inequality
Recorded 1 June 2015
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Professor Tim Newburn
Criminology: A Very Short Introduction
Recorded 14 May 2019
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25 Years of Riots Research
Recorded 30 August 2018
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Where does Donald Trump stand on gun control?
Recorded 30 August 2016
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Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
ODI Bites: Decolonising international development
Recorded 15 October 2020
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Professor Lucinda Platt
Inequality: the IFS Deaton Review
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Gearty Grillings: Lucinda Platt on Poverty/Want
Recorded 22 February 2018
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Professor Anne West
Gearty Grillings: Anne West on Ignorance/Education
Recorded 21 February 2018
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Best in Class Summit
Recorded 18 March 2016
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The two-child limit: a growing hole in the UK’s safety net
Author: Dr Kitty Stewart
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 26 September 2023
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Policing in an age of uncertainty: New York and Chicago 1877-1923
Author: Dr Johann Koehler
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 25 July 2023
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Does international action affect domestic public opinion on climate change policy?
Author: Dr Liam Beiser-McGrath
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 15 November 2022
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Government policies have fragmented the UK state secondary school landscape
Author: Professor Anne West
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 15 November 2022
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More education for women could help China’s fertility problem
Author: Dr Shuang Chen
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 12 July 2022
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Why MAT and state school goverance structures must align
Authors: Professor Anne West, Dr David Wolfe QC, Basma Yaghi
Tes magazine, 27 June 2022
Academics behind new research into the major differences in how state and MAT-run school governance structures operate explain the key issues it has laid bare – and why they need addressing as MAT growth continues apace.
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Building a civil society after the USSR
QCode magazine, 13 December 2021
Dr Armine Ishkanian talks about about civil society and democratization in the former Soviet Union. The article is part of a series that marks the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Why ethnic minorities are bearing the brunt of COVID-19
Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
LSE Research for the World’s Race Equity edition
Article posted 9 November 2021
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"Not a panacea to reconstruction": Liberia's dual citizenship dilemma
Author: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 7 September 2021
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The state and education: lessons for the UK from China and India
Author: Dr Yifei Yan
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 7 September 2021
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The importance of public health
Men's Health, 21 July 2021
Dr Timothy Hildebrandt talks about the importance of public health being a collective responsibility.
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Prioritise early years to reduce childhood inequalities
Authors: Dr Kitty Stewart, Mary Reader
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 4 May 2021
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COVID-19 and Ethnic Inequalities in England
Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
LSE Public Policy Review
Article posted 3 May 2021
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Crime and punishment
Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 18 January 2021
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Country responses to the pandemic
The New Yorker, 17 January 2021
Dr Adam Oliver speaks to Dhuruv Khullar at The New Yorker on how different countries have responded to the pandemic.
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Improving our understanding of income inequality
Author: Professor Stephen Jenkins
LSE Research for the World digital magazine
Article posted 13 January 2021
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Britain's mixed-race population blurs the lines of identity politics
The Economist, 1 October 2020
Analysis by Professor Lucinda Platt and Dr Alita Nandi (Essex University) suggests that the true figure of mixed-race Britons could be three times as high as recorded.

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What makes a good school?
Dr Sonia Exley talks about how parents experience school choice and how they go about choosing schools on a BBC Radio 4 programme.
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Released on 16 October 2023
Still a man's world? Gender inequalities, parenthood and the workplace
IFS podcast mini-series host Soumaya Keynes speaks to Alison Andrew, Christine Farquharson and Professor Lucinda Platt, asking why this pay gap opens up, whether things have improved in recent years, and talk about one key factor affecting women’s pay - kids.
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Released on 23 August 2023
Thinking Allowed
Professor Tim Newburn talks about the social history of ‘orderly Britain’ – the way in which we’ve resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to smoking and queuing- in an episode of Thinking Allowed.
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Released on 28 September 2022
What does it really mean to be a citizen?
Contributors: Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey, Dr Ian Sanjay Patel and Dr Megan Ryburn
LSE IQ Podcast, recorded 1 June 2021
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What’s the point of social science in a pandemic?
Contributors: Professor Laura Bear, Nikita Simpson, Professor Joan Roses, Dr Adam Oliver, Dr Clare Wenham, Professor Patrick Wallis
LSE IQ podcast, recorded 5 January 2021
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How can we end child poverty in the UK?
Contributor: Dr Kitty Stewart
LSE IQ podcast, recorded 1 December 2020
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Racism in development
by Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey
Oxfam Power in the Pandemic Podcast, recorded 12 June 2020
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Child Poverty
BBC Radio 4 interview with Kitty Stewart on child poverty - Kitty Stewart was invited to talk about child poverty on BBC Radio 4. The segment from the radio show is available here (from minute 12:35 onwards).
Commission for Equality in Mental Health
With Professor Sir John Hills - Liz Sayce, Chair of the Commission for Equality in Mental Health discusses the state of inequality in the UK, the impact it can have on mental health, and potential solutions to these systemic issues with Professor Sir John Hills. The podcast is available here.
Stop and Search
Dr Michael Shiner discusses 'stop and search' with Jacob Hawley on BBC Sounds, from 12m:45s. Listen here.
Thinking Allowed podcasts
- Rules and Order
  featuring Professor Tim Newburn, recorded 2022
  
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- Law and Order
  featuring Professor Tim Newburn, recorded 2018
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- Stop and search
  featuring Dr Michael Shiner, recorded 2015
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- Multicultural Prison
  featuring Professor Coretta Phillips, recorded 2013
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- Supermax - Western Rule
  featuring Dr Sharon Shalev, recorded 2010
  
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The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – towards equal accountability for academies?
Authors: Professor Anne West, David Wolfe
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, posted 27 May 2025
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Cracking down on care worker visas will not solve the care crisis
Author: Dr Isabel Shutes
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, posted 16 May 2025
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Why a US Invasion of Mexico would end in disaster
Author: Dr Kevin Zapata-Celestino
LSE United States Politics and Policy Blog, posted 25 March 2025
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To GDP or not to GDP? That is the question
Author: Dr Fabio Battaglia
LSE European Politics and Policy Blog, posted 5 November 2024
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Does migration reduce inequality?
Author: Professor Lucinda PlattLSE Inequalities Blog, posted 2 July 2024
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Interview with Liam Beiser-McGrath: "We have to design climate policies that reflect not just the environmental but also the political reality"
LSE European Politics and Policy Blog, posted 12 June 2024
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The persisting pay gap and the motherhood penalty
Author: Professor Almudena Sevilla
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 20 March 2024
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Why Sunak’s net zero rollback won’t pay off
Authors: Dr Liam Besier McGrath and Muzhou Zhang
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 10 October 2023
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How can we create a fairer school system?
Authors: Professor Anne West, David Wolfe, Basma Yaghi
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 14 April 2023
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Where does the Met go from here?
Author: Professor Tim Newburn
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 24 March 2023
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COVID interventions: what behavioural scientists should (and shouldn’t) advise the government on
Author: Dr Adam Oliver
LSE COVID-19 Blog, posted 20 January 2022
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Blogmas 2021: If COVID will not change our minds about international intellectual property regime for essential medicine, what will?
Author: Dr Hakan Seckinelgin
Global Health at LSE Blog, posted 14 December 2021
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Why the new levy won’t make England’s social care crisis go away
Author: Dr Tania Burchardt
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 16 September 2021
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COVID-19 and the mortality risks of different ethnic groups in England
Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
British Politics and Policy at LSE Blog, posted 13 May 2021
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The state of race: facilitating terror, harm, and inequality
Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
Social Policy Association Blog, posted 22 April 2021
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Decolonising Higher Education: bring students back in
Author: Dr Yifei Yan
The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET) Blog, posted 28 January 2021
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Keeping safe without a safety net: How are children faring when families have no access to mainstream benefits?
Authors: Ilona Pinter, PhD candidate and Lucy Leon
Social Policy Blog, posted 17 December 2020
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A culture of encounters
Author: Dr Sunil Kumar
LSE Higher Education Blog, posted 3 December 2020
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New ways of measuring inequality: what can we learn from the LSE pioneer, Richard Titmuss?
Author: Professor Lucinda Platt
LSE COVID-19 blog, posted 26 November 2020
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Race Matters: We need to talk about Race in and for International Social and Public Policy
Authors: Dr Sunil Kumar and Dr Vanessa Hughes
Social Policy Blog, posted 27 October 2020
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There is no opportunity to avoid opportunity costs: facing the second wave
Author: Dr Adam Oliver
LSE COVID-19 Blog, posted 6 October 2020
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India's National Education Policy is light on details
Author: Dr Yifei Yan
Social Policy Blog, posted 24 September 2020
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‘Watch the crime rate go up over the weekend!! Keep your doors and windows shut people!’
Author: Professor Coretta Phillips
Social Policy Blog, posted 29 June 2020
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Inequalities in alcohol-related violent victimisation: what can we do?
Author: Lucy Bryant, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 19 June 2020
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The latest #BlackLivesMatter protests highlight how American policing falls short of its charge
Author: Dr Johann Koehler
Social Policy Blog, posted 5 June 2020
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Rethinking children’s time spent working in developing countries
Author: Grace Chang, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 18 May 2020
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The social consequences of Covid-19 for vulnerable migrant groups in Germany
Authors: Cecilia Bruzelius and Nora Ratzmann
Social Policy Blog, posted 30 April 2020
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Need in the Time of Corona
Author: Professor Hartley Dean
Social Policy Blog, posted 20 April 2020
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On watching 'Contagion': what do we learn?
Author: Professor David Lewis
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 April 2020
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Households failed to absorb massive job loss during economic crisis
Authors: Dr Thomas Biegert and Dr Bernhard Ebbinghaus
Social Policy Blog, posted 6 April 2020
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COVID-19 recasts criminal justice reforms once deemed ‘unthinkable’
Author: Dr Johann Koehler
Social Policy Blog, posted 31 March 2020
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Dear random effects – we love you. Signed, Social inequality scholars
Authors: Dr Amelia Peterson and Laura Sochas
Social Policy Blog, posted 27 February 2020
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Britain in the Twenty-first Century – a more or less "irresponsible society"?
Author: Professor Sir John Hills
Social Policy Blog, posted 24 February 2020
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British and disengaged: national identification and political engagement before and after naturalisation
Author: Victoria Donnaloja, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 10 February 2020
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Why 2020 is a fitting year to start research into the impact of benefit change on larger families
Authors: Dr Ruth Patrick, Dr Aaron Reeves and Dr Kitty Stewart
Social Policy Blog, posted 6 February 2020
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A cohesive future? School and neighbourhood composition and relationships between students of different ethnic groups
Authors: Professor Simon Burgess and Professor Lucinda Platt
Social Policy Blog, posted 4 February 2020
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Can White Elephants Kill? Evidence from Infrastructure Development in Peru
Author: Antonella Bancalari, PhD candidate
Social Policy Blog, posted 9 January 2020
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The Grenfell Inquiry Report gives the government a lot to act on
Author: Professor Anne Power
Social Policy Blog, posted 15 November 2019
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Prioritising participatory poverty projects properly
Authors: Dr Tania Burchardt and Dr Paul Dornan
Social Policy Blog, posted 18 October 2019
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Housing Plus and the wider role of social landlords in low income communities
Author: Professor Anne Power
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 October 2019
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Will Modi Resume the Battle Against Corruption?
Authors: Dr Yifei Yan and Dr Wu Alfred Muluan
Social Policy Blog, posted 25 September 2019
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Growing up lonely? The challenging social worlds of three generations of those with special educational needs and disability
Authors: Sam Parsons and Professor Lucinda Platt
Social Policy Blog, posted 16 September 2019
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If inequality is flat, why is it such a big issue?
Author: Professor Sir John Hills
Social Policy Blog, posted 22 August 2019
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