Article by Dr Maisie TomlinsonIn another geopolitically turbulent year, the need for thinking across social issues at a global scale is more important than ever, and this year’s cohort of students explored interconnected global crises, including corporate power in the...
Article by Annabel HayesPhoto by Vadim Sherbakov on Unsplash“You’ll never live like common people. You’ll never do whatever common people do.” Thirty years on, and Pulp’s Common People still rings true. Britain, the polite nation of tea, football, queuing, and...
Article by Ella MorrisPhoto by Rapha Wilde on UnsplashIf current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls—an estimated 8 per cent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030[1].The twenty-first century was meant to be an era of...
Article by Taeeun KimPhoto by Tim Bieler on UnsplashHave you ever wondered why discussions about gender are stirring up heated debate all over the world? From school and work to politics, terms like “gender ideology” are not always positive, but they often provoke...
Article by Dr Maisie TomlinsonPhoto by Gaelle Marcel on Unsplash Our Global Social Challenges students this year were learning and writing across contemporary topics that were both varied and interconnected, including Ageing Populations, Inequalities, Environmental...
Article By Tobias KellyPhoto by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash In modern life, corporations operate not merely as business entities but as powerful social institutions with significant influence over culture, governance, and even our personal values. They mould our...
Article by Suha IbrahemPhoto by Li-An Lim on Unsplash In a time where the UN emissions gap report indicates that the world could warm by 3.1C, it is safe to say that the majority agree that climate change solutions are imperative to save the planet from environmental...
Article by Ayushi JuggooPhoto by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Earth temperatures have been rising since the Industrial Revolution. Evidence indicates that human activities are mostly responsible for making our planet warmer. According to NASA, the global temperature...
Author: Maisie Tomlinson Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash 2023 was another challenging year for the world, and this year’s cohort of students were determined to show us how public sociology could help address some of the biggest global challenges we face in...
Article by Apolline Harvey Photo by Ricardo Díaz on Unsplash The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals place ending world poverty as goal number 1, however, I believe this is not realistic without resolving goal number 5 (gender equality).[1] Poverty has been an...
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