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Polling Observatory #34: a voteless recovery so far but still time to turn the tide?

Rob FordWill JenningsMark Pickup By , and Filed Under: Polling Observatory Posted:

This is the thirty-fourth in a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence we can reduce the impact of the random variation each individual survey inevitably produces. Most of the short term advances and setbacks in party polling fortunes are […]

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Can Manchester become a cycling city?

James EvansGabriele Schliwa By and Filed Under: Featured Posted:

For cities such as Manchester to operate a fully sustainable transport system they must make cycling mainstream, say Dr James Evans and Gabriele Schliwa. Their study into how to make the vision reality has policy implications for the whole of the UK. Manchester may be the home of British Cycling, but does the city fully […]

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Middle managers hold key public health role

Kathryn Oliver By Filed Under: All posts Posted:

Ignore middle managers at your peril. They may be central to development and implementation of policy, explains Dr Kathryn Oliver Middle managers are more important than people often think – and that is very true when it comes to influencing and implementing public health policy. In fact, middle managers without a professional training in public […]

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Revolution 2.0: the Internet connection

Richard Heeks By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

When Internet freedom contrasts with a lack of wider political freedom, it may be an indicator of likely revolution, explains Professor Richard Heeks. In April last year I wrote a blog revealing that research showed Ukraine to be the country most likely to undergo a revolution. Given recent events, I was fascinated to look back […]

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What should responsible innovation look like in our society?

Jonny Hankins By Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted:

The emerging concept of responsible innovation is already taking hold in science policy and governance, writes Jonny Hankins. He argues for a multi-faced approach that emphasises reflexivity, involves public engagement from the outset and brings on board social scientists. The phrase ‘responsible innovation’ is cropping-up ever more frequently in policy documents in the UK, Europe […]

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Care home culture is forcing older people back into the closet

Paul SimpsonKathryn Almack By and Filed Under: Featured Posted:

Encouraging an LGBT-friendly, or better still, an LGBT-inclusive environment needs to be higher on the agenda in care homes, argue Dr Paul Simpson and Dr Kathryn Almack.  If homes were to function more along these lines, they could work more like communities than simply places to live. What if you had lived a life as […]

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Unsustainable practices: Why electric cars are a failure of ambition

Nicola SpurlingDaniel Welch By and Filed Under: Science and Technology Posted:

A focus on ‘techno-fix’ solutions to climate change like electric cars simply perpetuate current unsustainable practices and represent a failure of ambition, argue Nicola Spurling and Dan Welch. In January David Cameron announced that his cabinet might trade in their limousines for electric cars. It was the latest in a stream of initiatives to promote the […]

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‘Greece has a problem, but Greece is not the problem’

Ewan Munro By Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted:

Former Greek Prime Minster George Papandreou delivered the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence’s Annual Lecture, accompanied by two formidable looking bodyguards. Ewan Munro heard him affirm his commitment to the European Project and decry the lack of visionary leadership at the national level.  While the Eurozone crisis may have slipped from the front pages […]

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Why the Government should keep ‘discredited’ child poverty measures

Ruth Lupton By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

Last week the government announced its child poverty strategy – but at the same time revealed that, after a year of consultation and consideration, it has still not been able to reach a conclusion on how to measure success. Prof Ruth Lupton explains why the government should stick with the measures it has got. Thanks […]

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Are trust issues driving fear of mass surveillance in Europe?

David Barnard-Wills By Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted:

David Barnard-Wills argues that EU citizens don’t necessarily want to trade their privacy for security – and that policymakers should take their views seriously in determining surveillance practices. Fuelled in part by Edward Snowden’s release of documents revealing NSA and GCHQ surveillance practices, recent months have seen much media coverage of surveillance and European citizens […]

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