At first glance, infectious diseases and global warming appear to have little in common. One is an existential threat to human...

“The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.” Edward Gibbon I...

I have been meaning to write this blog post for a while, but it has taken me a long time to collect my thoughts into a coherent...

“Has Science saved the world?” This is the hubristic, and rather pre-emptive, title of a display about the development of the COVID-19...

'Good quality policy making depends on high quality information, derived from a variety of sources - expert knowledge; existing domestic...

Very few people now believe that our environment is in a good, healthy condition. For most, the argument is over and it is widely agreed...

Since Boris Johnson stepped out to his podium for the first Coronavirus press conference, what seems like a lifetime ago, one phrase has...

Over the last 10 years the public awareness of mental health issues has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, improved government policy...

I’m happy that ‘equality’, ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ are rapidly becoming buzz words. It feels good to see Labour values coming into...

The covid-19 pandemic has been a massive disruptor in all areas of society and the economy, not least in Education. The shock of school...

It must be said, that I am really beginning to worry, about the climate crisis, emergency, or whatever you want to call it. A lot. The ...

‘All models are wrong, but some are useful.’ George Box FRS In my role as a data scientist, I regularly find myself totally blown away by...

The British countryside is an ecological wasteland. By this I do not simply mean that it has been impacted by humanity—every landscape...

Over a year after the Tories’ 2019 landslide, my coping mechanism is to avoid reading about government policy as much as possible. Some...

Those of you that follow our blog regularly may remember that, in October, we put a call out recruiting members for the inaugural...

Increasingly in the current age, decisions about people’s lives are being taken, not based on the people themselves, but on data...

Last week, the UK passed the most grim milestone so far in the pandemic: 120,000 deaths. There are many questions to be asked about how...

Today we were joined by Geraint Davies MP, chair of the all party parliamentary group (APPG) on air pollution, to launch our report...

Last week we had the great honour of hosting a talk and discussion from Professor Danny Dorling entitled Inequality in 2021, slowing...

Last night we had the honour of hosting Baroness Mary Goudie for the launch of our latest report, "Personal inequality and COVID-19". In...