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Solving the Productivity Puzzle with Ed Balls, Anna Stansbury and Dan Turner
Season 8 Episode 8
In the final episode of Season 8 of the We Society, our host Will Hutton is joined by economist and former Labour politician Ed Balls, Dr. Anna Stans…
1 year ago
The Social Life of Pain with Tom Shakespeare
Season 8 Episode 7
In the UK alone, around one in four adults are experiencing chronic pain. And nearly a quarter of the population live with some form of disability. Y…
1 year ago
Borders, Brexit, and Fault Lines with Katy Hayward
Season 8 Episode 6
Borders contain nations, act as fault lines, but are also meeting points, where different cultures, people, and ideologies come into contact.
Nowhere …
1 year ago
Care or Incarceration? How some of the UK’s most vulnerable children are being failed with Lisa Harker
Season 8 Episode 5
We speak with Lisa Harker, the Director of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, who gives us an insight into the alarming rise in the use of Depr…
1 year ago
Taking entrepreneurship beyond business with Eleanor Shaw
Season 8 Episode 4
What is the link between social science and entrepreneurship? To give us the answer, Will Hutton speaks to Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE, an academic sp…
1 year, 1 month ago
Population, Data & Destiny with Andy Tatem
Season 8 Episode 3
Professor Andy Tatem talks to us about WorldPop, the research programme he heads that is based in the School of Geography and Environmental Science, …
1 year, 1 month ago
Morality in UK prisons with Alison Liebling
Season 8 Episode 2
We probe the UK prison system with Professor Alison Liebling, a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Cambridge and the …
1 year, 1 month ago
How to get work working for everyone with Gavin Kelly
Season 8 Episode 1
Gavin Kelly is the Chief Executive of the Nuffield Foundation and has spent the past 30 years of his career putting Britain’s economic inactivity pro…
1 year, 1 month ago
Keep Calm and Chill with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Season 7 Episode 7
As US President Donald Trump threatens trade tariffs, the We Society invited the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Oko…
1 year, 4 months ago
Improving social mobility through education and language with Lee Elliot Major
Season 7 Episode 6
Professor Lee Elliot Major, who is Britain's first professor of Social Mobility based at the University of Exeter, is our guest in this penultimate e…
1 year, 4 months ago