12+ hour, 56+ min ago   (327+ words) Informed debate for better governance The Government’s announcement that it would ban social media for children under 16 was premised on the belief that current regulation on children’s online safety wasn’t sufficient. Steve Wood challenges that assumption and sets out what…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago   (400+ words) Frank W. Garmon Jr. is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. His first book, A Wonderful Career in Crime, offers a microhistory of a single Gilded Age conman to shine a light on how crime and corruption…...

13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (267+ words) Latest commentary and analysis on the United States from academic experts As the United States marks its 250th anniversary this year, considerable attention is being paid to how much has changed since 1776. Rather less attention has been paid to a striking…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago   (189+ words) The latest social science books reviewed by academics and experts Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. Valena Beety. The New Press. 2026. Beety shows how women and members of the queer community are often imprisoned…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (547+ words) Promoting critical research into the vital role of media and communications in contemporary society MSc candidate Shrenya Soni reports on an LSE event that debated whether social media bans for teenagers offer meaningful protection, or mask trickier questions about corporate…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (444+ words) 0 comments | 1 shares Post-war reconstruction is often framed as a technical challenge of infrastructure, finance, and governance. But in Gaza, women’s lived experience, creativity, and spatial knowledge are essential resources for rebuilding places that are resilient, just, and life-affirming, writes May…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (216+ words) The latest social science books reviewed by academics and experts Inequality: The View from Manywheres by Séamus Power explores competing perspectives on economic inequality, capitalism and social mobility through a lens of anthropology and cultural psychology. Power’s nuanced, pluralistic approach…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (387+ words) Informed debate for better governance The Government is keen for the private sector to take on part of the cost of nature restoration, but private investment remains a relatively minor contributor to UK environmental funding. Leo Mercer and Tom Gegg…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1021+ words) The London School of Economics and Political Science Social, political and economic transformation in the developing world Buried Twice: From Earthquake to Financial Siege in Venezuela Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Questions of sovereignty, financial control and disaster recovery have become…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (631+ words) Connecting business research with policy, practice and public debate Social mobility has stalled in America and Britain. And since the COVID-19 pandemic many young people face new disadvantages hindering their educational and professional prospects. Could social skills be the key…...