Laura Hood

Nov 14, 2024 | socialsciencespace.com | Michael Todd |Hilco van Elten |Megan Clement |Laura Hood

November 14, 2024 24 How is class defined these these days – asking specifically about Britain here but the question certainly resonates globally – and when did that definition replace the classic one?

Nov 8, 2024 | socialsciencespace.com | Megan Clement |Joe Sweeney |Laura Hood |David Canter

November 8, 2024 14 In the UK, it’s November 20. In France, it’s today, November 8. For the EU, it’s November 15. It’s the day of the year that women begin working for free compared to men due to the gender pay gap.

Nov 4, 2024 | socialsciencespace.com | Laura Hood |Spencer Kimball |Camille Mumford |Matt Taglia

November 4, 2024 10 As an investigative journalist, Julia Ebner had the freedom to do something she freely admits that as an academic (the hat she currently wears as postdoctoral researcher at the Calleva Centre for Evolution and Human Sciences at the University of Oxford) she have been proscribed from doing – posing as a recruit to study violent extremist groups. That, as you might expect, gave her special insight into how these groups attract new blood, and on the basis of that work, as...

Oct 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Laura Hood |Rosie Campbell |Vladimir Bortun

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in more than a decade. While we don’t yet have a full analysis of the socioeconomic background of the new crop of MPs, the Sutton Trust calculated that 23% were privately educated, a record low in almost 50 years of monitoring. Several cabinet ministers come from working-class backgrounds, including the prime minister, deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.

Oct 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Laura Hood |Rosie Campbell |Vladimir Bortun

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in more than a decade. While we don’t yet have a full analysis of the socioeconomic background of the new crop of MPs, the Sutton Trust calculated that 23% were privately educated, a record low in almost 50 years of monitoring. Several cabinet ministers come from working-class backgrounds, including the prime minister, deputy prime minister and foreign secretary.