Rachel Carlyle says a relentless pressure to succeed is the reason British kids sit near the bottom of the happiness league thetimes.co.uk/edition/times2…

We're seeing a revived “culture of poverty” discourse in the study of the working class. catalyst-journal.com/vol1/no2/new-c…

First up is Yale University Professor @HazelCarby's 'Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands', which "shows how an individual life is shaped by external forces" (The New Yorker): newyorker.com/books/under-re…

Welfare conditionality is ineffective, authors of major study say york.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Out today on the IPR #blog 💬 Visiting Fellow and former UK Pensions Minister @stevewebb1 discusses the state pension ‘triple lock’. Read now ➡️ blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2020/1…

My book, 'The Politics of Policy Analysis', should be out early 2021 paulcairney.wordpress.com/policy-analysi…

Pension reforms have been a top public policy priority because of population ageing and the impact of projected increased pension spending on government budgets. socialpolicyblog.com/2020/01/06/ide…

#covid19 and #researchmethods 1: Digital methods have yielded flexibility and creativity in research 2: The digital divide has become more complex 3: The pandemic has transformed the ethics of research @DrHelenKara Su-Ming Khoo @[email protected] Policy Press wp.me/p4m9em-aoy

It's the last day you can read our 'Living in a COVID-19 Economy' collection for free! This collection explores the effect economic crises have on #policy, #poverty and #socialjustice bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/covid… #COVID__19

Now online: Data from UK Pension Reforms (1997-2015) 📢📚 A dataset from University of Bath @IPR_NickP and Thomais, funded by Nest Insight and UK Research and Innovation. Featuring 97 docs. and 24 video interviews on the reforms. Learn more ➡️ bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

How were the ground-breaking UK Pension Reforms (1997-2015) implemented? The dataset from our project with IPR is now available in an online archive comprising 97 documents and 24 interviews with individuals that played a key role: researchdata.bath.ac.uk/846/ #autoenrolment

"The movement to cut pensions and promote work at older ages denies an older person a genuine choice between retiring or working, while it benefits capital and the well-off." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Statecraft and incremental change: Explaining the success of pension reforms in the United Kingdom 💰🔍 Read the latest article from @IPR_NickP and Thomais, published in Sage BJPIR. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… ⤵️

🚨3 fantastic new articles up online in the last week🚨 Benjamin Martill - Brexit as a failed negotiating strategy @JoshuaTownsley Siim Trumm Caitlin Milazzo - Campaign personalisation in Britain Thomais @IPR_NickP - Pension reforms in the UK journals.sagepub.com/toc/bpia/0/0

How were comprehensive pension reforms in the UK successfully developed, enacted & implemented from 2002-2015, despite changes in government & the financial crisis? Read the latest Sage BJPIR article from @IPR_NickP & Thomais journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… ⤵️

‘We demonstrate the importance of political statecraft and policy entrepreneurship in the UK pensions’ reform process, but within boundaries set by its institutional context’ Thomais @IPR_NickP on pension reforms in 🇬🇧 🔓Read for free🔓⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

This week's #RecommendedRead by Thomais & @IPR_NickP builds on our joint research with IPR into the steps that led to the success of the UK pension reforms (1997-2015). Read the article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… & visit our programme page: nestinsight.org.uk/uk-pension-ref…

Study for our part-time, distance learning MSc in Public Policy, run in collaboration with BathUni SPS, and apply new ideas and skills to your own public policy interests. Find out more ➡️ bath.ac.uk/courses/postgr…