EVENT: The Fair Necessities: Why We Need a Fairer Britain Join us, @fairness.bsky.social, Will Snell, @pollyneate.bsky.social, Will Hutton, Siobhan Aarons and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to discuss why a fair society matters, and how we can make it happen 🗓️ 8 September ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-f...

"three in five care workers are routinely undertaking healthcare tasks that would have previously been completed by registered health professionals" 💬 @a-mtowers.bsky.social writes in the @uk.theconversation.com about workforce challenges & social care reform ➡️ theconversation.com/social-care-...

🎉 Earlier in July we celebrated the achievements of this year's cohort of King's Parliamentary Research Interns at the House of Lords - many congratulations to you all!

"Gen Z were not the first and will not be the last generation of young people to be accused of laziness, fecklessness or lack of drive at work" 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the @resolutionfoundation.org last week about how Gen Z are really faring ➡️ highresolution.podbean.com/e/the-genera...

"although it was a great surprise, this might not turn out to be a bad appointment" 💬 @jonmdavis.bsky.social spoke to CNBC this morning about Andy Burnham's unexpected pick of John Healey to become chancellor of the exchequer 📺 www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...

We’re delighted the Policy Institute has been awarded funding to run the next wave of the European Values Study (EVS) in the UK, in partnership with City St George’s, University of London. 🧵⬇️

Congratulations to our director, @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, who yesterday received the inaugural Sir Robert Worcester award for outstanding contributions to political, economic and social research! 🔗⬇️

To discuss the report, we were joined by Angela Rayner, Michael Gove, Kim McGuinness and Nick Macpherson as well the report's authors Ed Balls, Dan Turner, Nyasha Weinberg, Anna Stansbury and Esme Elsden.

💡 Last night we joined @strandgroup.bsky.social for a panel discussion on their newly launched report – written in collaboration the Harvard Kennedy School – entitled "Regional Growth Two Years In: Is the government on track to boost UK growth by closing regional divides?". 🧵⬇️

📣 Calling all King's College London doctoral & postdoctoral researchers - applications are now open for the The King’s Parliamentary Research Internships programme. ⏰ Deadline 16 August ➡️ Find out more and apply: kcl.targetconnect.net/user/app/job...

"Even within groups that you think are quite coherent and have one worldview on redistribution, there is quite a variety of different views." 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social recently joined the @theifs.bsky.social to discuss public opinions and perceptions of inequality ➡️ ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...

"twice as many people who said they were finding it very difficult financially also said that the temperature was much too hot" 💬 Dr Kirstie Hewlett spoke to Radio 4 yesterday about our recent research on extreme heat and mental health ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/extreme...

👀 ICYMI 🇪🇺 Our latest research with @ukandeu.bsky.social and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social compares attitudes towards Brexit today with those in 2016 Read the full report ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-bre...

"The one option where they have to negotiate with us is if we apply to rejoin... but they're not going to go easy on us, even in a rejoin situation" 💬 @anandmenon.bsky.social at our panel discussion last week marking ten years since Brexit Full event ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/u4o3xEd...

Full house for our event, 10 years of Brexit: how the vote to leave changed the UK – w/ @ukandeu.bsky.social & @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @keiranpedley.bsky.social @bobbyduffy.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social Watch ➡️ www.youtube.com/live/u4o3xEd...

Polly Toynbee highlights our forthcoming study with @senseaboutsci.bsky.social on the state of trust in science in her Guardian column ➡️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @bobbyduffy.bsky.social

💡 A full house tonight with @aiatkings.bsky.social to hear from internationally renowned techno-sociologist @zey.bsky.social, as she delivers the 2026 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, challenging prevailing narratives around generative AI. 📺 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvu3...

🍿 A full house tonight for the premiere of episode two a new BBC documentary series – Brexit: A Very British Civil War – marking ten years since Brexit and telling the story of how it happened. Find out more ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

EVENT: 10 years of Brexit: how the vote to leave changed the UK Join us, @ukandeu.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @keiranpedley.bsky.social & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social to mark a decade since Brexit ➡️ bit.ly/10yearsofBre...

"When we plotted who is actually in this digital ecosystem, it turned out to be – here in the UK – a massive digital echo chamber for the American populists" 💬 @liambyrnemp.bsky.social at our event earlier in May on the rise of populism ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3h...

EVENT: Brexit: A Very British Civil War | Premiere of new documentary for the BBC by Brook Lapping Join us for the premiere of episode two of the series, and to hear from those involved in making it. ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"they [Reform UK] are not in the kind of position you might have expected them to have got to... because of these deep structural weaknesses about which direction they want to go in" 💬 @samfr.bsky.social at our event earlier in May on the rise of populism ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3h...

🤖 Half of employers (50%) say making staff redundant because of AI would be a straightforward or positive step 📚 Last week released our study with @aiatkings.bsky.social, on public perceptions of AI and the future of work Full report ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...

💡A full house tonight with @schoolforgovt.bsky.social, @helenpearson.bsky.social, @anjahuja.bsky.social , Will Moy & @michael-sanders.bsky.social discussing growing global ‘evidence revolution’ movement Livestream ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dd...

"People with very simple answers to very complex questions tend to get found out in power" 💬 @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social at our event earlier in May on the causes and consequences of populist movements making significant gains across many Western democracies ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3h...

"Close to a third of the public think that if this [AI] displacement happens too fast, we will see civil unrest." 💬 @elenasimperl.bsky.social spoke to Bloomberg last week about our new research with @aiatkings.bsky.social on AI and the future of work. ➡️ Full report: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...

"[in] 2003, 2004 half the public though the future was going to be better for young people... [but now] half think it's going to be worse" 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Politics Live last week, speaking about Wes Streeting's comments – made in his resignation speech – on intergenerational fairness.

"We're not at 1933, but we could be at 1927. We could be one stock market crash away from something very serious happening" 💬 @liambyrnemp.bsky.social at our recent event on the causes and consequences of populist movements making gains internationally 📺 Full event: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP3h...

EVENT: Are We Having the Wrong Nightmares about AI? Join us and @aiatkings.bsky.social to hear from Dr Zeynep Tufekci, as she delivers the 2026 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture, challenging prevailing narratives around generative AI. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/dr-ze...

🤖 A majority (62%) of university students expect over a quarter of entry-level roles to be replaced by Al in the next three years 📚 Last week released our study with @aiatkings.bsky.social, on public perceptions of AI and the future of work Full report ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...