Great editorial from great colleagues: www.bmj.com/content/390/...

An important and eloquent letter from our friend and colleague, Roberto De Vogli - please read and share Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

CSPG's Epidemiology Lead @profkepickett.bsky.social in @theguardian.com making the case for Basic Income as a powerful upstream intervention to reduce pressure on the NHS and improve population health in the poorest areas. Read more: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #CommonSense #BasicIncome

We cannot afford cuts. See our (better) alternative to the Spending Review: commonsense.northumbria.ac.uk/reports/spen...

Poorest parts of England to get £2.2bn more for NHS to cut care inequalities Deprived and coastal areas to get extra cash this year for staff and resources in effort to improve health outcomes www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

See our blog describing findings from our new paper

Leading UK geographer Danny Dorling unpacks polling data and shows that our global crises are often very different from what’s in the headlines. The Next Crisis: What we think about the future - 4 Jun yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... ‪@dannydorling.bsky.social‬ @profkepickett.bsky.social‬

I was part of the Sustainability and Social Value working group as part of this, good to see the reports out

Thank you to @stephspyro.bsky.social of the The Daily Express for publishing an opinion column from our Academic Co-Director @profkepickett.bsky.social today about the why the two child benefit cap should be scrapped www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Not my usual venue but: 'Child benefit cap must be scrapped – Labour can't afford not to' www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Hot off the press in Nature Sustainability (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) our paper proposing ten principles for transforming economics in a polycrisis world. I'm proud to be part of the most comprehensive effort to date to cohere the field of ‘new economics’

@zackpolanski.bsky.social "How to build a good society" by @profkepickett.bsky.social cc @elliottonguk.bsky.social

My new paper: Political Inequality | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Robert Reich asks: What would progressive populism entail? Among other things...raising taxes on the super-wealthy to finance a universal basic income... Read more about it in our new book: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/basic-...

My new column: The False Economy of Cutting Disability Benefits www.socialeurope.eu/the-false-ec...

Come along to the Progressive Economics 2025 conference to be inspired to make a difference!

Quoted in the Guardian in relation to the new Global Flourishing Study, which is nice, but we already know what we need to do to create a better society! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

We got a shout out from George Monbiot in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Like this. Lends itself to lots of snappy hashtags... #Wealth4Health #TaxWealth4Health #FromWealth2Health and so on...

My new editorial, Professor David Taylor-Robinson: A UK wealth tax for better health www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Owning assets has positive effects on future earnings and employment, physical and mental health, and civic engagement. Too many people in the UK today have zero or negative assets and are deprived of these benefits. New report: 'No Money, More Problems' fairnessfoundation.com/no-money-mor...

Thank you for posting @inequalitynews.bsky.social

Some good colleagues have written some good essays: england.shelter.org.uk/professional...

Check out this excellent new book

Following the announcement of the #SpringStatement by Chancellor of the Exchequer, our Academic Co-Directors @profkepickett.bsky.social @profbambra.bsky.social @lukemunford.bsky.social & Prof David Taylor-Robinson have issued a joint statement in response www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/health-equit...

Good to see our work referenced by John McDonnell, but i wish he didnt need to…. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A new two-year study, funded by @nihr.bsky.social and led by public policy researchers at Northumbria, will examine the use of welfare reform to tackle health inequalities. #research #impact #publicpolicy

I joined the call to government to prioritise social housing: on.ft.com/4iholgQ

I'm proud to be included as a North Innovation Woman by the Northern Health Sciences Alliance

How nice that we won the BioNow Social Impact award last night for our work on women's health inequalities! @healthequitynorth.bsky.social @thenhsa.bsky.social

How nice that we won this for highlighting regional inequalities in women’s health. Now we just need to address them!

Jeff Bezos Has a Very Billionaire-ish Idea of What Freedom Means newrepublic.com/article/1922... via @newrepublic.com

I'm delighted to be heading to the University of Essex tomorrow to give the first annual lecture for the Institute of Public Health & Wellbeing: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iphw-annua...

I just watched Humanists UKs brand new animation narrated by Alice Roberts: Human nature, human potential. It’s a fantastic introduction for young people (of all ages!) to the humanist approach to life. Watch it today! understandinghumanism.org.uk/human-nature...

New book from my amazing colleague Katie Pybus Fairer Welfare Systems for Better Mental Health url:https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/fairer-welfare-systems-for-better-mental-health

publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/f... I was so proud and privileged to have been trained by Len. What a great teacher he was.

Happy to once again be writing a column for Social Europe How Inequality Fuels the Cosmetic Surgery Boom www.socialeurope.eu/how-inequali...

🧳🌎Have you ever wanted to tour the world to see how governments are putting wellbeing economy principles into practice? This free online course on Wellbeing Economy Policy Design is for you. Developed in partnership with @DoughnutEcon & @zoe_institute wellbeingeconomycourse.org

So proud to be part of @FixOurFood and of my colleague @Bryant73j Free school meals ‘auto-enrolment’ scheme has fed 20,000 more children www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Our new paper on basic income as a health intervention is out: #PLOSMentalHlth: Estimating the effects of Basic Income schemes on mental and physical health among adults ag ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

I seem to be signing a lot of heartfelt urgent calls for action at the moment: Nearly 100 groups call for action to help eligible children from missing out on Free School Meals foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/...

I was a co-signatory to this letter: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Quoted today in the FT on rising levels of mental health problems, especially among young people: Global mental health crisis hits workplaces www.ft.com/content/81ee... via @ft

Our new Born in Bradford research centre at the University of York will create social change for young people www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

I'm stepping down as Associate Director of @anthropocenebio.bsky.social at the University of York, but I'll be keeping in touch and joining the international advisory group for this innovative and vibrant research centre. Visit LCAB here to see what we're up to. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Nice to be name checked in the Guardian today by the awesome @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...