Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them. 200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them? His must-read analysis👇 @eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks

Daniel Levy tells it as it is.

The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk. committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...

Trump tariffs have wiped out +60 years of economic consensus, exposing the failures of globalisation. The question is whether we can channel such seismic disruption into a just transformation, rather than regression. open.substack.com/pub/marumorm...

So poignant … x.com/hossamshabat...

This is excellent news!! Here’s to this new GCSE inspiring the next generation of David Attenboroughs and Jane Goodalls

Cross-cultural dialogue is an alternative to integration in #transdisciplinary research. It aims at #cocreating solutions that make sense in relation to all relevant ways of knowing, allowing incommensurable and incompatible ways of knowing to equally contribute. i2insights.org/2025/03/04/c...

Here’s a new concept: climate populism (or popularism), by the one and only Caroline Lucas. If the political elite is reneging on the climate, at the grassroots level climate action is alive and well. A much needed injection of hope from the ground up.

Latin American nations are at the forefront of a movement to create restrictions on global technology firms to prevent misinformation or misuse.

An the same in academic writing

Delighted that this absolute legend, @sfuntowicz.bsky.social, and his partner in crime are being recognised once more for their work, which has inspired generations of researchers and activists in the climate movement and beyond. I’m forever indebted to their wisdom and our always lively discussions

Very powerful.

As a society, we are hyper focused on the end result (winning) that the process of how we got there gets swept under the proverbial rug, and with it also the human damage. www.linkedin.com/posts/ted-co...

Since no other party has the guts to say it, we will; #Brexit was an utter disaster, materially impacting the lives of everyone in the country for the worst, foisted on us by malicious actors and should be reversed as soon as possible. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Defending free speech can no longer mean enabling the cesspit that X has become. For democracy’s sake, we need legislation to to limit its reach. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

This will change how you think about corruption. And it doesn’t just apply to Africa. thetricontinental.org/dossier-how-...

Should be in every newsagents window.

I’ve been part of innumerable multidisciplinary efforts, most with a clear focus but none with the right facilitation to bridge siloed language, assumptions and power dynamics. Lesson? Don’t leave it to the project lead to bring the team together, invest in proper, external and neutral facilitation

Global science review concludes tackling climate change, nature loss & food insecurity as ' siloed' separate issues won't work Biodiversity loss is costing economy up to a quarter of global GDP, $25trillion Delayed action on biodiversity could double eventual costs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bringing into policy the expertise of affected citizens requires redressing the epistemic injustices that constantly devalue lived experience, especially of those in the margins. This is a difficult ask for politicians and civil servants with little exposure to and understanding of those experiences

The media are focussed on the start-up line, but this reveals something all public service innovators understand: how to experiment, calibrate risk appetite & learn from failure? A state that requires things to be right first time isn’t fit for purpose in complex era. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A con man, sure, but one who’s changed Britain’s conversation (and values) beyond the imaginable. That’s why exposing him has little effect with the millions whose minds he now owns. x.com/bydonkeys/st...

Social Epistemologists: I was trying to populate a starter pack for us manually but got lazy and thought it would be much more fun to turn this into a game! Post a link to your favourite paper you wrote on the topic below with a post-length abstract and I’ll add you to it! #PhilSky #SocEpis

This is interesting but without reading the paper it’s not clear if “preference” translates into actual votes. Lots of counter-examples, especially from the UK, in the comments.

Tech influences the way we talk. From the printing press, to social media and AI, our language absorbs these changes, for better...and worse. Is our language becoming shallower, more incoherent? What we say influences how we think and what we do. #AIEthics www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

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Delighted to see this paper out. A truly multidisciplinary collaboration exploring systems thinking approaches to creating and using knowledge for policy during and after crises www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What epistemic virtues must institutions exercise in order to make good #evidence-based decisions under conditions of uncertainty? Deadline for registration today Wednesday 13 March!

The illusion of neutrality: "Scientists refraining from engaging with socio-political issues in a not-neutral world is not neutrality. It is a political position that avoids responsibility to society" ukrant.nl/the-illusion...

In other words, the democratic governance of expertise

The only way forward is recognizing the right of both sides to self-determination and full equality. Biden must lead the effort to end the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and for a political solution. I signed this statement of academics on Israel-Gaza. sites.google.com/view/israel-...