🤞 We're delighted to be part of a team that's been nominated for Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community in the @timeshighered.bsky.social awards, for our work documenting the impact of the London Living Wage ⬇️

💡 "There’s substantial evidence of independent benefits on skills development, self-esteem, sense of wellbeing, civic engagement and openness to diversity." 💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about whether it still pays to go to university ➡️ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

🇬🇧 ⚠️ 72% of Reform UK supporters say people like them are powerless to change things in the country – a higher proportion than even non-voters, and well above Conservative and Labour supporters From our latest study into democratic disconnect in the UK ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/big-dec...

Out today - which is what I'd call timely - our work with @moreincommonuk.bsky.social on who Reform voters and Reform considerers are. And the challenges they'll face keeping this coalition together. Pleasure working with you @luketryl.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/from...

🚨 POLLING ALERT 🚨 We asked more than 4,000 Reform voters what makes them tick. And found 5 segments within a very broad Reform coalition. Many disagree with each other on fundamental issues.

We’ve just published a unique new study to really understand why more people are considering voting Reform UK ‘Decoding Populism’ was a joint effort with @yougov.co.uk @policyatkings.bsky.social Faster Horses & @liambyrnemp.bsky.social Read it in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/9657...

📣 Calling all @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social doctoral & postdoctoral researchers - applications are now open for the The King’s Parliamentary Research Internships programme to engage directly with the inner workings of parliament & policy. ➡️ Apply by 17 Aug: kcl.targetconnect.net/user/app/job...

🎙️ New podcast alert! In episode 1 of the School for Government Podcast, @michael-sanders.bsky.social sits down with Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB to explore what it takes to make good evidence based policy with lasting impact. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-sch...

This is just very poor - and likely affects perceptions: we asked people to estimate what % of prisoners are foreign born in 2017, and average guess in GB was 34%, nearly 3x actual of 12% then (and now!) Irresponsible to turn non-story into scary sounding headline @benpageresearch.bsky.social

Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Does when you were born shape who you are? @bobbyduffy.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUh...

‘The No10 communications team has banned any official from speaking at events that include question and answer sessions, or where the media are expected to be in attendance’. Ridiculous. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

NEW: NHS research and innovation at risk if academic partnerships deprioritised Our new report with King’s Health Partners warns university health partnerships are being sidelined — despite saving lives and boosting the economy. ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/nhs-res... 🧵⬇️

New report from @kingshealth.bsky.social and @policyatkings.bsky.social - clinical academics have declined as a % of the medical workforce just when we really need their innovation and the better care outcomes they produce @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nhs-inn...

Brilliant panel of European university leaders in conversation with Alison Wolf on common and distinct challenges - such a variety of systems driven by long histories, but just about all facing political, leadership or financial crises @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Packed house for the great Prof Jim Fishkin talking about his new book on how deliberation can help cure the ills of democracy, joint event with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social and @policyatkings.bsky.social

Thinking back to @bobbyduffy.bsky.social visit in Nov ‘23…Does When You Were Born Shape Who You Are? www.kwaku.org.uk/Video.html

❓Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy? Join us, @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social and Prof James Fishkin to discuss how deliberative democracy can bridge divides, counter misinformation and rebuild trust in politics. 📅 Monday 9th June ⬇️

Our event with the two Ambassadors - of the UK to the EU and the EU to the UK - discussing the summit and what was achieved, is now available to view online. So view it... www.youtube.com/live/RTS7hGu...

"Generations tend to move together – not go in different directions, across gender lines...This is a new development. There's a very unusual trend of a split within a cohort, Gen Z." @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the Telegraph about the gender divide in political attitudes among young people

"The 5 million STEM subject graduates that are produced each year – twice as many as its nearest competitor, India, and 10 times more than the US – are the single most important asset that the country now has" @bkerrychina.bsky.social writes for us on the growing strength of China's HE system

🗣️ @sundersays.bsky.social, @greenmirandahere.bsky.social and David Goodhart explored how we can argue better about immigration for the first in a new events series by the Global Cultures Institute, chaired by‪ Professor @bobbyduffy.bsky.social. Read more 🔽 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/you-can...

Please read this piece by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, the most cogent, competent analyst and communicator on generational issues. ise.org.uk/knowledge/in...

"What’s different is that there are 'some signs that happiness in young people is flattening in a way that it hasn’t before,' @bobbyduffy.bsky.social says. 'We haven’t seen this effect in older generations, even millennials. It’s evidence that young people today are facing a unique problem.'"

"According to @bobbyduffy.bsky.social, an expert on generational differences, [the debate about young people at work] has been helped by a 'massively changed information environment', which enables us to share 'compelling individual case studies – of people having a breakdown about their 9-5 job'"

"4 in 10 of us back in the 1940s said we struggled to get out of bed every day and 4 in 10 of us today say exactly the same" @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Times Radio, on our new research reissuing old survey questions about everyday life, work and education in the UK ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor...

"[in 1947] a quarter of men said they never helped with the housework and now just 4% of men today admit to that" @bobbyduffy.bsky.social on Times Radio, on our new research reissuing old survey questions about everyday life, work and education in the UK ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor...

This is obviously good, but the question phrasing shows we’ve got a way to go: Men ‘help’ with housework. Women just do it. Because it’s still our job & men still get to just help with it. Or not.

Guardian coverage of new long-term trends study - full results here www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor... @policyatkings.bsky.social @giwlkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Times coverage of new long-term study - full results here www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor... @policyatkings.bsky.social @giwlkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

New study on long-term trends: we're only slightly more likely to say we'd like to settle in another country today than in 1948 - though fewer definitely against it. More interesting is the notably higher figure for Reform voters - 60% would like to move abroad www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor...

New study on very long trends: some things haven't changed since 1947 - 4 in 10 struggled to get up in the morning back then, exactly same as now. I feel vindicated that this seems to be just a constant human trait - BUT... www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor... @rentouljohn.bsky.social

New study looking at very long trends: nearly 4 in 10 women said they would rather be a man in 1947, down to 9% today, though that's still twice as high as proportion of men who would rather be a woman... www.kcl.ac.uk/news/homewor... @giwlkings.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

We're just about to kick off the final of Policy Idol 2025 – our annual competition for all @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students! We're joined by our peerless host, the BBC's Mark Easton, and our formidable judging panel of Louise Casey, Sally Morgan, Jonathan Slater & @bobbyduffy.bsky.social

5 years ago this week we released our first major study on Covid and lockdown attitudes/behaviours. Understandably, we hadn't fully grasped how serious it would be - for example, the modal guess was we'd see up to 20k deaths, when excess deaths ended up 200k+... www.kcl.ac.uk/news/life-un...

Former prime minister Tony Blair visited @strandgroup.bsky.social's "New Labour Years" course this week. Read more about his comments below, from John Rentoul. Find out more about the course here ➡️ thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/the-n...

💸 It's official - Trump's tariffs have arrived 🤔 Need some analysis? 📺 Sign up to our webinar with economic experts @anandmenon.bsky.social @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social @monapaulsen.bsky.social Crowell Global Advisors' Monica Gorman & Uni of Cambridge's Sarah Hall 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

Looking forward to this one - @bobbyduffy.bsky.social always gives a fascinating interview (I spoke to him for my piece about Xennials a while ago - will post that below)

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social is brilliant - give this a listen!

"They were lucky – they did live through better economic times and better policy decisions for them – but it wasn't a deliberate act by a whole generation." @bobbyduffy.bsky.social was on The Bunker podcast to discuss stereotypes and misconceptions about Baby Boomers ⬇️

🏡 Did Baby Boomers REALLY destroy the future? Prof @bobbyduffy.bsky.social tells @alexvont.bsky.social why both the avocado/Netflix Millennial AND the selfish Boomer caricatures are wrong… and what really shapes the identities of generations. 🥑 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod

What do the public think is driving the increase in mental ill health among young people? Given all focus on phones/ social media, might think that would dominate - but the public don't see one simple cause, in Canada, UK or Australia - a real mix here... @policyatkings.bsky.social @orygen.org.au

6 in 10 Canadians think cost of living is a key driver of rise in youth mental ill health, much higher than 4 in 10 in UK and Australia. New study with @ipsoscanada.bsky.social released at International Youth Mental Health conference in Vancouver with @orygen.org.au

The Times series comparing views of young people in 2004 and 2024 is very good - better than lots of snapshot surveys on Gen Z, as shows real change. But it's still only part of the picture - take this collapse in pride in Britain, which saw a lot of discussion... @policyatkings.bsky.social

Our new study with Ipsos finds Canadians are far more likely than their peers in the UK & Australia to say the cost of living is driving a rise in reported youth mental health problems. Canada's Global News reports on the findings, which are being presented by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social in Vancouver ⬇️

NEW: How often do official statistics influence the personal decisions of individuals in their everyday lives? 📊 We and the Behavioural Insights Team were commissioned by the Office for Statistics Regulation to find out 🧵 ⬇️ ➡️ osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/...

“Covid definitely will be seen as part of the [forces] defining now and into the future, but only a part...Not to the extent that you would think a global pandemic that upended our life for two years would.” @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the Guardian about how the pandemic changed Britain

What should the UK & Europe learn from “Bidenomics”? Join us: 18.30 8 April when @briancdeese.bsky.social, Andy Haldane, Baroness Vadera, Martin Wolf & Ed Balls will discuss a new @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & @harvardkennedy.bsky.social paper Tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/what-s...

This was fascinating discussion of Mark Carney's book on Values with Lord Nick Macpherson who's Visiting Prof at @strandgroup.bsky.social and part of our work on fair societies with @fairness.bsky.social Will be interesting to see how this values-driven instinct stands up in such a fraught context