Post-COVID19, there is talk of ‘building back better’. What does this mean?

We explore political polarisation in the UK, EU, US and on social media in light of COVID-19, and how democracy can be built back.

To create positive change in the world, we need to influence people who have more power than we do and convince them to listen to us.

What specific societal behaviours should policy makers want to shape as we move forward in a post-COVID world? We analyse what behavioural science research has added to the policy debate on COVID-19 so far, and what questions have been overlooked.

This episode is dedicated to social policy giant Professor Sir John Hills, who died in December 2020.

Can the massive shift in the way we now relate to each other, and the rules we choose to live by, help us tackle other collective threats to humanity, like climate change?

Drawing on ethnographic insights, Nikita Simpson explores how these new relations of stigma have emerged in the UK during the pandemic.

What is the next big decision you need to make? COVID-19 has had a profound impact on many of our behaviours. What is the impact it has had on the decisions we have made – or perhaps not made?

What should a social contract for the 21st century look like?

Many fear the impact of robots and AI on the demand for labour in the future. Such techno-angst is nothing new and perhaps we can learn from the past what we need to worry about - and what we don't.