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

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.

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.

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 pre-recorded film includes testimonies and honest insights from two young innovators building businesses focussed on the betterment of society.

How could we create a world founded on an inclusive and intersectional concept of humanity and peaceful existence for all peoples?

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

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?

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?