Expert knowledge and public policy
In May 2008 the then Home Secretary Jaqui Smith, against the recommendations of her own scientific advisers, reversed the government’s 2004 decision to downgrade cannabis to a class C drug, returning...
View ArticleClimate change: science and climate policy
Various sciences have been crucial in exposing and helping us understand the causes of a range of environmental problems. In December Copenhagen will host the next Climate Change Summit at which 192...
View ArticleSocial Research, Sex and the Media
The School has recently hit the headlines of both the National and International media with reference to some research which we have yet to start! The University of Leeds has an excellent worldwide...
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Race and Class: a false dichotomy?
The politics of race are hotting up again in the prelude to this year’s general election. One of the first issues to be raised is the relationship between class inequality and racial discrimination....
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Who is running GM food policy?
This has been a busy week for reporting on GM food issues. It started on the 2nd June with the announcement of the resignation of Professor Brian Wynne from his position as Vice Chair of the Food...
View ArticleHow Britain’s new welfare state was born in the USA
Leeds University’s Professor Alan Deacon, an expert on welfare policy, has contributed to an article in yesterday’s Observer. How Britain’s new welfare state was born in the USA by Anushka Asthana,...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Welfare
In Ethics and Vulnerability In Street Prostitution: An Argument In Favour of Managed Zones (2009), Anna Carline utilises and applies Judith Butler’s insights into ethics, specifically her conceptions...
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