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Bobby Duffy
@bobbyduffy.bsky.social
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Director, Policy Institute at King's College London and Chair of the Campaign for Social Science
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NEW: One in five people say they feel suddenly and deeply thankful to be alive on at least a weekly basis, while another one in seven say they never experience such feelings.

Our final study of 2025 explores some of the UK public's deepest and most philosophical emotions 🧵⬇️
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This shocked me. I have so many photos of sunsets, clouds, insects, shadows, strangely shaped trees, etc., etc. that I’ve taken to send to others to share the joy I feel. Countryside or city. Whether I start out happy or sad. Never thought others might not feel the same.
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Out today - 16% of public feel a profound sense of awe or wonder at the universe or nature DAILY, 12% say they NEVER feel that, with an even spread across range between. One of my favourite qs of year - don't often get sense of how different our mental models are

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Out today - 16% of public feel a profound sense of awe or wonder at the universe or nature DAILY, 12% say they NEVER feel that, with an even spread across range between. One of my favourite qs of year - don't often get sense of how different our mental models are

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/one-in-...
December 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
"The perception that this divisiveness works has taken hold" – @bobbyduffy.bsky.social spoke to the Associated Press about the "frightening increase in the sense of national division and decline" and the need for political leaders to be responsible with their rhetoric

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December 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
ICYMI

The public think people arriving by small boats make up not only the largest share of asylum seekers, but the largest share of *all* immigrants. In fact, it's just 4% of the total number, write @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social

➡️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
🔊 "a real problem between the generations is not conflict, it's separation. We are living much more separately by generations than we have at any time in human history"

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the latest episode of @peteryork.bsky.social's Culture Wars House Party podcast
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🔊 "there's very little overlap now in the attitudes between Republicans and Democrats... you can predict more and more of social attitudes in the US just by knowing your party identity"

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the latest episode of @peteryork.bsky.social's Culture Wars House Party podcast
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
"that [financial inequality] is a fracturing in society more generally but particularly among young people... because wealth is more important to our economic success than income these days"

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on The Briefing Room on BBC Radio 4 to discuss intergenerational tensions
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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🔉 "not every Baby Boomer made it big, far from it... the top third have the vast majority of that wealth... that wealth is flowing down very unevenly"

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on The Briefing Room on BBC Radio 4 to discuss intergenerational tensions, following another increase in the state pension
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Interested in intergenerational economic injustice? This episode of The Briefing Room features two of our Fellows @janefalkingham.bsky.social FAcSS and @bobbyduffy.bsky.social FAcSS discussing just that. Find out more and catch up ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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📻 Coming up at 4pm today on BBC Radio 4

CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social will discuss #intergenerational #economic justice, with CPC-CG's @sophiehale.bsky.social @resolutionfoundation.org, + @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Are the old robbing the young?
Are we seeing inter-generational economic injustice?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
bobbyduffy.bsky.social
Incredible examples of huge programmes Tamara Finkelstein has driven - eg so many claim a key role in Sure Start but Tamara has one of best claims to making it happen - great conversation with @michael-sanders.bsky.social at relaunch of King’s School for Government in @policyatkings.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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“If we want to build a fairer, more inclusive society, we need to understand it first. That’s the power of social science.” Watch Julia Gillard discuss the vital role of social science in a divided world in our 2025 Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture. 📽️➡️ acss.org.uk/news/watch-t...
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
"Social science is not just a discipline. It's a way of seeing the world, of asking the questions that matter...Without it, science risks becoming detached from society."

💬 Julia Gillard delivers the Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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“Inequality is poisoning our economy and undermining growth - and yet politicians see tackling it as low priority or too risky”

Julian Richer
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
The public think people arriving by small boats make up not only the largest share of asylum seekers, but the largest share of *all* immigrants. In fact, it's just 4% of the total number, write @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social

➡️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsand...
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
NEXT WEEK: Truth and Trust: The Vital Role of Social Science in a Divided World

Join us and an expert panel, including Julia Gillard, to discuss how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation

🎟️ Register for the livestream ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
"The key point is that no-one actually wins a culture war in the end, because they never fully end."

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the options available to counter growing cultural tensions and divisions in the UK ➡️ bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
NEW: People with severe mental illness face a significant life expectancy gap, amounting to a hidden health crisis, with the public vastly underestimating the scale of the impact on mortality

New research with @kingshealth.bsky.social & @maudsleycharity.bsky.social 🧵 ⬇️
Life expectancy gap for people with severe mental illness is 'hidden health crisis', study finds | King's College London
Most Britons unaware of extent to which severe mental illness cuts lives short
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?

A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Is imagined immigration is shaping UK politics?

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @elielcohen.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social for
@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📺 "We've amplified and given more space to more extreme views than we would even a couple of years ago"

💬 @bobbyduffy.bsky.social speaks to BBC News about the drivers behind some of the growing culture war divisions identified in our new study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
🔊 "What we've seen is an increase in more extreme rhetoric in social media, media and politics over the last few years...and that more extreme rhetoric does shift views. It gives you a changing view of the norm"

@bobbyduffy.bsky.social on the Today programme discussing our new culture wars study
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Economists Assemble
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
NEW: Perceptions of division in the UK have reached their highest point since trends began in 2020, while the share who believe the nation is divided by "culture wars" specifically has risen from 46% to 67% today

Our study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social reveals growing culture war tensions 🧵 ⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM