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Suzanne Hall
@suzannehallatkings.bsky.social
Director of Engagement, Policy Institute at King's College London | Deliberation, qualitative research, creative methods, public engagement
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🎉Tonight: @michael-sanders.bsky.social's Inaugural Lecture as Director at the International School for Government: From nudge to shove: adventures in behavioural science and evidence-based policy

📺 Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/FjVkcDn...
January 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Research by @policyatkings.bsky.social is all over the news today - @ukandeu.bsky.social on resetting the UK/EU relationship, & our work on the risks of wealth inequality w/ our friends @fairness.bsky.social
& the future threats lab @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social has also made the front pages 📰🗞️
January 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Could growing wealth inequality in the UK lead to societal collapse? Experts at our workshop with Future Threats Lab
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @policyatkings.bsky.social all thought it was feasible. Report at fairnessfoundation.com/inequality-k... and write-up in today's Observer below👇
Nearly two-thirds of Britons say very rich have too much influence on politics
Opinium survey of 2,000 adults found concern about the impact of growing wealth inequality in the UK
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The report by @fairness.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social ‘Inequality Knocks’ (a contemporary cultural reference), details why and how growing inequality is such a risk, but points to steps we can take to avert a crisis : fairnessfoundation.com/inequality-k...
Inequality Knocks
Identifying and mitigating the risks of wealth inequality in the UK: Report of an expert roundtable held at King’s College London on 1 November 2024
fairnessfoundation.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🆕 research from @fairness.bsky.social the Future Threats Lab @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and @policyatkings.bsky.social on how growing wealth inequality is increasing the risk of social collapse www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Nearly two-thirds of Britons say very rich have too much influence on politics
Opinium survey of 2,000 adults found concern about the impact of growing wealth inequality in the UK
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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“1 in 11 people aged between 21 and 34 will not have company, compared with just 1% in 1969.”

The Times reports on our new study that reveals a big change in the proportion of young people who say they’ll spend Christmas Day alone
Lonely this Christmas: more young adults to spend the day solo
1 in 11 people aged between 21 and 34 will not have company, compared with just 1% in 1969
www.thetimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
What you really wanted for Xmas 🎄🤶- 🆕 research from @policyatkings.bsky.social updating Qs from 1969. Major change is % of young people spending Xmas on their own. But some things stay the same - four in five thought Xmas too commercialised back then, same now!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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December 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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The Times on our study updating 1969 NOP poll - worth saying that alone doesn't = lonely, many will be making a choice, though will also reflect big shifts in how/where we live @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Lonely this Christmas: more young adults to spend the day solo
1 in 11 people aged between 21 and 34 will not have company, compared with just 1% in 1969
www.thetimes.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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🔎 Read the Christmas statement from @anandmenon.bsky.social on UK in a Changing Europe and its future 👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Me - fending off all meeting requests and emails until 2025
December 17, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In collaboration w/ @fairness.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social and the future threats lab @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social recently ran a workshop exploring whether wealth inequality can trigger societal collapse - merry Xmas! Here’s some early findings: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/inequality...
Inequality Knocks
Identifying and mitigating the risks of wealth inequality in the UK, including the potential for unchecked wealth inequality to lead to societal collapse
www.faircomment.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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This was an almost unbearable read but we must not look away. A porn sick misogynistic culture that allowed men to do this. www.thetimes.com/article/5dee...
I sat in court at the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial. This is what I saw
Gisèle Pelicot became a symbol of courage when she waived her anonymity to attend the trial of her husband and 50 other men accused of raping her — and ignited fierce debate about the law surrounding ...
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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anyway I was out with two friends last night and turns out neither had heard of I Played ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out, which I consider to be a foundational text of the internet, so here it is again: www.vice.com/en/article/i...
November 10, 2024 at 7:21 PM
As MP's debate the Assisted Dying Bill ahead of today's vote, a reminder of @policyatkings.bsky.social @katherinesleeman.bsky.social and others in the Complex Life and Death Decisions Research Group at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social work on where the public are at www.kcl.ac.uk/news/assiste...
Assisted dying: two-thirds of public back legalisation within this…
But concerns about potential risks remain
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM
When I am not doing social research I am doing this. Offering up a prayer to the mercurial Kiln Gods that these pieces for Christmas make it out intact…
November 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Read @policyatkings.bsky.social work on the impact of cash transfers for people experiencing homelessness and whether they are more effective than traditional forms of help. Doing this kind of research is an essential part of making better policies that work www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty
Led by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Last night we got to share @policyatkings.bsky.social + the Complex Life + Death Decisions group’s work on assisted dying in parliament. So many thoughtful questions from MPs - great to be able to put our work into the hands of decision makers. Read the report ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-insti...
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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Final time I’ll promote this as we lead up to #avfc returning this weekend.

If you’ve got an hour or so, please listen.

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The Villa Social | Five Villa mates open up about men's mental health
Claret & Blue - An Aston Villa Podcast · Episode
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November 18, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Great to share @policyatkings.bsky.social research on what works in deliberative engagement as part of Wales Climate Week. Brilliant to hear from other panellists @moiranics.bsky.social Prof Mary Gagen & chair Rachel Hughes too! Diolch! 🌍🌱🌳💚 Watch ➡️ www.climateweek.gov.wales
Home | Wales Climate Week 2024
Wales Climate Week (11-15 November) provides an annual opportunity to hold a national conversation on climate change and engage a wide range of stakeholders, as well as members of the public, in...
www.climateweek.gov.wales
November 15, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Delighted that @policyatkings.bsky.social and @ageingbetter.bsky.social are collaborating with experts by experience to develop policy and practice to support disabled older workers to find and stay in employment. Read more here ➡️ ageing-better.org.uk/news/new-pro...
New project puts voice of Disabled older workers at the heart of policy-setting agenda
The Centre for Ageing Better is proud to be launching its new Supporting Disabled Older Workers (SDOW) project.
ageing-better.org.uk
November 14, 2024 at 11:26 AM
🆕 research from @policyatkings.bsky.social with @fairness.bsky.social with @bobbyduffy.bsky.social commenting that: “This study outlines the stark challenges facing the government in creating a sense of optimism and belief that a brighter future is possible by the end of their first term."
See ⬇️
NEW w/ @fairness.bsky.social: Around half the public expect poverty and the gap between richest and poorest to have increased by the end of the government’s current term, underscoring the challenge Labour faces as it looks to restore confidence in the economy

➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...
November 1, 2024 at 1:19 PM
What a time. Up the Villa!!
October 22, 2024 at 10:10 PM
This week @policyatkings.bsky.social held an event on our work into assisted dying. Sonia Sodha, one of the panellists, has written about it in the Guardian ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The assisted dying debate is about so much more than kindness v conservatism | Sonia Sodha
George Carey is wrong to reduce the bill to a simple question of right or wrong
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2024 at 7:34 PM