Research in Action

In this episode of Research in Action, Professor Joe Tomlinson explores what fairness means in everyday encounters with public services, from welfare systems to mental health care. Drawing on extensive research, he explains how people’s experiences of processes and not just outcomes, shape trust in government, their willingness to engage, and even wellbeing. The conversation explores how perceptio...

This episode explores Accident, a collaboration between law and theatre. Lloyd Gash discusses how a real legal case was transformed into a fictionalised stage production to examine themes of justice, responsibility and interpretation, and how theatre provides an opportunity to explore justice beyond the classroom.   The conversation considers whether performance can heighten both empathy and legal...

In this episode of Research in Action, Dr Miranda Bevan explores what happens when children enter police custody. Drawing on her research, she reveals how current practices, from detention conditions to strip searching, can impact vulnerable young people.  The discussion highlights emerging reforms, including shorter detention time limits, improved frontline decision-making and greater access to l...

In this episode of Research in Action, Helen Wright speaks to Dr Trevor Clark about how international law firms and lawyers play a critical yet often overlooked role in shaping financial markets and systemic risk. Drawing on extensive empirical research and interviews with senior lawyers for his book ‘Financial Markets and the Ethics of Legal Practice’ Dr Clark explores ethical pressures within in...

In this episode of Research in Action, Helen Wright speaks to Professor Prabha Kotiswaran and the team behind the EU-funded project, The Laws of Social Reproduction, about how law shapes women’s paid and unpaid labour in India. Drawing on six years of interdisciplinary research into carework, surrogacy, sex work, domestic labour, and unpaid domestic and care work, they explore how ‘social reproduc...

What counts as “health misinformation” and who gets to decide?  ‘Misinformation’, we are often told, is everywhere. In recent years, there has been significant policy attention to the regulation of unproven, disproven or misleading health - claims, and their potentially harmful effects. Join host Helen Wright, our Senior Impact Manager, as she interviews Professor Emilie Cloatre from The Dickson P...