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Refugee Week: What can we do for refugee children?
June 19 2020Erminia Colucci, Associate Professor in Visual and Cultural Psychology at MDX looks at the growing number of child refugees and the perilous journey they face to escape their own countries.
Policing reform in the age of Black Lives Matter
June 17 2020Dr Angus Nurse, Associate Professor and Director of Policing Programmes at MDX, discusses whether the suggested police reforms and polices will make a real difference or if more needs to be done.
Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response
May 19 2020MDX academics have collaborated with world wide scholars to create a review of what social and behavioural sciences can do to protect and promote physical and mental health during a pandemic.
#16days of gender-based violence: The women paying the ultimate price of men’s violence
January 08 2020Mia Scally, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology/Criminology writes a moving post about gender-based violence facing women all over the world.
False harmony and the embedding of inequality
January 07 2020Roger Kline, Research Fellow in the Business School, discusses the impact and issues associated with identity and discrimination.
Reparations for Slavery – A Contemporary Debate
October 28 2019Dr Angus Nurse examines the current debate over reparations for slavery in both the UK and US.
Unconscious bias: now you see it, now you don’t?
October 11 2019Roger Kline examines a recent case of race discrimination in the workplace, in which unconscious bias was overlooked by the employer
Safeguarding Malaysia’s women migrant workers
July 25 2019Dr Tim Freeman and Dr Lilian Miles report on their research into the rights of women migrant workers in Malaysia
Is much NHS discipline unfair and pointless?
July 16 2019Roger Kline examines the effectiveness of disciplinary action in the NHS
Overeducation in the UK labour market
May 03 2019Dr Michela Vecchi, Associate Professor in Economics, shares and analyses data from her recent research on overeducation in the UK workforce