Transforming Society podcast

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Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges.We get to grips with the story their research tells, with a focus on the specific ways in which it could transform society for the better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 9月10日

    Chess Club, Drama Club: Creating the Perfect ‘Club Mix’ for Inclusive Teams

    Are you Chess Club or Drama Club? Do you focus on the detail or prefer to imagine the bigger picture?   In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Sally Bridgeland, author of Chess Club, Drama Club, about why we need a mixture of both clubs within teams, and within ourselves.   They discuss how the ‘Club Mix’ can enhance team dynamics by balancing creativity, structure and different ways of thinking, including the value of neurodiversity and inclusive teams. Through real-life stories, business insights and practical exercises, Sally explores how the ‘DJ’ can create the perfect mix to drive business success.  Sally is an actuary with extensive experience in innovation, risk management and responsible investment across investment management and pensions. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/professional-business/chess-club-drama-club The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/09/10/podcast-chess-club-drama-club-creating-the-perfect-club-mix-for-inclusive-teams/ Timestamps: 01:04 – What is the distinction between chess club and drama club? 05:06 – Why is having a mix of both clubs important? 06:40 – What is the ‘club mix’? 14:06 – What does the dance between chess club and drama club actually look like? 20:26 – How does the ‘club mix’ apply to politics? 23:45 – Is the chess club, drama club divide a gendered one? 27:24 – What is the role of the DJ in this space? 30:55 – When were you at your most and least motivated? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Chess Club, Drama Club: Creating the Perfect ‘Club Mix’ for Inclusive Teams

  2. 8月25日

    Cracking the class code

    Is class truly in the past, or do invisible workplace codes still govern who gets a place in elite workplaces?  In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Lee Elliot Major and Anne-Marie Sim, authors of ‘Cracking the Class Code’, about how leading employers can dismantle these class barriers.  They discuss the hidden codes passed down through generations, why it matters for both people and businesses that talent is assessed beyond these codes, and how we can build a fairer system in which everyone has a genuine chance to lead a decent life. Lee Elliot Major is Britain’s first Professor of Social Mobility, based at the University of Exeter. Anne-Marie Sim is co-founder and lead of the South-West Social Mobility Commission at the University of Exeter. Find out more about the book at: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/cracking-the-class-code The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/08/25/podcast-cracking-the-class-code/ Timestamps: 01:16 - Why do you care about social class at the present moment? 04:27 - Has social mobility stalled in some way? 10:49 - What do you mean by 'class code'? 16:04 - Isn't judgement in organisations inevitable? 20:01 - How do gender, ethnicity and social class intersect?  23:05 - What should firms be doing in order not to be discriminating on the basis of social class? 28:03 - How does tax come into this equation? 31:09 - Are these steps necessary in our current 'meritocracy'? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Cracking the class code

  3. 8月14日

    There's More to a Shopping Trolley Than Meets the Eye

    We take markets for granted. Whether it's your local car boot sale, the supermarket or the most sophisticated financial exchange, markets are so interwoven into everyday life that we rarely stop to think about them. Yet they are ingenious human creations: organized and adapted, regulated and legislated for. They evolve over time, and they create both winners and losers.  In this episode of the podcast, George Miller speaks to Philip Roscoe, professor of management at the University of St Andrews and author of What are Markets For? They discuss why a shopping trolley is more interesting than it at first appears, how markets of all sorts come to seem natural and inevitable, and what happens when we start to see them as things that people make – and can therefore remake. Philip Roscoe is Professor in Management at the University of St Andrews. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-are-markets-for The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/08/14/podcast-theres-more-to-a-shopping-trolley-than-meets-the-eye/ Timestamps: 01:24 - Tell me about your career path 05:25 - What lens do you see markets through? 07:52 - What is the significance of the shopping trolley? 10:46 - Why do markets feel inevitable? 15:28 - Was the 1980s a critical turning point for the idea of market thinking? 19:50 - Why is Santa a theme in your book? 26:02 - What is the darker side of markets? 30:44 - What do you think the prospects are for changing away from what we currently have? 38:07 - What is one thing you'd like the listeners to hang on to as an idea? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    There's More to a Shopping Trolley Than Meets the Eye

  4. 6月26日

    Why work needs less management and more judgement

    Today’s organisations are increasingly complex with many rules and procedures and little space to think outside the box and take personal responsibility.  In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Mats Alvesson and Dennis Nørmark, co-authors of ‘Return to Judgement’, about how we can tackle this and give workers more space to use their judgement.  They discuss the rise of managerialism, the problem with having an excess of an administrative ‘knowing better class’ and what can be done to give employees their agency back. Mats Alvesson is Professor at the University of Bath, Lund University and City University of London. Dennis Nørmark is an anthropologist, author and speaker. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/professional-business/return-to-judgement The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/06/26/podcast-why-work-needs-less-management-and-more-judgement/ Timestamps: 00:38 - What was your motivation for writing this book? 04:05 - Do you think the infantilisation we're seeing now is different in kind or quality from what we've seen in the 20th century? 06:28 - How does this fit with other complaints about modern organising? 10:52 - What are some examples of infantilisation in the workplace? 15:59 - Are there examples from private sector organisations too? 19:13 - Is this primarily a complaint by professionals, or is it wider than that? 21:05 - Are IT systems a way infantilised management gets embedded? 25:49 - What are the solutions? 33:17 - Who do you hope will read this book? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Why work needs less management and more judgement

  5. 6月5日

    FIFA, the beautiful game and billions of dollars – where does accountability lie?

    Among the challenges for FIFA, the world governing body for football, when it was set up in 1904, was securing agreement on a shared set of rules for the game. It’s come a long way since then: it’s now a multi-billion-dollar behemoth, an unparalleled power in world sport. But on the eve of what it bills as ‘the greatest show on earth’ – the 2026 World Cup hosted in North America – it’s worth pausing to ask how well it serves the interests of the fans of the planet’s biggest spectator sport.  To discuss the past, present and future of FIFA, George Miller is joined by Alan Tomlinson, Emeritus Professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton and author of What is FIFA for?  Tomlinson is the antithesis of the ivory tower academic; his interest in understanding FIFA’s inner workings has taken him on years’-long quests more akin to investigative reporting than abstract theorising. This book, which one reviewer called the ‘capstone’ of his long interest in FIFA, distinguishes the reality from the rhetoric, the better to map the possible future of the game.   Throughout the conversation, two themes recur: accountability and transparency. For Tomlinson, the greatest challenge FIFA poses is not its size but the difficulty of holding such a powerful organisation to account. Alan Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Brighton UK and a pioneer of critical sport and leisure research, blending cultural studies with investigative and in-the-field research. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-is-fifa-for The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/06/05/podcast-fifa-the-beautiful-game-and-billions-of-dollars-where-does-accountability-lie/ Timestamps: 01:22 - What is your football background? 04:22 - What is it about FIFA that has engaged your interest? 08:28 - How did your research approach affect what insights you gathered? 13:13 - Why is the question of what FIFA is for more complicated than it first appears? 18:45 - How transparent and accountable is FIFA? 29:18 - How vulnerable is FIFA to corruption? 33:28 - What are the top 3 priorities for a reformed FIFA? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    FIFA, the beautiful game and billions of dollars – where does accountability lie?

  6. 5月5日

    Why immigration policy doesn’t add up

    Immigration policy is one of the most contested areas of contemporary politics. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Public debate often degenerates to trading numbers – how many people are coming in, and whether that number is too high or too low – but as Madeleine Sumption argues, the reality is both more complex and more difficult to resolve than that suggests.  In this episode of the podcast, George Miller speaks to Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford and author of 'What is Immigration Policy for?'. They discuss why there is no single ‘right’ level of immigration, how the same evidence can lead to such different conclusions, and why attempts to control migration numbers so often fail.  Their conversation also explores the limits of data in policymaking, the trade-offs between economic, humanitarian and political objectives, and the ways in which public debate often misses the fundamentally different purposes served by work, family and asylum migration. Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, which provides impartial analysis of migration in the UK. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-is-immigration-policy-for The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/05/05/podcast-why-immigration-policy-doesnt-add-up/ Timestamps: 01:33 - What drew you into immigration policy as a career? 07:39 - Do most people cost the state more than we pay into it? 08:48 - Why is data and policy such a tricky relationship? 14:41 - Why can't you effectively cap net migration? 19:54 - What is the current state of the immigration debate in the US? 24:35 - How can we improve immigration policy? 31:11 - What's the one thing you wish everyone understood about immigration? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Why immigration policy doesn’t add up

  7. 4月14日

    Rethinking vulnerability as strength

    We often think of vulnerability as weakness - but what if it’s the very thing that connects us all?  In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Melissa Tyler, author of 'Organizing Vulnerability', about why we need to rethink vulnerability as a shared, deeply social condition shaped by inequality and interdependence.  From workplaces to the climate crisis, Tyler offers a powerful reimagining of vulnerability that opens pathways to solidarity, dignity and more just forms of organization. Melissa Tyler is Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the University of Essex. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/organizing-vulnerability The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/04/14/podcast-rethinking-vulnerability-as-strength/ Timestamps: 0:47 - Can you tell us about the book that you've written? 4:38 - How is vulnerability unequally distributed? 5:47 - How do these ideas intersect with the world of work and organisations? 7:51 - How does vulnerability relate to your interest in artistic and creative work? 11:16 - What is the chapter 'Existing: The Social Relations of Breathing' about? 16:06 - What is the chapter 'Enduring: The Social Relations of Grieving' about? 20:57 - What is the chapter 'Enacting: The Social Relations of Appearing' about? 28:08 - How does this help us make workable lives? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Rethinking vulnerability as strength

  8. 3月10日

    How to be an employee activist for sustainability

    In today’s escalating climate crisis, more employees are asking how they can make a meaningful environmental difference at work - but where do we start and what can we really do?  In this Transforming Business episode, Martin Parker speaks with Barbara Kump and Babette Julia Brinkmann, authors of ‘The Green Handprint at Work’, about how we can all create change from within our organisations.  They unpack why the idea of a green handprint can be more powerful and motivating than the language of carbon footprints, the different strategies people use to spark environmental change within organisations and how employee activists can sustain hope and resilience while tackling challenges that often feel overwhelming. Barbara Kump is Associate Professor of Business and Sustainability at the University of Twente. Babette Julia Brinkmann is Professor of Organisational and Group Psychology at Cologne University of Applied Sciences. Find out more about the book at: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/professional-business/the-green-handprint-at-work The transcript is available here: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2026/03/10/podcast-how-to-be-an-employee-activist-for-sustainability/ Timestamps: 01:05 - How did you get interested in employee activism? 05:25 - What is the difference between a carbon footprint and the idea of a green handprint? 07:08 - Is the phrase 'employee activist' something of a paradox? 10:11 - Are these changes too small in the face of the larger issue of capitalism? 14:10 - What were some of the most inspirational stories from employee activists? 21:32 - How can people approach decision makers about these changes? 25:26 - What risks can come from being an employee activist? 28:36 - How can employee activists stay resilient? 33:50 - Who do you hope will read this book? Intro music: Cold by yoitrax | @yoitrax Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How to be an employee activist for sustainability
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Brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press, the Transforming Society podcast brings you conversations with our authors around social justice and global social challenges.We get to grips with the story their research tells, with a focus on the specific ways in which it could transform society for the better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Bristol University Press
  • 活跃年份
    2019年 - 2026年
  • 单集
    160
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    儿童适宜
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    Transforming Society podcast

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