Dr Gemma Mitchell, Institute for Social Marketing and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport In 2018, a $100 million clinical trial on how ‘moderate’ drinking affects health was cancelled in the US. This was because it was found to be biased towards producing findings that small amounts of alcohol have health benefits. The trial
Professor David McMillan, Professor in Finance, Stirling Management School The new British government is off to a very rocky start – after stumbling through an economic and financial crisis of its own making. Just a few weeks into its term on Sept. 23, 2022, Prime Minister Liz Truss’ government released a so-called mini-budget that proposed £161
Professor Lena Dominelli, Professor of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences Russia’s War Against Ukraine has challenged social work practice fundamentally. Its value base is social justice and the peaceful resolution of conflict. How does a grassroots-based profession engage with its colleagues on both sides of a conflict to promote peace over the cacophony of
Dr David Comerford, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Behavioural Science, Stirling Management School The European Union is taking legal action against the UK once again, after the government announced a bill altering the post-Brexit agreement that deals with trade between Northern Ireland, the rest of Britain, and the EU. The Northern Ireland protocol has been
Dr Catriona Connell, Research Fellow, Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services and Research, University of Stirling We are excited to be starting a new project to understand how people access health services for their mental health and substance use challenges after release from prison. In this blog, I will explain who we are, why we
David McMillan, Professor in Finance, Stirling Management School Inflation has become one of the great issues of our times. The UK’s is the highest in the G7, weighing in at 9% a year according to the most recent figures on consumer price inflation. When you look at the other common measure for prices, retail price inflation, which adds
Dr Maria Fotopoulou, Lecturer in Criminology in Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr Maggie Grant, Research Fellow in Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences Professor Margaret Malloch, Professor in Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr Paul Rigby, Lecturer in Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences Dr Keiran
Professor Leigh Sparks, Institute for Retail Studies, University of Stirling In commentary first posted on his Stirling Retail blog, Professor Leigh Sparks outlines his reflects to the official Scottish Government/COSLA response to “A New Future for Scotland’s Town Centres,” the report of the review into the Town Centre Action Plan, which he chaired. This is
Professor Lena Dominelli, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling Putin’s War in Ukraine. Words fail to describe the mixture of emotions and thoughts that crowd my mind as I listen to the horrendous stories narrated by social workers in Ukraine. I have been in contact with them since 24 February 2022 when they first
Professor Holger Nehring, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and the war that has ensued are part of the history of what happened in eastern Europe in the years following the cold war. As the European Union is debating what to do about Russian
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