The Team's Blog
Could Brexit bring back food austerity?
In the summer of 1954, the UK celebrated the end of 14 years of rationing. …
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Strictly Come Dancing…In Heterosexual Pairs
The BBC made headlines this week with the news that Strictly Come Dancing will not…
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The Changing Face of Leisure Time
It’s a truth universally acknowledged – at least in the field of time use research…
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The BBC and the Real Democratic Deficit
At the start of this Millennium I was responsible for political research at BBC News…
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Good Facts and Data Tools
It’s been a very tiring and emotional week – Brexit woes, World Cup blues, Trump’s…
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Piece of Cake: Food Consumption and the New Morality
A few weeks ago, while at an MRS training event, I participated in a group…
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Automation: looking past the myths and misconceptions
All of a sudden, the robots are everywhere. In supermarkets, at stations and airports and…
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The Decline of the Degree – Is it worth it?
Much has been written about the decline of the degree in recent years, but how…
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Fantasy Football, Gamification & Proxies for Competence
In an inflammatory article published this week titled “Do your fellow Brits a favour. Stop…
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Employment, Technology and Lifelong Learning – the New Normal?
Having recently discussed different aspects of leisure, (such as what happens when leisure activities become…
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The Great Get Together – a celebration of national unity
This coming weekend sees the Great Get Together organised by the Jo Cox Foundation –…
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What we do know…
Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. People have…
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Brexit, Trump and the rest of 2016 explained in one chart
Yes, it has been quite a year. So much going on in the world and…
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The future’s bright, the future’s green?
Pantone have announced their colour of the year for 2017 and for those of you…
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Christmas Creep
When I started looking for a topic for my blog this week I stumbled across…
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Big Enough for Brexit?
Last week Bob Kerslake, a former Whitehall chief, warned that the civil service was not…
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Is the Deregulation of Life a good thing?
At Trajectory, we talk about one particular trend a lot. It’s a trend that explains…
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Is Social Mobility in Britain Getting Worse?
Earlier this week, the government’s Social Mobility Commission released its annual State of the Nation…
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Trump and the Demand for Simplicity
As it turns out, it’s not difficult to think of a subject for a blog…
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Happiness and Health
On Monday this week, Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green was telling us that “working…
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