The Office for National Statistics may sound dull, but I was struck by their latest publication which shows the average life expectancy for everyone across the UK. The headline figures…

TCC have argued in previous postings that Community Cohesion is still a very important issue in the UK. In March this year we were saying: There is no great evidence…

We have previously reported on the Cabinet Office call for evidence on social mobility and child poverty. This consultation closed on 16th October, however there are likely to be further…

Yesterday the Cabinet Office Behavioural Insight Team published the first full report of its work since it was set up in July 2010. It usefully sets out examples of how…

The Cabinet Office has issued a Call for Evidence on the issue of Social Mobility and Child Poverty. This is in advance of the establishment of a statutory Social Mobility…

How do we make judgments about the development of our zeitgeist?  There are various ways to measure how society is changing.  One way, perhaps not totally scientific but certainly very…

Whilst all eyes focus on the future of Libya, TCC has been contributing to the building of democracy and governance in Afghanistan; another country which still faces conflict and many…

The recent riots in the UK have created a substantial public debate. TCC‘s offices in Croydon were very close to some of the worst examples of arson and looting, so…

As part of the TCC methodology we often make the point that there has been an understandable focus in public policy towards behavioural intervention on tackling ability without perhaps addressing…

In the book the Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser argues that the internet is becoming more personalised. Some of this makes sense as the Internet is vast and we need ways…

American football can seem a little odd. On first glance, it looks like lots of fat men bumping into each other and falling over.  And then after a while Diana…

TCC‘s research into community cohesion has led us to better understand community perceptions and narratives of ‘unfairness’ within communities with low levels of cohesion. One of the problems we identified…

In May 2011, the RSA published Power Lines, which continued the tradition of understanding social networks but particularly discussed networks of power and influence with an emphasis on problems of…

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has this week published its report on Behaviour Change. A video of the Chair of the Committee talking about the report is…

The Apprentice is undoubtedly good telly, and my Wednesday nights have been blocked out for the last couple of months.  But as the hopefuls have been whittled down to the…

Allegra Stratton has written in the Guardian about the issue of Values segmentation in the context of the recent events involving News International and alleged phone hacking. This is the…

TCC has recently been conducting research for the RSPCA on young people and Status Dogs – the growing trend amongst some young people of owning a dog that is perceived…

I hope I’m not being unfair when I say that it’s hard to get excited by the Swiss.   I have nothing against them.  In fact I do not know anyone…