This project will analyse the generational shift in attitudes towards the welfare state and its far-reaching implications.
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This project aims to quantify and measure the actual economic and social value of Britain's 5,500 charity shops within communities.
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This research aims to identify precisely what values people associate with dying in a home environment and establish why so many more people say they want to die at home.
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Demos is exploring the possibility of personalised end of life care that reflects personal values and also involves maximum choice and control for care users and their families.
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Through this project, Demos hopes to paint a detailed and evidence-based picture of the lives of families who are struggling with the cumulative effect of multiple disadvantage in Scotland today.
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This research is exploring the potential of prepaid card technology to achieve a personalised, integrated, empowering state.
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This project looks at the role social housing providers can play in helping people back to independent living following a period in hospital.
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Demos is currently looking at how social housing providers can act as co-ordinators and hubs for support and earlier intervention for their clients.
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This research will seek to explore the extent to which the Scouting movement helps impart employability skills such as team work, confidence, interpersonal skills and leadership
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This project examines how a parent's problematic relationship with alcohol can impact on parenting and children’s perceptions of alcohol.
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This project explores the role of faith groups in 21st century British society – in particular, their role in progressive politics.
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This project will investigate young people's attitudes towards the EU across Europe.
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This project will explore how the European Union can prevent 'backsliding' on democratic commitments among member states.
MoreThis project aims to identify an effective cross-border approach to tackling forced marriage in Britain.
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This research will analyse the phenonemon of 'majority retreat', using the 2011 Census and demographic surveys to investigate the true nature of immigration and integration in Britain.
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This project will focus on 'practical patriotism', investigating the things that make people feel proud and give them a sense of belonging.
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The Centre produces new political, social and policy insight and understanding through social media research.
MoreBuilding on The New Face of Digital Populism, Demos is publishing a series of country-specific reports on the growth of populism in Europe.
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Demos Finance is a new financial services research unit, providing industry leaders, policymakers and the public with reliable, objective and easy to understand analysis of the sector.
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World class achievements in innovation, legendary investment in people and a thriving export industry aren't enough to ensure Sweden's sutainable success, prosperity and global competitiveness.
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This project highlights the evidence for the central importance of museums, libraries and archives to our future. By understanding their role as a public service, delivering public value, it will demonstrate what the sector does in terms of values that are intrinsic, instrumental and institutional, and show what they mean in practice.
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Conversation has long been the cornerstone of our society. New technologies enable us to speak to people anytime, anywhere. However, there is growing concern – both in the UK and elsewhere - that we are talking less than we used to. This work suggests that this is a misconception and that the issue is actually much more complex.
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This work examines the implications of current trends in the English Language for policy agendas. Run in association with Cambridge Assessment, and ESOL Examinations at the University of Cambridge, it will identify not only areas in which policy makers will have to change to meet the challenges posed by the emergence of variants of English - Englishes - but also how government and others can work with providers to take advantage of the many opportunites that 'Englishes' present...
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Following the recent public diplomacy review, now seems like a good time to revisit what we mean by cultural diplomacy and the ways in which culture helps to deliver Britain’s foreign, developmental, and sustainability objectives. This project asks what this means for cultural institutions and whether they could play a role in fostering public debate and engagement. It also set out a new and practical framework for policy makers and practitioners in the UK and beyond.
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Demos has undertaken futures work with a wide range of organisations – helping groups from trade unions to international security bodies plan ahead.
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