Danny Dorling

If the polls are to be believed, then the situation is continuing to alter fast.  Labour has lost support - not to Reform, but to progressive parties and to uncertainty itself. The Greens have doubled in popularity, while the Conservatives have somehow managed to become even less popular, largely through voters defecting to Reform. And the Prime Minister? The most unpopular ever - though he’s in familiar company.In this fast-paced and not entirely dismal talk, geographer Danny Dorling takes a

If we found seven typical 6-year-old children to represent today’s UK, who would they be? What would their stories reveal? Amid the cost-of-living crisis, this could be a depressing story, when even the best-off of the seven is disadvantaged. Yet aspirations endure, and there are many signs that things could be getting better. What do we miss when we focus only on the super-rich and the most deprived? What kinds of lives are British children living between the extremes? And how can we reverse the

Social scientist and inequality expert Danny Dorling discusses his latest work, Seven Children, an immersive and highly original study of child inequality, in a conversation at Foyles with Polly Toynbee.  Foyles bookshop, Charring Cross Road, London, September 12th 2024.

Donnington Doorstep is a community-based family centre delivering a range of universal and specialist services. It was set up in 1984 by local parents, who knew that caring for children can be hard. My mum was involved a little at the start, and I was one of the children that it was hard to care for (unruly, etc).Forty years on Donnington Doorstep is still a home from home drop-in for children, young people and their families as well as a hub for local community activity. It is based in a

Who are the incomers who have made the city of Oxford, England their home? Social policy scholar Elizabeth Peretz, geographer Danny Dorling, historian Maurice East and activist Jabu Nala-Hartley lead a discussion about migrants' histories and realities in a Refugee Week event organised by the Coalition To Keep Campsfield Closed. The speakers explore the stories of those who have come to Oxford over the years, and how they've managed to settle and make the town and university the place it is

Why is the UK so unusual – and not at all in a good way? How did the Conservative Party end up having more in common with European political parties such as Germany]s far-right AfD than with other “conservative” parties on the continent – as far back as the prime ministership of David Cameron? How did a recent Scottish government policy that most people outside of Scotland are unaware of, manage to reverse one of the harshest measures imposed on families by the UK government?From miserly state

Danny Dorling, Liz Webster, and Willow Fisher, speaking on "Brexit is a failed project: a brighter future is possible", a Public Meeting organised by Oxford for Europe, Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford, March 20th 2024. A summary for part of the first part is here: https://www.dannydorling.org/?p=9917 and full report which that part is based on is here: https://www.dannydorling.org/?page_id=9912 a report on the failed project.

13:10-13.35 - "BRITISH CULTURE" Danny Dorling at the Sunday Papers Live, March 17th 2024 (One Marylebone, 1 Marylebone Rd, London) Is there any hope? What do we do? Join Danny Dorling, professor in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford, as he explores the options, and how Geography shows you a way out for London, England and the UK.