# Prof Bobby Duffy

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Prof Bobby Duffy on Broken Norms and the Culture Wars

Professor Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London — author of books that puncture our most sacred cows and a demystifier-in-chief of generational squabbles and supposed divides. We delve into the why: why certain myths have grown such sturdy roots, why “delusions alig…

Why Generations DO and DON'T MATTER (Prof. Bobby Duffy)

Eliza speaks to Prof. Bobby Duffy about the strengths and weaknesses of generational analysis; why it is useful, why it is not and how we can understand the generational gap a little better. Bobby and I had fun trying to dissect stereotypes from fact and some of the methodological challenges of ana…

The Trust Delusion: Episode One

In the first of six Trust Delusion podcasts, hosted by Matthew Gwyther, listen to Ben Page, Prof. Bobby Duffy, Baroness Onora O’Neil and Sir Ian Cheshire agree that the so-called “crisis of trust” is mostly over-blown – often deliberately – and not supported by long-term data. Too often it is used,…

The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic

What do we know about how we are coping with the pandemic crisis? David Aaronovitch looks at the impact the three month lockdown has had on people in China and asks how different groups in the UK - just three weeks in - are faring. What are the particular difficulties faced by the most vulnerabl…

The Fair Necessities: Why We Need a Fairer Britain and How to Make It Happen

Subscribe to the Policy Institute mailing list for invites to future events   Britain is a grossly unfair country, disfigured by a broken social contract and unsustainable levels of inequality. This moral outrage presents a growing threat to our society, economy and democracy.   In The Fair Necess…