Jake Puddle
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@jake_puddle
Senior Researcher at @BritishFuture. Aspen Institute fellow. Views are my own. @jakepuddle.bsky.social
Published today, ‘Shared Goals: The power of football to connect diverse communities’ explores the unique power of club football to foster a shared sense of identity and pride in local towns & cities, across people from different backgrounds ( 🧵) britishfuture.org/football-club-…
Our webinar to launch 'The State of Us' report has started, with Kelly Fowler of Belong; Sam Coates and Prof Jagbir Jhutti Johal, members of the new Independent Commission on Community & Cohesion; and Sunder Katwala (Chair). Report co-author Jake Puddle is presents key findings.
A “powder keg” of social tensions and grievances remain unaddressed across the UK, one year on from last summer's riots, according to a major new cohesion report published today. It warns that without urgent action, unrest risks being reignited. [🧵]
APPG South East has published its report on managing migration services in the UK’s most populous region, offering actionable cross-party insights to inform Government decision-making. Thanks to Chair @TanDhesi and all contributors to the inquiry. secouncils.gov.uk/south-east-app…
In 2 digital field experiments, we found that unfollowing hyperpartisan influencers on Twitter: -Reduced partisan animosity by 24%—with effects persisting for 6 months! -Increased satisfaction with Twitter -Led people to share higher-quality news doi.org/10.31234/osf.i… (thread)
"Indian soldiers cannot be written out of our consciousness..." Ahead of new Channel 4 documentary #TheSoldiersThatSavedBritain at 7:10pm tonight, @Mobeen_Azhar asks why the British Indian Army still doesn't have its own memorial
Out today: Our new report, Creating Connections, explores the role creative arts can play to help build more cohesive communities in the wake of this summer’s riots. 🧵
