Sophie Hartley-Wiley

Ideas Lab

The Algorithmic Panopticon: How Smartphone Surveillance has redefined the Gig Economy

Have you ordered a Deliveroo, Uber or stayed at an Airbnb recently? We treat these apps as parts of daily life, convenient platforms put in place where we can buy a service and see reviews instantly. However, underneath the surface lies a radical shift in how workers are being increasingly

Ideas Lab

The Loneliness Epidemic- Can Isolation explain political discontent?

Loneliness- we all experience it. In fact in 2025, almost one quarter of all British adults reported feeling lonely sometimes, often or even always [1]. Governments continue to treat loneliness as a personal health problem- rather than a political one, but is loneliness and isolation the secret factor, beginning to