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Richard Wilkinson

Richard Wilkinson is Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School, holds Honorary Professorships at University College London, the University of York and the University of Northumbria. He is co-author, with Kate Pickett, of The Spirit Level (2009) and The Inner Level (2018).

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Armed Conflict or Mutual Survival?

Richard Wilkinson, Roberto De Vogli and Kate Pickett

Militarism and ecological collapse are not separate emergencies — they are the same emergency, feeding each other in a spiral humanity cannot afford to ignore.

Greater equality: our guide through Covid-19 to sustainable wellbeing

Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

The pandemic has reinforced the case for egalitarianism to define the ethos of the welfare state.

The True – and False – Costs Of Inequality

Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

The first research papers showing that health was worse and violence more common in societies with large income differences were published in the 1970s. Since

Why Inequality Is Bad For Health

Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its mistaken beliefs. Without easy access