S10 Ep2: What does it mean to be grown up today? with Bobby Duffy and Carey Oppenheim

About this episode

The episode explores the challenges and opportunities young people face as they transition into adulthood through the insights of two esteemed academics.

In this episode of the We Society with Will Hutton, we are joined by two esteemed academics placing journeys to adulthood under a Social Science microscope. Carey Oppenheim is a project lead on the Nuffield Foundation's Grown Up? Journeys to adulthood programme. Using young people's voices and robust data, Carey and her team are exploring the challenges and opportunities young people face as they transition into adulthood. Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London and was, until recently, the chair of the Campaign for Social Science, the advocacy arm of the Academy of Social Sciences. His book, Generations: Does When You're Born Shape Who You Are? focuses on generational divide. In the We Society, join acclaimed journalist and Academy president Will Hutton, as he invites guests from the world of social science to explore the stories behind the news and hear their solutions to society’s most pressing problems. Don’t want to miss an episode? Follow the show on your favourite podcast platform and you can email us on wesociety@acss.org.uk and tell us who we should be speaking to. The We Society podcast is brought to you by…

People in this episode

Host: Will Hutton

Guests: Carey Oppenheim, Bobby Duffy

Topics covered

• adulthood
• social science
• youth challenges
• generational divide
• public policy

Keywords

• adulthood
• youth
• social science
• Bobby Duffy
• Carey Oppenheim
• generational divide
• public policy

Sponsors

Nuffield Foundation, Leverhulme Trust

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nuffield Foundation, Academy of Social Sciences, King’s College London, Campaign for Social Science, Leverhulme Trust

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