Have you ever wondered how marketing techniques have been used to promote positive social change? Professor Gerard Hastings faces questions on issues such as the ethics of social marketing, branding and advertising.

Never before have social issues been more at the centre of public and private debate. From concerns about sustainability and the future of the planet to the introduction of smoking bans, there is a growing recognition that ...

This series focuses on two interlinked issues: the philosophical questions that arise in social science research, and research methods.

What is the future for global health policy? How are the old paradigms being replaced by new ones? What are the key issues in the new globalised world?

What are the Social Sciences? One definition is that they are specialised systematic forms of knowledge, which leads the question: What is knowledge?

What factors influence our health? A lot of attention is focused on people's behaviour - their decisions to smoke, drink, over-eat and so on - with strong messages about the changes needed to become healthier. But people's ...