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Democracy to Come was developed as a website to bring together my research in one place: to document all the things that I write about, all the things I explore through my research and all the things that inspire and make me happy. I hope that in sharing them through this blog they provoke others to think more about democracy, freedom at work and how popular culture shapes how we think about our working lives.
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- Blog
- Democracy
- Education
The funding landscape in UK higher education has grown ever more competitive over the last decade, with success rates for many schemes falling below 10%. Given universities continue to link…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 16th February 2025·

- Blog
- Conference
- Democracy
“The democratisation of research has been identified as one of the key methodological challenges of the 21st century” (Edwards and Brannelly, 2017) Over the past few years my work on…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 27th August 2024·

- Blog
- Democracy
- Inclusion
- Papers
In 1995 Robert Putnam wrote a fascinating and highly influential essay called Bowling Alone. Within this, and the subsequent book published in 2000, Putman documented the growing loneliness and disconnection…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 21st July 2024·

- Blog
- Health
There has been a long-running debate within academia about the accessibility of the research that we conduct. It seems somewhat perverse that we, as academics, conduct studies and write up…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 14th October 2023·

- Blog
- Education
One of the most frightening aspects of teaching in higher education in the UK is that it is predominantly something that you learn “on the job”. As far as I…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 12th October 2023·

- Blog
- Education
A large part of my role at Sheffield University is teaching organizational behaviour to undergraduate students. I lead a module of around 350 2nd year undergrads on a range of…

- Martyn Griffin·
- 12th October 2023·
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