Senior Research Fellow, University of Salford
Dr Pål M. Vik is a Senior Research Fellow in sociology at Salford Business School and director of the research unit Community Finance Solutions. His research focuses on how households and businesses excluded from accessing banking services manage their money, the consequences for society and individuals, and the ethical alternatives to commercial high cost credit. Over the past 15 years, he has worked on over 40 funded research projects on the topic and has published over a dozen academic papers
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight