Confronting the challenges of the everyday
2 October 2022
In this special series of Citizen Portraits taken in Birmingham and Liverpool by the photographer Jorn Tomter, we have sought to capture the hopes and fears of ordinary voters in a time of uncertainty.
The Citizen Portrait project highlights the voices of individuals and communities too often unheard yet vital to our understanding of the complex challenges we face.
Many of those we spoke with feel a deep sense of anxiety about the winter to come. They sense that the country is facing huge economic challenges. They also feel that these challenges themselves expose a political system that is still struggling to understand their everyday concerns. But, they also reported an underlying resolve - a belief that as a community, people can come together and overcome the challenges we face.
Birmingham Citizen Portraits
Liverpool Citizen Porrtraits
By putting these portraits together with the portraits of researchers, activists, organisers and leaders featured in the UCL Policy Lab Magazine, we invite you to imagine a new collaborative, innovative approach to public policymaking that cross the boundaries that so often keep us apart.