Danny Dorling works in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. In 2020 he published “Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration; in 2021, with Annika Koljonen: Finntopia: what we can learn from the world’s happiest country. He slowed down for a year in 2022, and his 2023 book was titled: ‘Shattered Nation. In 2024 he publishes two books “Seven Children” and “Peak Injustice”. Danny is a patron of the road crash charity RoadPeace, of Heeley City Farm in Sheffield, and of the educational campaign group Comprehensive Future. In his spare time, he makes sandcastles.