By Katayoun Shahandeh, Lecturer in Museum Studies, SOAS, University of London
With Iran’s official cultural presence on the international stage increasingly uncertain, the 6th Iranian Contemporary Art Biennale in London, With My Roots, carries significance that extends well beyond the gallery walls.
Held at Mall Galleries from May 22–30, it brings together more than 100 Iranian artists from 17 countries, with over 180 works spanning painting, photography,…
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By Sam Jelliman, Researcher, Environmental Science, University of East London
Alan Chandler, Dean of the Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London
Europe is rethinking security: as geopolitical tensions rise, Russia looms and climate risks intensify, can restoring nature help defend both nations and the planet?
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By Juan Alfonso Revenga Frauca, Director experto, Grado de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, Universidad Internacional de Valencia; Universidad San Jorge
One of science’s main roles in society is to probe extraordinary claims, separate fact from fiction, and set the record straight. But it does not always succeed. Indeed, sometimes the exact opposite happens.
“Science” itself can sometimes take things out of context, and present half-truths which, repeated over generations, eventually come to seem like total certainties. These ideas do not necessarily take root because they are true, but because they sound good, seem like common sense, and often carry the authority of being linked to an eminent name.
When it comes to diet…
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By Charlotte A. Kukowski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change Mitigation, University of Cambridge
Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science, Lund University
Climate action goes way beyond consumption. Find the most effective actions within your current roles, and overcome barriers for you and others to take them.
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By Gill Plain, Professor of English Literature and Popular Culture, University of St Andrews
Besides wit, style and psychological insight, Christie had the capacity to generate a mood of ‘trustful mistrust’ and deceive her readers in a respectful fashion.
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By Roman Pavlyuchenko, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bath
Audiences are not tired of superheroes – they’re tired of stories that no longer speak to the political anxieties that made the genre powerful in the first place.
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By Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City St George's, University of London
When Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham announced that they intend to challenge Keir Starmer as prime minister, it felt like the start of a depressingly familiar loop. A leader who had made many great-sounding promises failed to deliver and lost the trust of the public. The public demands he quit, and he may soon be replaced by another leader who also makes impressive pledges.
During the past decade the UK has seen this loop many times. There have been five leaders of the UK government – an average…
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By Sandra Matz, Professor of Business, Columbia University
Is sharing your data worth what you’re getting out of it? That may be the wrong question to ask when you are thinking about whether to share.
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By Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
AI models can simulate the answers thousands of people would provide to a survey, but the results aren’t a reliable measure of what real people would actually say.
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By Lisa Pavia-Higel, Assistant Teaching Professor of English and Technical Communication, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Spend time on social media and you will see debates with titles like “I destroy MAGA mom on vaccines” or “Conservative philosopher owns feminist student.” These popular videos focus on clip-worthy gotcha questions, one-line zingers and screaming matches edited for virality.
These “debates” would be unrecognizable to the Founding Fathers, who enshrined debate as a primary tool of legislative deliberation. Even the passionate exchanges of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen…
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