By Jorge Villaverde, Historien, CRIMIC/Sorbonne Université, Institut catholique de Lille (ICL); European University Institute
A fresh look at tourism in Spain revisits the “Spain is Different” slogan, revealing a longer, more complex and contested history than the 1960s boom suggests.
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By Chris Doyle, Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History, University of Galway
Celebrated every year with swathes of green and pints of Guinness, Saint Patrick is the most famous of Ireland’s trio of patron saints (the others are Brigid and Colm Cille, aka Columba).
Saint Patrick’s story is well known. Not just because of the annual global phenomenon his feast day has become, but also thanks to a considerable body of original written evidence. Chief among this are his personal writings – the Confession…
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By Maura McAdam, Professor of Management, Dublin City University
Networking is so often presented as a kind of performance – confident handshakes and quick conversations in crowded rooms. But for many people, particularly introverts, these situations feel more draining than energising.
Building contacts and generating opportunities in this way may sound like something that extroverts are naturally better at. But this assumption, and the idea that introverts must therefore be at a disadvantage, is misleading.
Networking does not have to mean being the most…
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By Muiris MacCarthaigh, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, Queen's University Belfast
Joshua Weston, PhD Candidate, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast
Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – a ten-year survey covering the entire southern sky almost a thousand times over the next decade – will test the limits of this reliance.
The Rubin observatory, located on a mountaintop called Cerro Pachón in Chile, is expected to catalogue the night sky in exquisite…
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By Rebecca A. Drummond, Professor, Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
Two people have died in a bacterial meningitis outbreak in the south of England. Here’s what you need to know.
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By Gokcay Balci, Lecturer in Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics, University of Leeds
Ebru Surucu-Balci, Assistant Professor in Circular Supply Chains, University of Bradford
The conflict in Iran has disrupted energy and commodity markets. Iran has effectively closed the narrow strait of Hormuz, a vital oil transit point, attacking more than a dozen ships over the past two weeks that have tried to sail through the waterway.
Donald Trump has been pressing US allies in Europe to help secure the strait, warning on March 15 that it will be “very bad for the future of Nato” if they do not support American efforts to reopen Hormuz.…
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By Karen Middleton, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Advertising, University of Portsmouth
Children today can encounter harmful material online with alarming ease, including violent, sexual and self-harm content. While this is often treated as a moderation failure, the deeper cause is economic.
Much of the internet is built on a business model that rewards attention above all else. In simple terms, algorithms that recommend content do not meaningfully distinguish between helpful, neutral and harmful material. Described as “topic agnostic”, their primary task is to keep…
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By Marika Jeziorek, PhD Candidate in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Canada’s immigration system has long played a central role in the country’s economic and social development. Immigration accounts for most of Canada’s population growth and helps address labour market shortages across sectors. Settlement services support newcomers as they build lives and communities across the country.
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By Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University
A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu.
Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ingredients that may have helped kindle life on Earth. The Ryugu samples were returned from space in 2020 by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 mission.
In 2023, an…
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By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
If you are a student in the UK, news of an outbreak of meningitis affecting university students in Kent may be causing you alarm.
The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed 13 cases of invasive meningococcal disease, a severe infection that can cause meningitis and septicaemia (blood…
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