By Holly Joseph, Professor of Language and Literacy Development, University of Reading
Emma Page, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Reading
Sophie Heywood, Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Cultures, University of Reading
Books in different languages do more than support language learning. They connect families, amplify diverse voices and make reading more inclusive.
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By Lynne Mesher, Head of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Portsmouth
It’s been more than 20 years since the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) and the the Fawcett Society published a landmark 2003 study, Why Do Women Leave Architecture? And one thing is unmistakably clear: the profession has not moved far enough or fast enough to support women.
Build It Together, commissioned by Riba in 2025, revealed that many of the barriers identified two decades ago remain deeply entrenched. Pay inequality, sexism, exclusionary…
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By Fiona Handyside, Associate Professor of Film Studies, University of Exeter
Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
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By Lotfi Khemiri, Medical doctor, specialist in psychiatry. Adjunct Lecturer, Karolinska Institutet
A study of 4.2 million people found a strong link between substance-use disorders and suicidal behaviour, with family patterns offering further clues.
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By Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University
Andrea Richard, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University
Particle accelerators aren’t just for testing the Standard Model. They’re also used to diagnose and treat disease and study world history.
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By Monideepa Tarafdar, Professor of Information Systems, UMass Amherst
Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence applications for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, perhaps, recent research shows that people who interact with generative AI for work tasks can end up not thinking critically. They can surrender…
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By Alex H. Poole, Associate Professor of Information Science, Drexel University
By the time Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25, 2026, her Imagination Library had gifted more than 332 million children’s books to babies and kids in all 50 states and four other countries: Canada, the U.K., Australia and Ireland.
If they were set end to end, these books would circle the earth 1.8 times.
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By Susan Farrell, Professor of English, College of Charleston
The battle over the novel offers a window into America’s long-running fight over what students should be allowed to read.
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By Aarti Krishnan, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Innovation, University of Manchester
Ahmad Aldrie Amir, Associate Professor of Mangrove Ecology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
Behara Satyanarayana, Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Beyond the monetary value of carbon credits sits something more complex: every restoration project involves trade-offs, and somebody carries them.
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By Patrick Egan, Professor of Politics & Public Policy, New York University
James Bisbee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics, New York University
Nearly 1 in 7 white men under 30 in the US support white nationalism, and partisanship alone doesn’t explain who’s drawn to it.
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