Thursday, June 12, 2025
Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during 14 years of civil war. Now, some families are able to live in hope as the Middle Eastern country emerges from the traumatic period of dictatorship and conflict.
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
The Musk v Trump media battle went very public, but polls just after the scrap showing that Americans felt more favourably towards the president than Musk.
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By Sarah Louisa Bowen, Head of Animation at the Northern Film School, Leeds Beckett University
The differences between live action and animation are not as pronounced as might be expected in films made 15 years apart.
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By Julie Tinson, Professor of Marketing, University of Stirling
Peter Nuttall, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bath
The high school prom, an American institution, has now been a mainstay in UK culture for over 25 years. A prom heralds the end of exams and the end of school altogether – and the beginning of a new chapter of life. It’s an opportunity for teens to dress up in glamorous dresses and smart tuxedos, and maybe arrive in style in the back of a limo.
It’s an adolescent ritual that might be seen as a one-off, frivolous event. But a prom is much more important than that.
The research for…
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By Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
The Labour government has made economic growth its top priority, committing to planning reforms, business partnerships and millions of pounds of investment in science and technology.
But economic growth is not just about innovation, investment and businesses. How the law functions is of fundamental importance for economic growth. The UK’s highly-regarded system of justice plays an important role in creating the environment of trust that underpins commerce and investment.
The legal system should be…
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By Matthew Cocks, Reader, Exercise Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
Katie Hesketh, Assistant Professor in Exercise Prescription, University of Birmingham
Our study also found that people who used a wearable fitness tracker were three times more likely to still be active a year later.
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By Gordon A. Gow, Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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By Simon Gikandi, Professor of English and Chair of the English Department, Princeton University
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
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By Hedley Twidle, Associate Professor and head of English Literary Studies, University of Cape Town
Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has – like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change – seen an outpouring of remarkable nonfiction. The Interpreters is a new book that collects the work of 37 authors, all of it writing (plus some drawing) concerned with actual people, places and events.
The anthology is the product of many years of reading and discussion between my co-editor Sean Christie (an experienced journalist and nonfiction
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By Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Design, University of Khartoum
It’s time to rethink how Africa’s public spaces are defined and designed – by listening to how people already make cities public.
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