By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
At Nato’s 75th anniversary summit there has been, as you’d expect, a lot of attention on Russia’s war against Ukraine. It’s undoubtedly the most significant immediate challenge to Nato with wider implications for the rest of the globe.
Yet beyond the headlines of the war in Ukraine, an even more significant challenge is looming. There’s no doubt the world…
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By Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
Labour won the 2024 election by a landslide. But a significant story from the night’s results was the low turnout across the nation – the lowest since 2001. At 59.9%, voter turnout was significantly lower than the 67.3% turnout in 2019.
Prime minister Keir Starmer’s
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By Courtney Lindsay, Senior Research Officer, Global Risks and Resilience, ODI
Emily Wilkinson, Director, Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative at the ODI, and Co-director, Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Matt Bishop, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Sheffield
Hurricane Beryl laid waste to communities – even whole islands – as it barrelled through the Caribbean over the past week. Never has such a powerful Atlantic hurricane arrived this early in the year: the ocean is usually too cool.
Smaller islands like Carriacou and Petite Martinique (population: 10,500) and Union Island (population: 3,000) have been decimated.…
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By Francis Pakes, Professor of Criminology, University of Portsmouth
Amid the many historic appointments in his cabinet, the new prime minister Keir Starmer made one particularly noteworthy announcement: James Timpson to become minister for prisons, parole and probation. Timpson is not a politician but the head of the key-cutting and shoe repair company of the same name. He was also the CEO of the Prison Reform Trust and a well-known figure within prison reform circles.
The terms rehabilitation and resettlement have been thrown around by past…
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By Kamran Mahroof, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Analytics, University of Bradford
Amizan Omar, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Bradford
Irfan Mehmood, Associate Professor in Business Analytics, University of Bradford
Biometrics can help companies to be more efficient and to improve their products but there’s a growing need for transparency.
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By Kathrin Wagner, Associate Professor in Art History, Liverpool Hope University
These artworks can teach us many things about a society’s attitudes towards the human body, perceptions of the western and wider world and political supremacy.
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By John Reeks, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, University of Bristol
Lady Jane Grey only ruled for nine days so the show makers had to take a lot of artistic licence in creating this new series
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By Emilie Rutledge, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
Oil continues to influence global economics and politics like no other finite natural resource. In the 2024 US presidential election, the strategic commodity will be an important domestic issue.
As the biggest producer and consumer of oil on the planet, the US has a particularly strong relationship with the black stuff. And the candidates know it.
Donald Trump has promised to “drill,…
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By Ines Bramao, Senior Lecturer in Psychology , Lund University
Marius Boeltzig, PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of Münster
Mikael Johansson, Professor of Psychology, Lund University
Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall, and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories.
Our memory helps us learn from experiences and develop new knowledge by integrating and updating information. This process goes beyond recalling individual events; it involves connecting elements from different experiences.
For example, reading about a local park cleanup by a political group in the newspaper and then…
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By Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
Fiona Kennedy, PhD Researcher, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
A recent study has shown that lifting heavy weights three times weekly leads to sustained improvements in strength in older adults. This is good news because being strong as you age can help you maintain independence for longer, make you more resistant to injuries and falls and is great for overall wellbeing.
But if you’re someone who isn’t very active or you have never tried lifting weights before, you might find it daunting to know where…
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