By Akhil Bhardwaj, Associate Professor (Strategy and Organisation), School of Management, University of Bath
AI enthusiasts are right that projects like AlphaFold are a huge leap forward, but the philosophy of science shows why excluding humans undermines it.
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By Mathelinda Nabugodi, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, UCL
Andrew Dix, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
Ankhi Mukherjee, Professor of English and World Literatures, University of Oxford
Dominic Davies, Reader in English, City St George's, University of London
Harsh Trivedi, Teaching Associate French, School of Languages, Arts and Societies., University of Sheffield
Leighan M Renaud, Lecturer in Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, Department of English, University of Bristol
Sarah Olive, Senior Lecturer in Literature, Aston University
Sarah Trott, Senior Lecturer in American Studies and History, York St John University
Torbjörn Forslid, Professor in literary studies, Lund University
Viktoriia Grivina, PhD Candidate, School of Modern Languages and Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews
Your 20s can be an intense decade. In the words of Taylor Swift, those years are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”. Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative era. We asked 20 of our academic experts to recommend the book that steered them through those ten years. And we’d love to know your pick – let us know in the comments below.
1. Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera (1998)
Growing up, I didn’t have much guidance in discovering Black…
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By Adrian R Bell, Chair in the History of Finance and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research, Prosperity and Resilience, Henley Business School, University of Reading
Anne Curry, Professor of Medieval History, University of Southampton
Jason Sadler, Professorial Enterprise Fellow, GeoData Institute, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers who actually filled the ranks? Until recently, their stories were scattered across handwritten manuscripts in Latin or French and difficult to decipher. Now, our online database makes it possible for anyone to discover who they were and how they lived, fought and travelled.
To shed light on the foundations of our armed services – one of England’s oldest professions – we launched the Medieval Soldier Database…
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By William Yat Wai Lo, Associate Professor in Intercultural and International Education, Durham University
From climate marches to Gaza encampments, students across the globe are demanding political change. Their activism is often praised as a sign of youth empowerment and civic engagement.
But there is another side to this story. Activism can also exclude, silence, and polarise. It can amplify the voices of some, while pushing others to the margins.
My recently published study with colleague Euan Auld explored…
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By Andrew Bell, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Conflict, Stanford University
Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
A bombshell revelation on November 28 that the US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, ordered a second strike to kill the survivors of a Venezuelan drug boat targeted by US forces has shocked Congress and American citizens alike.
The US president, Donald Trump, citing Hegseth’s affirmations,…
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By Amnesty International
In a high-level visit to Lebanon from 23 to 25 November, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, called on Lebanese authorities to take concrete steps towards accountability for violations of international humanitarian law during the armed conflict with Israel, justice for victims of the Beirut Port explosion, and supporting efforts to strengthen the protection of free […] The post Head of Amnesty International urges accountability, free expression during Lebanon visit appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to today’s decision by an Azerbaijani court to remand in custody prominent opposition leader Ali Karimli, following a raid on his home and his arrest by the State Security Service, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “Ali Karimli’s detention is the latest outrage in the ongoing consolidation […] The post Azerbaijan: Arrest of opposition leader is further evidence of consolidation of authoritarian practices appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
The takeover was the 11th successful coup d'etat in Africa since just 2020, and the latest destabilizing event in a country long plagued by governance challenges.
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By Ali Mirchi, Associate Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Amir AghaKouchak, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University
Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
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By Ivano W. Aiello, Professor of Marine Geology, San José State University
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
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