By João V. Ferreira, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Southampton
Have you ever left a polling station feeling that your mark on the ballot paper didn’t quite say what you wanted it to? Perhaps you liked two candidates but had to drop one, or backed the one who might actually win over the one you preferred.
Our feelings about democracy are important. Who wins matters, and so does whether an election feels fair. But there is another, less obvious factor: what the ballot paper allows us to say.
In his first party conference speech as prime minister, Andy Burnham…
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By Marta Wojciechowska, Lecturer in Politics, King's College London
James Hickson, Research Associate, Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool
Joe Hoover, Reader in Political Theory, Queen Mary University of London
When people think about democracy, they tend to think about national elections, parliaments or the policies of national governments. Even the recent byelection in Holborn and St Pancras showed that democratic events are often framed around what they mean for the fortunes of the national leaders, rather than what they mean for daily life within a community.
But this focus on the national level and on the procedures associated with democracy is shortsighted. Our work, bringing together political…
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By Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
Opera Gallery London’s latest show is the first solo exhibition of the work of the Colombian artist Fernando Botero (1932-2023) in the city since 2015.
Fernando Botero, in Praise of an Amplified World presents a range of paintings and sculptures from across the artist’s 70-year career. The…
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By Aderonke Agboji, Assistant Professor, Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia
Fiona MacDonald, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Northern British Columbia
Drinking is partly a brain-regulated behaviour: the brain detects changes in the body’s fluid balance, generates thirst and helps translate that signal into seeking and drinking water.
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By Beverley O'Hara, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Leeds Beckett University
Clarissa Dakin, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Appetite Control and Energy Balance, University of Leeds
Jordan Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in Food and Nutrition, Sheffield Hallam University
Someone taking a weight-loss drug might leave half their dinner because they feel comfortably full. They might also stop because they feel nauseous. Measuring the leftovers would reveal the same result, but tell researchers little about why the person stopped eating.
That distinction is important when studying how GLP-1-based medications, including semaglutide and tirzepatide, affect appetite. To understand changes in eating, researchers need to record nausea alongside hunger and fullness, including when it…
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By Sam Power, Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol
History tells us that money talks when it comes to US elections. Regardless of who you support, this can’t be good for democracy.
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By Claire Warden, Professor of Performance and Physical Culture, Loughborough University
Conor Heffernan, Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport, Ulster University
More than one quarter of young adults in Britain now say their gym memberships matter more to them than holidays or eating out.
Sport England data shows that Gen Z has begun to turn away from running, swimming and fitness classes towards gym and strength training. For them, weight training is seen as the best form of exercise because it can help…
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By Ali Abdalvand, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia
Ehsan Etezad, Researcher, Applied Organizational Psychology, Saint Mary’s University
AI adoption in medicine is accelerating: more than 12,000 primary care clinicians have enrolled in Canada Health Infoway’s national AI scribe program, about 5,000 Ontario physicians use AI scribes and roughly one…
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By Berry Billingsley, Professor of AI and Education, Swansea University
As more young people become detached from education and employment, schools must look beyond academic results to the skills that connect us.
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By Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, Professor of Arts Psychotherapies & Creative Health, Brunel University of London
When I first saw Katsushika Hokusai’s Clear Day with a Southern Breeze (also known as Red Fuji, 1830-1833), I was struck by its lustrous red resonating against the receding blue of the sky. Clouds align gently in an almost humorous formation. Near the peak of the mountain, are creases of snow. At its foot we are drawn to a multitude of tiny trees amassed in chorus. Easy to overlook, they change the picture. The great mountain becomes itself in relation to everything that surrounds it.
Dulwich…
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