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October 2023
Dame Teresa Rees obituary
Social scientist and adviser on equality matters to the EU and Welsh government who strove to improve the position of women
December 2022
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Machine learning research into changing attitudes to women in the US reveals it’s not just technology that has progressed
November 2021
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Liz Bird obituary
Other lives: Academic who was an advocate for women’s and gender studies at Bristol University
October 2021
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Susanna Mitchell obituary
Other lives: Secretary and army wife who became a Cambridge academic and political activist
May 2021
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Dione Hills obituary
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Edwin Jones obituary
April 2021
Britain must harness the social sciences to fight post-pandemic deprivation
Will Hutton
The wealth of research going on around Covid and inequality could be used to help everyone lead healthier lives, says president of the Academy of Social Sciences Will Hutton
September 2020
Science Weekly
Covid-19: why do pandemics trigger civil unrest? – podcast
Nicola Davis speaks to Clifford Stott about why pandemics trigger civil unrest, policing outbreaks and lockdowns, and how best to build trust in communities
June 2020
The Guardian view on the humanities: the importance of being rounded
University and Arts Council in drive to re-brand 'soft' academic subjects
May 2020
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Peter Rushton obituary
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February 2020
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Ray Forrest obituary
The brutal truth about Dominic Cummings
January 2020
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Roy Baumeister on the power of negativity – Science Weekly podcast
The social psychologist talks about how he became interested in negativity and how we may able to combat its impact on the way we view the world
August 2019
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Jean-Pierre Worms obituary
Other lives: French social scientist and politician
April 2019
'It's about how people can better their lives': students on why PhDs matter
What do you get if you don't teach stats properly? Farage and Trump
Robert de Vries
February 2019
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Colin Barker obituary
Other lives: Advocate of solidarity and resistance in pursuit of a socialist society
December 2018
Cambridge gives role to academic accused of racist stereotyping
University professors among hundreds who object to award of research job to Noah Carl
