Current research in the Lake Victoria Basin by Dr Andrew Ainslie, Lecturer in International Rural Development I am part of a team led by the Walker Institute conducting research in…Read More >
News from Prosperity and Resilience: Chuks Okereke
Professor Chuks Okereke is leading an ERSC Global Challenges Research Fund Grant to convene an international network on Governing Inclusive Green Economy in Africa (GIGGA). The project will build an…Read More >
Deep Space Gateway, Trump, and the space race sixty years on
By Dr Mark Shanahan, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations This week, in the run-up to World Space Week, NASA announced a long-term co-operation project with Roscosmos, the Russian space…Read More >
Watchers on the wall: Microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease
By Laura Thei, University of Reading, UK Reproduced with permission from The Physiological Society’s blog. The watch, worn by years of use, sits ticking on our table for the first…Read More >
1917-2017: the social legacy of a socialist revolution
By Andy Willimott, Lecturer in Modern Russian and Soviet History, University of Reading With the centenary of the 1917 October Revolution approaching, historians who focus on this period, like me,…Read More >
More success for researchers in Heritage & Creativity
Researchers from across the Heritage and Creativity theme at the University of Reading have started the new academic term strongly with several funding awards and the publication of new books. Professor…Read More >
What do we know about the fat in our food?
Kate Green, Partnerships Manager, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health (IFNH) The shocking fact that 1 in 4 adults in the UK are obese is quite something. This figure has trebled…Read More >
Sir Peter Hall’s encounters with Godot
Professor Anna McMullan, Film, Theatre and Television, University of Reading. The death of Sir Peter Hall on 11th September marks the passing of a major theatre director who shaped post-World…Read More >