A changing climate is expected to mean more extreme weather events such as intense rainfall and floods, heat-waves and droughts and these impacts are expected to increase over time. Ben…Read More >
Category: Prosperity & Resilience
Urban rooms: where people get to design their city’s future
Universities can play an important role in helping local people to understand and influence the long term future of their city. As Reading develops an urban room – a space…Read More >
Our most popular papers of 2018
Which Reading research publications got the most attention across the globe in 2018? We’ve scoured Altmetric data to bring you the top eight most talked about Reading-authored papers of the…Read More >
Why Brexit is causing turmoil for the pound and other markets
The uncertainties posed by Brexit are playing havoc with the pound and other markets. Henley Business School’s Andrew Urquhart and Trinity College Dublin’s Brian Lucey chart Sterling’s bumpy ride since…Read More >
Human rights, global wrongs
70 years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created as a way to stop the horrors of Nazi Germany from ever happening again. In this lecture, given…Read More >
Time is running out on climate change, but geoengineering has dangers of its own
Could a new technology which reflects sunlight away from our planet be the answer to climate change? Or would this unregulated techo-fix create new and terrible dangers of its own?…Read More >
Arctic cold war: climate change has ignited a new polar power struggle
Rather than it ringing alarm bells, some nations see the melting of permafrost and sea ice in the Arctic Circle as an opportunity to get their hands on oil, gas,…Read More >
Beards, business and a history of facial hair in the workplace
As ‘Movember’ draws to a close, Business Historian Dr Lucy Newton explores the history of facial hair in the workplace, from ‘peak beard’ in the 1850s to today’s hipster handlebars,…Read More >
‘Limited evidence’ smart meters would save consumers money
Today’s revelation that there is ‘no realistic prospect’ of the UK Government meeting its smart energy meter installation target has led to it being labelled a ‘fiasco’ by critics. Jacopo…Read More >
Parliament week 2018: Top tips for engaging policy-makers with your research
In her second blog post for Parliament Week, University of Reading Impact Officer Ali McAnena gets the lowdown on how academics can engage policy-makers with their research from Mark Shanahan,…Read More >
