On World Children’s Day, Karín Lesnik-Oberstein considers the origins of the links between children’s literature and nature – and what it means to make children (and therefore children’s books) responsible…Read More >
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Can language models like ChatGPT use words meaningfully?
Language models like ChatGPT force us to consider what we are prepared to treat as meaningful language users. For World Philosophy Day 2023, Jumbly Grindrod explores the importance of the…Read More >
Modelling city structure for improved urban representations in weather and climate models
Urban areas are home to an increasingly large proportion of the world’s population, with more people living in cities than rural areas since 2007. These large population densities mean more…Read More >
Why Storm Ciarán’s winds were so strong
Storm Ciarán made landfall in southern regions of the UK during the evening of November 1, 2023. The UK’s Met Office issued amber weather warnings for November 2 in specific areas in…Read More >
Changing UK skies: professional, responsible and considerate commercial drone use
This is the second in a series of blogs by Dr Anna Jackman highlighting findings from the ESRC-funded research project Diversifying Drone Stories. Drone use in the UK is growing….Read More >
Forests v farmland: what the world would look like if we allocated all our land in the optimal way
What would the world look like if we could decide – globally and collectively – to allocate all our land in the optimal way? Where would we grow food and…Read More >
Policing with drones and policing drone misuse
Drones are increasingly common in UK skies. In January 2023, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) estimated that it has registered 500,000 drone ‘operators and flyers’ under its Drone and Model…Read More >
Black History Month – the history department workshop
As part of Black History Month in October the history department at the University of Reading will be presenting research on the historical Black experience, looking in particular at the…Read More >
