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Climate change from the global to the local: celebrating the team of unsung heroes behind our award-winning research

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16 February 202216 February 2022

The University has been honoured with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize – considered to be the highest national honour in higher and further education – for our work on Tackling the…Read More >

Moving Cocaine from the field to the streets: the cocaine supply chain in the Americas

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5 January 20225 January 2022

There is a clear relationship between the expansion of unfettered free markets and participation in the drug trade. Neoliberal policies have led to increasing inequality, insecurity, and a general deterioration…Read More >

Channel tragedy highlights unfair family reunion policies for transnational families

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18 December 202117 December 2021

On International Migrants Day, 18 December 2021, we reflect on the recent Channel tragedy and the impacts of immigration policies on transnational families. On 24 November this year, 27 people…Read More >

Reading climate experts gather at COP25

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4 December 201925 November 2021

UN climate change conference COP25 is underway in Madrid, and our climate scientists and students are there. Here we round up the University of Reading’s activities at the most significant…Read More >

In pictures: researchers at work

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3 July 20193 November 2021

Images made by Reading PhD students at work were selected for an exhibition at our annual doctoral research conference last month, featuring diverse subjects from earth worms to food bank…Read More >

Flood forecasting science informing relief efforts

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30 April 20191 May 2019

Scientists at the University of Reading are working with the UK government and aid agencies to provide the latest flood forecasting information for Mozambique. The University’s FATHUM (Forecasts for Anticipatory…Read More >

Retreating glaciers: the science behind the story

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13 February 201915 November 2021

Professor Maria Shaghedenova’s research looks at the shrinkage of glaciers due to climate change, and the effect of this on rivers and lakes. Her work recently featured in a  visually…Read More >

Retreating glaciers: the science behind the story

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