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New research reveals how proteins that harvest and use sunlight are organised by the most abundant organism in the world

Europe takes the heat

Michael Jacobs writes about the impact of record-breaking heat on public opinion and government decision making.

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Andy Burnham speaks as he celebrates his victory in the Makerfield by-election

Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions

Professor Michael Jacobs writes for The Guardian

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Shuaib Jalal-Eddeen

Researching global capital and fintech operations in Nigeria and Ghana

The three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship will examine the the political economy of fintech companies.

A small boat crossing the sea, in the background a much larger military or security type vessel can be seen.

New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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New Wellcome-funded project to examine humans' relationships with animals

'Multispecies Mutualisms’ has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of £1.6 million.
Antilockdown protest with banners stating 'The media is the virus'

‘They don’t care about you, me or anyone else’: populist storytelling in anti-lockdown protests

Dr Ozge Ozduzen and co-authors Dr Bogdan Lanosev and Dr Billur Aslan Ozgul have collaborated on a paper recently published in European Politics and Society journal.
Detail of a Brazilian passport with the word Visa

Wall of visas: how race impacts the externalization of (forced) migration control in south-south migration corridors.

This new article by Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli and Natalia Cintra in Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal focuses on Brazil and how it uses humanitarian and family reunification visas as a hidden externalization strategy.
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BRAID programme partnership with Royal Armouries scoops award for ethical utilisation of new technologies to manage museum collections

We’re delighted to announce that the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme’s collaboration with Royal Armouries is the winner of this year’s Collections Trust Award.