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Major new exhibition shows impact of Gertrude Bell on the Middle East and international political history

A major new exhibition examines the pioneering explorations of Gertrude Bell in the Middle East, and the political legacy of her...

Database of Russian economic crime in Ukraine needed to bring about justice, new study says

A new public database of Russian economic crime in Ukraine would help to bring about justice, and support the eventual...

New landmark study will shed light on the lived experience of ‘addiction’ in the world’s most volatile places

New landmark research will aid understanding of the lived experience of drug consumption and addiction recovery in conditions of war,...

Historian secures prestigious prize to launch long-term research project on British anti-slavery

The global history of the British anti-slavery movement is to be the focus of a new and long-term research project...

Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse asylum claimants, study warns

Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse claimants, academics have warned. Researchers have said the Nationality...

Inspiring climate narratives project shortlisted for international communications prize

An interdisciplinary project that has taken science, health, and the arts to the UN’s COP Climate Change Conferences and reached...

Powerful research outlining discrimination and lack of diversity honoured by Hutton Prize for Excellence

Researchers responsible for powerful University of Exeter studies showing discrimination in the French maternity system and the lack of BAME...

Amazonian rainforest hides thousands of records of ancient indigenous communities under its forest canopy

The world’s most diverse forest, the Amazon, may host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks (constructed prior to the...