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Mitigating the silences in the archives
How do we ensure that the lives of displaced people and those with a complicated legal status are documented in national archives? Before she started her PhD, Shealynn Hendry [2022] […]
From space food to suing states for future climate change harm
Five Gates Cambridge Scholars gave stimulating talks at the end of last week on topics ranging from space nutrition and paleooceanography to intelligence, ultrahabilitation and whether international courts can sue […]
Recent Scholar returns to Cambridge as assistant professor
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been appointed an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Politics and International Studies at the age of 29 – just one year […]
Piecing together a scientific knowledge puzzle
Zhi-Yu Chen’s research is like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. Zhi-Yu is interested in the cross-cultural exchange of scientific knowledge between Chinese migrants and other communities in Southeast Asia between […]
New book explores future of the Arctic
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has co-written a book about the future of the Arctic which has been praised by the executive director of the Arctic Economic Council for bringing the Arctic […]
