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How birds adapt to human-modified environments
What helps birds adapt to human-modified environments and can they be trained to do so? While experts have talked about the importance of behavioural flexibility for some time, as expressed […]
Studying history in tumultuous times
Mike Martin has both studied history and been involved in historic developments in his home country, Russia. Mike [2025] was forced to flee Russia after the invasion of Ukraine when, […]
Kasun Kariyawasam hailed as bridge engineering rising star
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been selected as one of 17 winners of the New Civil Engineer Bridges Awards 2025 by New Civil Engineer. Kasun Kariyawasam won the Bridge Engineer […]
Why cancer needs to be reframed, not renamed
Cancer needs to be reframed rather than renamed in order to reduce overtreatment, a Gates Cambridge Scholar argues in a new article. In The Power of the ‘C’ word’, published by […]
Uncovering the complex layers of history in the Middle East
Noam Perl Treves’ PhD will explore Muslim-Jewish relations in 20th century Yemen, focusing on the country’s rural regions. The history of Yemeni Jews has been shaped by tribality, geographical dispersion […]
Climate diplomacy and just transitions: who pays for the future?
Three Gates Cambridge Scholars discussed climate diplomacy and just transition at a 25th anniversary Gates Cambridge Weekend on Saturday. The panel, chaired by Gates Cambridge Provost Eilis Ferran, covered the […]
Meaning well and doing well
Elijah Darden was brought up with a strong sense of health inequalities and an awareness that multiple approaches affect wellbeing. Through his MPhil in Population Health Sciences, he is keen […]
Politics and law impact: Gates Cambridge at 25
This month’s 25th anniversary impact feature focuses on politics and law. The last 25 years have seen major political change across the world and Gates Cambridge Scholars have been working […]
Global South voices ‘marginalised in AI Ethics’
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is first author of a paper how AI Ethics is sidelining Global South voices, reinforcing marginalisation. The study, Distributive Epistemic Injustice in AI Ethics: A Co-productionist […]
First FRS for Gates Cambridge
Professor Alessio Ciulli has become the first Gates Cambridge Scholar to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society [FRS]. Professor Ciulli, the founder and Director of the University of […]
