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Broader response to pandemic needed in complex emergencies
Although the impact of Covid-19 on people’s health in Somalia remains unclear, its effect on their daily lives, income and livelihoods was significant, making the country less able to withstand […]
Scholar named emerging leader in dementia research
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been recognised as an Emerging Leader in dementia research by the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI). Dr Julie Qiaojin Lin [2013] has been named […]
The Scholar 2021 goes live
The 2021 edition of The Scholar, the Gates Cambridge magazine, is now out and celebrates the scholarship’s 20th anniversary with many of the articles focused on the theme of memory. […]
‘People more afraid of catching Covid-19 are more judgemental’
Researchers studying how we make moral judgements have found that people more concerned about catching Covid-19 were more disapproving of the wrong-doings of others, whatever they were doing wrong. The […]
How journalists respond to anti-media populism
Many journalists have adopted a policy of leaning to the right in the face of anti-media populism, according to a new study based on the situation in Israel. The study, […]
A shared history of ideas
Nick Posegay has just been awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Cambridge’s Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for a project on “Interfaith Exchange in the Intellectual History […]
Policy for a green recovery
Christian Boehm [2013] has had a busy year. In 2019 he joined Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research to help build a sustainable bioeconomy based on renewable resources and […]
Data science with a social mission
Diana Pirjol [2011], did her MPhil in Public Health and is now Executive Director of the Human Data Insight (HDI) Group, a next generation of data analytics and data science […]
From Plant Sciences to biotech start-ups
From an early age, Vaibhav Bhardwaj [2012] was taught the value of attention to detail and of using every opportunity to learn more about how the world works. His Biology […]
Closing gender gaps for good
How has Covid affected gender equality and what can we do to bridge the widening gap? On Tuesday three outstanding scholars in the area and Anita Zaidi, president of the […]
