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Mapping dementia research in the UK
No full textDementia remains the leading cause of death in the UK, with significant impacts on families, health and social care systems, and on the economy, with annual costs estimated at £42 billion. Approximately one million people currently live with dementia in the UK, a figure projected to rise by between 40% and 70% by 2040, underscoring the urgent need for effective research and interventions
The 30 by 30 biodiversity commitment and financial disclosure: metrics matter
No full textThe Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commits nearly 200 nations to protect 30% of their territories. Given financial constraints, the ‘easiest’ approach to comply would be to protect the cheapest areas. But what would this mean for biodiversity conservation, and how could financial disclosure support — or undermine — success? We showcase and discuss the biological and financial consequences of area protection and restoration selected under various metrics, and highlight the potential of emerging approaches powered by artificial intelligence to guide biodiversity conservation. Through extensive simulations, we show that spatial restoration planning using the CAPTAIN model (Conservation Area Prioritization through Artificial Intelligence) can lead to substantial improvements in predicted outcomes across a wide range of biodiversity metrics. Corporate disclosure provides a common mechanism for reducing environmental damage and increasing conservation, but is often dependent on simplistic and suboptimal metrics, which can lead to significantly lower benefits to nature compared with more comprehensive approaches. Alternative methodologies, building upon technological and computational advances and developed through collaboration between economists, biologists, and data scientists, can provide more cost-effective mechanisms to improve biodiversity outcomes and support implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework
2305P Are European healthcare systems prepared for a potential rapid rise in radioligand therapy eligible patient numbers?
No full textCoethnics covote in Africa: studying electoral cleavages with a covoting regression model
No full textEthnicity is an important cleavage in Africa, yet its influence on voting is contested. Selection biases from restricted choice sets complicate micro-level analyses, while bias from ecological inferences and unobserved confounders hamper meso and macro-level approaches. Our new Covoting Regression (CVR) tackles several of these challenges. It estimates the effect of coethnicity on the probability that pairs of voters covote for the same party/candidate while conditioning on other characteristics shared between them. Thereby, CVR mirrors the micro-foundations of widely-used aggregate indicators, such as the Herfindahl-Hirschman indices of party concentration and ethnic homogeneity. Our data consists of dyadic comparisons between respondents from Afrobarometer surveys. Pooling across 28 countries, coethnicity increases covoting intentions by 17 percentage points. The effect of coethnicity is partially driven by politically relevant groups and covoting for ethnic parties. It is consistent across institutionally diverse countries and at least five times larger than that of other cleavages. Beyond ethnicity, we address key issues in studying electoral consequences of socio-economic cleavages and bridge gaps between levels of analysis
Food choices and religion: the case of the United Arab Emirates
No full textThis study investigates meat consumption patterns in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing on the intersection of cultural, religious, and environmental factors. Through qualitative in-depth interviews with 17 participants of diverse nationalities and religions, the research explores how dietary habits are shaped by religious beliefs, cultural traditions, health perceptions, and climate change awareness. The findings reveal that while participants are generally aware of the health risks and environmental impacts associated with high meat intake, their consumption habits vary significantly. Religious dietary laws, particularly Islamic and Hindu restrictions, strongly influence these behaviors, while younger, educated individuals show greater environmental awareness and willingness to reduce meat consumption. The study emphasizes the importance of culturally sensitive public health campaigns and educational initiatives that integrate religious practices with health and sustainability goals. By incorporating these insights into policy frameworks, stakeholders can promote healthier and more sustainable eating habits in the UAE, contributing to broader public health and environmental objectives
How to use poetry in the workplace
Get PDFResearchers use poetry to understand workers’ personal and emotional workplace experiences and the managerial practices that underlie them
Art as knowledge – why research needs a non-aligned revolution
Get PDFAcross disciplines and to varying degrees research traditions are built on different hierarchies of knowledge. These traditions often exclude or relegate artistic ways of knowing to the margins. Drawing on political theories of non-alignment, Annalena Oppel argues universities should take a more plural approach to art as research
“Life continues, even in 1941, even in the middle of war” - Indignity by Lea Ypi
Get PDFIndignity: A life Reimagined by Lea Ypi explores the period of transition between the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Enver Hoxha’s communist regime in Albania through the lens of personal family history. The book began when Ypi came upon a photo of her grandparents honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 when she thought all such records had been destroyed. Below, read an extract from the book’s prologue about the discovery of the photograph and the unsettling questions it prompted for Ypi about the gaps in her understanding of her grandmother’s life. Indignity: A Life Reimagined. Lea Ypi. Allen Lane. 2025
Beyond economic growth - the case for researching alternatives
Get PDFAs the ESRC, the UK’s leading social science funder, moves to deprioritise research on economic models beyond growth, Imogen Hamilton-Jones and Catarina Heeckt defend the academic legitimacy and societal relevance of post-growth thinking. In a time of ecological crisis and economic inequality, the authors argue that closing off inquiry into alternatives to GDP growth is not just anti-scientific but dangerously regressive
The Broadwater Farm riots, 40 years on
Get PDFThe Broadwater Farm riots in north London were at the forefront of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Forty years on, Roxana Willis recounts the social and political context to the events through the testimony of Sharon Grant, and outlines the lessons for confronting racial injustice in Britain today