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  2. Russia: Up close | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/russia-up-close
    Thumbnail for Russia: Up close | University of Cambridge 18 May 2013: and Soviet history, culture, politics, economics, and everyday life, including biographies and memoirs. ... Dr Polonsky says: "Together these books show that the political, economic, cultural and social spheres are inseparable.
  3. University Sermon on 'The Christian Movement in Africa' |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/university-sermon-on-the-christian-movement-in-africa
    Thumbnail for University Sermon on 'The Christian Movement in Africa' | University of Cambridge 13 May 2013: David Maxwell has held Visiting Fellowships or Residencies in Australia, Switzerland and Italy, and been an Honorary Fellow at the University of Zimbabwe, at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic
  4. Vice-Chancellor in India with the Prime Minister | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/vice-chancellor-in-india-with-the-prime-minister
    Thumbnail for Vice-Chancellor in India with the Prime Minister | University of Cambridge 15 Mar 2013: The importance of the interaction between economic growth and higher education was underlined with Cambridge cited as a prime exemplar. ... The importance of the interaction between economic growth and higher education was underlined with Cambridge cited
  5. Choices and Responsibility | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/choices-and-responsibility
    Thumbnail for Choices and Responsibility | University of Cambridge 1 Oct 2013: This mutual support is essential for the wellbeing of both the University and the Cambridge Phenomenon, but it also ensures that through partnerships the University directly serves society with economic development
  6. Submission to the Witty Review, May 2013 | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/submission-to-the-witty-review-may-2013
    18 Jul 2013: The purpose of the review was to focus on how universities can drive growth in their areas and for the benefit of the wider UK, and to disseminate knowledge
  7. Vice-Chancellor's New Year Message 2013 | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/notices/news/vice-chancellors-new-year-message-2013
    Thumbnail for Vice-Chancellor's New Year Message 2013 | University of Cambridge 8 Jan 2013: Although the national and international economic situation remains uncertain, we have steered a prudent course through the worst effects of the recession and our own finances remain sound.
  8. Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival 2014 | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/cambridge-series-at-the-hay-festival-2014
    1 Feb 2013: history of conspiracy theories to North Korean politics, underground tunnelling, vanity and greed, the battle of Plataea and why everyone can understand economics.
  9. Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival 2013 | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/news/cambridge-series-at-the-hay-festival-2013
    Thumbnail for Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival 2013 | University of Cambridge 18 Jun 2013: Clare College, debated whether President Obama has learnt the right lessons from FDR's New Deal, with the BBC's economics editor, Stephanie Flanders.
  10. A portrait of a banking calamity | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/a-portrait-of-a-banking-calamity
    Thumbnail for A portrait of a banking calamity | University of Cambridge 14 Mar 2013: had enabled a vigorous economic expansion. ... In the end the 1772-3 financial crisis had few lasting economic effects outside Scotland, where the Ayr Bank mess took decades to resolve.
  11. A response to Methane Mischief: Misleading Commentary Published In…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/a-response-to-methane-mischief-misleading-commentary-published-in-nature
    Thumbnail for A response to Methane Mischief: Misleading Commentary Published In Nature | University of Cambridge 26 Jul 2013: The 25 July post by Jason Samenow on the global economic impacts of methane emissions in the East Siberian Sea portrays the findings of our research as misleading, a statement with
  12. Connecting science and society: much more than a problem of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/connecting-science-and-society-much-more-than-a-problem-of-communication
    Thumbnail for Connecting science and society: much more than a problem of communication | University of Cambridge 3 Oct 2013: We live in an era where there is a greater demand for applied sciences than ever before. Funding agencies and governments require more and more attention to be
  13. Has the nation reached its sell-by date? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/has-the-nation-reached-its-sell-by-date
    Thumbnail for Has the nation reached its sell-by date? | University of Cambridge 9 May 2013: Add to this UKIP, the Scottish referendum, a royal marriage, the EU, educational reform pitched as a part of international economic competition, and the ever-present and seemingly ever-intensifying fear
  14. Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/lessons-from-history-how-europe-did-and-didnt-grow-rich
    Thumbnail for Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich | University of Cambridge 24 Mar 2013: current economic crisis and return to the sustained growth we had begun to take for granted. ... Dr Victoria Bateman is Fellow and College Lecturer in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
  15. Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping | University of …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/loving-beggars-how-to-avoid-the-trap-of-stereotyping
    Thumbnail for Loving beggars: how to avoid the trap of stereotyping | University of Cambridge 8 Aug 2013: As a student of economics, first in Germany and then in the UK, I took part in countless seminars in which poverty was reduced to numbers, statistics, abstract trends. ... The financial crisis confronted me with the impotence of economics and, living in
  16. Meals for one: how eating alone affects the health of the elderly |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/meals-for-one-how-eating-alone-affects-the-health-of-the-elderly
    Thumbnail for Meals for one: how eating alone affects the health of the elderly | University of Cambridge 19 Oct 2013: Her research focuses on the collective of social and economic factors influencing diet and obesity in British older women and men.
  17. “Nudity does not liberate me and I do not need saving” | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/nudity-does-not-liberate-me-and-i-do-not-need-saving
    Thumbnail for “Nudity does not liberate me and I do not need saving” | University of Cambridge 26 Jul 2013: Femen misrepresents the complexity of both individuals and groups. A woman’s identity is shaped by an intricate web of influences – economic, cultural, sexual and religious, to name but a few.
  18. Reporting from Zimbabwe: a family in Bulawayo talks about politics |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-family-in-bulawayo-talks-about-politics
    Thumbnail for Reporting from Zimbabwe: a family in Bulawayo talks about politics | University of Cambridge 10 Aug 2013: crises). Political and economic turmoil resulted in the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 after a five-year period of uncontrollable hyperinflation. ... There is hope among young people who lived through economic collapse; few have witnessed
  19. Reporting from Zimbabwe: a visit to Harare’s biggest township |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-a-visit-to-harares-biggest-township
    Thumbnail for Reporting from Zimbabwe: a visit to Harare’s biggest township | University of Cambridge 17 Aug 2013: In the market, it’s not so evident that this country faced such acute economic crisis only a few years ago. ... They’re full of the rhetoric of ‘indigenization,’ the process that seeks to make black Zimbabweans the dominant economic stakeholders
  20. Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/reporting-from-zimbabwe-why-the-sanctions-must-be-lifted
    Thumbnail for Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted | University of Cambridge 24 Aug 2013: The finger of blame for economic crisis is, therefore, pointed firmly at the West. ... The ultimate problem with sanctions is that they weld economic issues to political ones.
  21. The world is changing: how do we respond? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/the-world-is-changing-how-do-we-respond
    Thumbnail for The world is changing: how do we respond? | University of Cambridge 1 Oct 2013: economics (see below) came together to form the Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment. ... Dr Tiago Cavalcanti (Faculty of Economics). Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown (4CMR and Dept of Land Economy).
  22. Views of the landscape | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/views-of-the-landscape
    Thumbnail for Views of the landscape | University of Cambridge 17 May 2013: But even a most thorough perusal of that book, with its selection of farm accounts and experimental observations collated by Young, the economic aspects of farming and the political and social ... So historians who deal with Young have tended to
  23. We ask the experts: are we working too hard? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-are-we-working-too-hard
    Thumbnail for We ask the experts: are we working too hard? | University of Cambridge 6 Sep 2013: The distribution of work is – and always will be – an economic and societal challenge. ... JM The distribution of work is – and always will be – an economic and societal challenge.
  24. We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-does-society-really-care-about-the-old-and-the-vulnerable
    Thumbnail for We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the vulnerable? | University of Cambridge 28 Oct 2013: Clearly, the economics of care are frightening, and made even more so by the current political and economic dispensation. ... The care crisis is no different, being presented as an economic, not a moral, problem.
  25. We ask the experts: is overseas aid working? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/we-ask-the-experts-is-overseas-aid-working
    Thumbnail for We ask the experts: is overseas aid working? | University of Cambridge 16 Aug 2013: Throughout the world, there is a growing realisation that we cannot achieve economic or environmental sustainability without addressing social inequality, the worst manifestation of which is extreme poverty. ... Whether we're talking about the UK or
  26. A museum for the future | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-museum-for-the-future
    Thumbnail for A museum for the future | University of Cambridge 5 Apr 2013: 1 million insects, 30,000 bird skins, 10,000 sets of eggs and over 3,500 fossil vertebrates: the Museum of Zoology is a treasure-trove of information about the
  27. Amazonia at a crossroads | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/amazonia-at-a-crossroads
    Thumbnail for Amazonia at a crossroads | University of Cambridge 17 Oct 2013: Understanding what management practices can best achieve both economic development and environmental conservation is central to addressing this challenge and shepherding the creation of a more sustainable Amazon.”. ... economic characteristics of
  28. Captain Cook’s Maori paddles: an artefact of encounter | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/captain-cooks-maori-paddles-an-artefact-of-encounter
    Thumbnail for Captain Cook’s Maori paddles: an artefact of encounter | University of Cambridge 22 May 2013: One aim of the project, which is led by Professor Nicholas Thomas and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is to expose variations in patterns of exchange among different ... Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
  29. Cities and how we live in them | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/cities-and-how-we-live-in-them
    Thumbnail for Cities and how we live in them | University of Cambridge 19 Feb 2013: With a background in a range of overlapping disciplines, he is currently professor of sociology at the London School of Economics.
  30. Clickable history | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/clickable-history
    Thumbnail for Clickable history | University of Cambridge 9 May 2013: as the marriage settlement and dowry in 1022 between Namer son of Elkanah and Eudokia daughter of Caleb, which provide social and economic history; and Hebrew manuscripts that contain the date
  31. Comm’portez vous? What phrase books tell us about our past encounters …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/commportez-vous-what-phrase-books-tell-us-about-our-past-encounters
    Thumbnail for Comm’portez vous? What phrase books tell us about our past encounters | University of Cambridge 6 Aug 2013: His close reading of this unique corpus of texts draws on his understanding of the social, economic and political history of the period he covers, which saw an explosion in travel
  32. Down but not out | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/down-but-not-out
    Thumbnail for Down but not out | University of Cambridge 26 Apr 2013: Given that start-up companies are widely regarded as the engine of economic growth, and that each year a small number of new enterprises prove spectacularly successful, these are important questions.
  33. Engineering the Future | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/engineering-the-future
    Thumbnail for Engineering the Future | University of Cambridge 18 Jun 2013: Indeed he and colleagues in the Engineering Department, Judge Business School and Department of Politics and International Studies have recently been awarded funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and
  34. Farming the 'long-necked thing’: moving from cows to camels |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/farming-the-long-necked-thing-moving-from-cows-to-camels
    Thumbnail for Farming the 'long-necked thing’: moving from cows to camels | University of Cambridge 23 Sep 2013: It’s a long and bone-shaking drive from Nairobi to the Marsabit County of northern Kenya. Marsabit has an arid landscape, prone to drought, with dusty lowlands
  35. Getting schooled in the ‘noise’: learning about learning using big…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/getting-schooled-in-the-noise-learning-about-learning-using-big-data
    Thumbnail for Getting schooled in the ‘noise’: learning about learning using big data | University of Cambridge 30 Sep 2013: It’s partly through analysis of these data that we found the massive socio-economic gap at the point of entry into the school system actually worsens through primary. ... The project will start gathering data during pregnancy on everything from blood
  36. How to ask the question and what to do with the answer | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-to-ask-the-question-and-what-to-do-with-the-answer
    Thumbnail for How to ask the question and what to do with the answer | University of Cambridge 25 Feb 2013: Among the new POLIS projects is simultaneous polling across the USA, UK and China to research public perceptions of economic confidence.
  37. Let’s eat cake! Luxury unwrapped | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/lets-eat-cake-luxury-unwrapped
    Thumbnail for Let’s eat cake! Luxury unwrapped | University of Cambridge 29 Jun 2013: I’m not yet sure how possible it is to think about luxury outside economic terms and frameworks.
  38. Life on the divide: the Buriad people and the world’s longest border…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/life-on-the-divide-the-buriad-people-and-the-worlds-longest-border
    Thumbnail for Life on the divide: the Buriad people and the world’s longest border | University of Cambridge 7 Apr 2013: This 2,500-mile long border - and its social, economic and political significance to the people who live on either side - is the subject of a major study currently being undertaken ... pursuing educational and economic opportunities.
  39. On yer bike! | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/on-yer-bike
    Thumbnail for On yer bike! | University of Cambridge 30 Oct 2013: With funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the Medical Research Council, Woodcock is leading two additional projects to address the problem of how to achieve the necessary behaviour
  40. Out of the ashes of Empire | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/out-of-the-ashes-of-empire
    Thumbnail for Out of the ashes of Empire | University of Cambridge 12 Feb 2013: only to that area’s growing economic importance, but also to the  increasing significance of its politics.
  41. Pirate utopias: a history of digital distribution | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/pirate-utopias-a-history-of-digital-distribution
    Thumbnail for Pirate utopias: a history of digital distribution | University of Cambridge 30 Apr 2013: Indeed, the power of anonymity in the networked hive, as displayed by BitTorrent, is being increasingly embraced by political activism in the wake of economic meltdown. ... Dr James Allen-Robertson is currently based at the Cambridge-INET Institute in
  42. Playing croquet with the examiner: “he was much like other people” |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/playing-croquet-with-the-examiner-he-was-much-like-other-people
    Thumbnail for Playing croquet with the examiner: “he was much like other people” | University of Cambridge 26 Sep 2013: Her [candidate] no was 1540.”. There is no record of any reply from John Neville Keynes (whose son John Maynard Keynes went on to change the face of economics) but the
  43. Putting a price on our future | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/putting-a-price-on-our-future
    Thumbnail for Putting a price on our future | University of Cambridge 7 Oct 2013: We’re trying to put a real economic value on natural resources.” Production of many mass market consumables, from beer to chocolate, takes advantage of many natural resources that aren’t
  44. Scrubbing up: preparing hospitals for climate change | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/scrubbing-up-preparing-hospitals-for-climate-change
    Thumbnail for Scrubbing up: preparing hospitals for climate change | University of Cambridge 13 Nov 2013: The last government’s plan was to replace the NHS Estate with a suite of new hospitals but the 2008 economic collapse put an end to that.
  45. Shedding light on forests | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/shedding-light-on-forests
    Thumbnail for Shedding light on forests | University of Cambridge 21 May 2013: Forests are essential for life on earth. They provide a habitat for a myriad of different plant and animal species – too numerous to count but certainly
  46. Sleeping sickness by stealth | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/sleeping-sickness-by-stealth
    Thumbnail for Sleeping sickness by stealth | University of Cambridge 4 Feb 2013: Sleeping sickness threatens millions of lives in sub-Saharan countries and, because it also affects cattle, is a major contributor to economic hardship.
  47. Sustaining flood-prone Venice | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/sustaining-flood-prone-venice
    Thumbnail for Sustaining flood-prone Venice | University of Cambridge 9 Oct 2013: Science was not enough,” said Kennel. “It was equally crucial to take into account the social, economic and political considerations bearing upon Venice’s decisions about the Lagoon.”. ... Venice and its Lagoon illustrate the complexity of the
  48. Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age' |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/text-and-the-message-russias-early-information-age
    Thumbnail for Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age' | University of Cambridge 25 Sep 2013: This not only had consequences for the economics of printing (by contrast with the rapid proliferation of commercial printers in Western Europe), but also lent the technology itself an aura of
  49. 'The honour of the snow-mountains is the snow…' | University…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-honour-of-the-snow-mountains-is-the-snow
    Thumbnail for 'The honour of the snow-mountains is the snow…' | University of Cambridge 31 Oct 2013: Diemberger explained: “In a world in which the conceptual models that inform decision makers are increasingly determined by scientific investigation, politics and economics, we asked is there a space for the
  50. Time for plan bee | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/time-for-plan-bee
    Thumbnail for Time for plan bee | University of Cambridge 3 Oct 2013: By carrying pollen from one plant to another, bees and other insects contribute to plant reproduction in almost 90% of our wild plants, and around 30% of our
  51. Tuning into the melody of speech | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/tuning-into-the-melody-of-speech
    Thumbnail for Tuning into the melody of speech | University of Cambridge 15 Oct 2013: With funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, Post and her co-investigator, neuroscientist Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis, conducted a four-year study combining experimental tasks with the latest MRI

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