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The Rohingya genocide and southeast Asian responses (2022)
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International efforts to secure justice and accountability for the alleged genocide against the Rohingya are underway. Southeast Asian states have conspicuously neglected to engage with questions of justice and accountability in their approach to the... Read More about The Rohingya genocide and southeast Asian responses.

Guide to running a youth climate cafe (2022)
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In 2022 researchers Sara-Jayne Williams and Rosamund Portus from the University of the West of England Bristol (UWE Bristol) collaborated with student interns Sadie Barnes and Mariana Fidalgo, as well as Youth Action Partner members, to develop a gui... Read More about Guide to running a youth climate cafe.

Conversation #48: The radical right threat to cities and communities (2022)
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This short article examines the growing influence of right-wing parties on local politics in Europe. It suggests that the rise of the radical right is not, as some commentators have claimed, a new phenomenon. Rather, the article explains that right... Read More about Conversation #48: The radical right threat to cities and communities.

Clean water for all (2022)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimated that, as of 2020, 2 billion people across the globe did not have access to safely managed drinking water.

Ideally, safely managed drinking water should b... Read More about Clean water for all.

Review of year three of the climate emergency action plan. Report for South Gloucestershire Council (2022)
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The University of the West of England supports South Gloucestershire Council in their Climate Emergency work through a University Advisory Group. This group meets monthly with representatives of South Gloucestershire Council’s Climate Emergency Team... Read More about Review of year three of the climate emergency action plan. Report for South Gloucestershire Council.

The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction (2022)
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, a curious news story was circulated. This story reported that, following the Queen’s death, the royal beekeeper had paid an official visit to the hives at Buckingham Palace to inform the ho... Read More about The Stories We Tell: Exploring the Folklore of Bees in an Age of Extinction.

Economic growth Swedish style (2022)
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This article suggests that, if the UK central government wants to bring about strong economic growth, whilst also levelling up the country, it should draw lessons from countries that have already done this. The example set out is Sweden. This count... Read More about Economic growth Swedish style.

The indirect impact of COVID-19 on the life of animals (2022)
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing major health crisis that is the result of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, China during December 2019; many patients were initially reported with pneumonia and later the cause was foun... Read More about The indirect impact of COVID-19 on the life of animals.

Applications of nanosensor technology for the plant sciences (2022)
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The detection of analytes is optically difficult in planta due to tissue thickness and the presence of photosynthetic pigments in plant tissues. Nanosensors are well-suited for the detection of analytes as they are easily embedded in plant tissues. T... Read More about Applications of nanosensor technology for the plant sciences.

Project your daughters? Why not educate your sons? (2022)
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Key overview piece for Prof Michael Floods (Queensland University Austraila) online resource around sexual violence prevention and men. www.XYonline.net

A systems approach to tackling severe and multiple disadvantage (2022)
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ILA Fellow Richard Bolden discusses his work leading an independent evaluation of Bristol Golden Key, a collaborative partnership project designed to transform services for people with multiple complex needs such as homelessness and substance misuse.... Read More about A systems approach to tackling severe and multiple disadvantage.

The metaverse as a new frontier for the internet: Verity McIntosh (2022)
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Following on in the series, Digital Democracies:Voices, Practices, Stories, Futures, curated by Donna Close and Prof Helen Kennedy, is an interview with Verity McIntosh about the metaverse as a new frontier for the internet.

The series aims to off... Read More about The metaverse as a new frontier for the internet: Verity McIntosh.

Developing concept system for robotics open heart surgery (2022)
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Research interests in the healthcare field have for some time been growing within CFPR. A connection with Dr Muhammad Bilal from UWE’s Big Data Enterprise and Artificial Intelligence Lab is, in particular, developing some promising healthcare researc... Read More about Developing concept system for robotics open heart surgery.

Embedding analogue film practises in digital filmmaking (2022)
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My taught practice is concerned with the concept of physical film and analogue projection equipment as a pathway for film making students to understand how past pedagogies influence both present and future production styles. In the physical examinati... Read More about Embedding analogue film practises in digital filmmaking.

Greg Clark should return to his old devolution diagnosis (2022)
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This short Opinion article is a contribution to the so-called 'levelling up' debate in the UK. In early July 2022 the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP was appointed to the post of Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The article remind... Read More about Greg Clark should return to his old devolution diagnosis.

Successful public protest (2022)
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In June 2020 the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston, a prolific Bristol slave trader, attracted international headlines. This short article follows up on this remarkable event and discusses the trial, in January 2022, of the four anti-racism c... Read More about Successful public protest.

What does direct election deliver? (2022)
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This short article for the Bristol Ideas website is a contribution to the public debate about whether or not to retain the directly elected mayor model of governance in our city. It explains how the direct election process has three main benefits.

Command responsibility and the Ukraine conflict (2022)
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Was Russia’s Attack on the Maternity Hospital in Mariupol a Violation of International Humanitarian Law? (2022)
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Build back better… with care and compassion (2022)
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As governments and organisations around the world seek to “build back better” from the Covid-19 pandemic, Richard Bolden stresses the importance of making time and space for recovery — where leaders and others can experience the care and compassion n... Read More about Build back better… with care and compassion.