Counting the cost of fashion’s carbon footprint
In many parts of the world these days garments are bought purely as fashion items, and discarded after just a few months or years. But as the global population grows and personal wealth levels increas...
10 Juni 202422min
Why female students at an inner London school are seeing scientists in a different light
Draw a Scientist is a test developed in 1983 to explore children’s perspectives of scientists and how stereotypical views can emerge at an early age, influenced both by popular culture and how STEM su...
6 Juni 202417min
Using live transport data to deliver sustainable cities
Lynette Cheah’s research group collaborates with psychologists, computer scientists and urban designers to develop smarter and more sustainable ways of city transportation. “We can’t have sustainable ...
3 Juni 202416min
How artificial intelligence is helping to identify global inequalities
Francisco Ferreira’s first exposure to inequality of opportunity was during his daily ride to school in São Paulo, Brazil, and seeing children his age selling chewing gum on the streets. Ferreira, a f...
27 Maj 202427min
Infrastructure projects need to demonstrate a return on investment
Power networks are humankind’s biggest engineering achievement to date, says Sinan Küfeoğlu. But ageing infrastructure in advanced industrialised economies, coupled with the fact that around one billi...
20 Maj 202421min
Decent work for all: why multinationals need a helping hand
In Kenya, where Moses Ngoze teaches entrepreneurship and management at Masinde Muliro University in Kakamega, micro, small and medium enterprises provide 75% of jobs and more than 80% of the country’s...
13 Maj 202415min
How artificial intelligence is helping Ghana plan for a renewable energy future
Julien Harou’s career started in geology in his current role as a water management and infrastructure researcher now straddles economics and engineering, with a particular focus on using artificial in...
7 Maj 202423min
How a young physicist’s job move helped Argentina join the ATLAS collaboration
María Teresa Dova describes how an early career move to CERN as the first Latin American scientist to join Europe’s organisation for nuclear research ultimately benefited both her but also the researc...
15 Apr 202421min
