Cambridge Core BlogTechnologies of indecision and ambiguity
Referencing his article in the latest issue of the European Journal of International Security (EIS), Rune Saugmann writes on ‘military techno-vision’.…
Archive for October 2019
Battling Glyphosate-Resistant Kochia: Research shows sugarbeet growers must think beyond herbicides
Kochia has become one of the most problematic weeds in the U.S. – now resistant to at least four herbicide sites of action.…
Inside the DMZ: Exploring Militarized Masculinities Through Visual Autoethnography
Referencing his article in the latest issue of the European Journal of International Security, Professor Roland Bleiker examines how everyday aesthetic sensibilities can open up new ways of thinking about security dilemmas.…
Lost in Revision: Gender Symbolism in Vision 3 and Similitude 9 of the Shepherd of Hermas
Until 30th November 2019 get FREE access to Lora Walsh’s full article ‘Lost in Revision: Gender Symbolism in Vision 3 and Similitude 9 of the Shepherd of Hermas’ from Harvard Theological Review, Volume 112, Issue 4 If you’re a writer, how long do you spend in the revision stage?…
Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in History
This special issue of Business History Review uses medieval, 19th century and 20th century examples to show that the union of entrepreneurship and philanthropy has a long history.
Focus on Neurodiversity: How can employment practices be transformed to be inclusive for all individuals?
The last decade has seen a remarkable opening of new job opportunities for people who are neurodiverse – a subset of the general population that historically has experienced un- and underemployment rates as high as 85–90%.…
Closing the yield gap: Why localised analysis matters
The population in Central America is rising rapidly, but staple crop production seems unable to keep up with increasing food demand.…
Watch: Simulating turbulence over canopies to improve air quality
By improving our understanding of turbulent flow over canopies we can design better cities to improve air quality. This is just one of the applications of the work of Alfredo Pinelli, a professor at City University of London working on Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of turbulence.…
The ‘ideal’ diplomat: the role of Irish women at the League of Nations and United Nations, 1923-76
Using the League of Nations and United Nations as case studies, my article identifies the women involved in Irish diplomacy and the roles they undertook between 1923 and 1976.
Why submit a Registered Report?
I was first approached about editing at Evolutionary Human Sciences (EHS) at the EHBEA meeting in Pecs, Hungary. I’d recently started submitting my own Registered Reports (RRs) and was enthusiastic about helping to spread what I was finding to be an incredibly valuable new format for doing and reporting science.…
Watch: Building Squid and Octopus Robots for Underwater Exploration
Current underwater vehicles are rigid in structure which limits their suitability for many tasks required for ocean exploration. Francesco Giorgio-Serchi is working with a team at the University of Southampton to design new robots based on squids and octopuses that are made entirely from silicone.…
European Psychiatry: Embracing the Open Future
European Psychiatry is the official journal of the European Psychiatric Association. Launched in 1986 by Patrice Boyer, Julien-Daniel Guelfi and Yves Lecrubier, European Psychiatry has achieved a dynamic presence in the field by publishing cutting-edge clinical and biological research, by disseminating key policy and guidance documents and by stimulating and fostering debate amongst all stakeholders in mental health and neuroscience.…