Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
‘Prebunking’ on YouTube in the Fight Against Misinformation
From the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine, misinformation is rife worldwide. Many tools have been designed to help people spot […]
A Social Scientist, A Syrian Refugee – and Now a Fringe Festival Act Reclaiming Her Story
To expose the double standards that exist both at the UK border and in the media’s portrayal of refugees, Lina Fadel took to the stage for a one-woman show.
Developing Engaging Street Theatre from Interview Materials
This blog post builds on the introduction to spatially-led video interviews. This article outlines the process of taking such digital material and working with writers, dramatists and performers to develop site-specific theatre. Over two workshop days we worked through ways to represent how everyday life changed during the 1960s in Newport, a city in Wales.
Thinking About Thinking: The Nexus of Neuroscience, Psychology and AI Research
The authors have identified a convergence among architectures, reflecting a combination of neural, behavioral and computational studies and so have begun a communitywide effort to capture this convergence.
What Do We Know About Entrepreneurship and Peace? And What Do We Need to Find Out?
As violent conflicts become both more pervasive and more localized, a better understanding of how entrepreneurship and peace interact in conflict zones will prove most useful.
Pathways to Foster Employee Engagement Towards Sustainability
How can organizations get their members to engage in sustainability practices? The authors outlines several mechanisms.
Can a Mathematical Model Spot a Liar?
Besides our own critical faculties, is there a mathematical model that could help us unravel disinformation? Dorje C. Brody suggests there may be.
Using Video to Facilitate and Record Spatially-Led Interviews
In this first of a series of three blog posts, geographer Aled Singleton reflects on his research experience of taking the very naturalistic and low-tech concept of walking conversations and outdoor events into a digital form.
