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Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, where he helped to establish and became the first Head of a new Department of Politics and International Studies. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning. A Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute and of the Academy of Social Sciences, she has been chief executive of a local authority, head of University school of planning and landscape, a senior adviser on local government in central government and a consultant.
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Eben Kirksey, author of The Mutant Project, is an American anthropologist and Associate Professor at Alfred Deakin Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He is sought out as an expert on science in society by many media outlets and speaks widely at the world’s leading academic institutions, music festivals, art exhibits, and community events.
Rebecca Willis, one of the driving forces behind Climate Assembly UK and author of Too Hot to Handle?, is featured in the BBC Woman’s Hour Power List 2020, celebrating 30 inspiring women whose work is making a significant positive contribution to the environment and the sustainability of our planet.
Read about the power listPart of our COVID Collection, this topical book by Janice Morphet explores how the public perception of the decentralized governments has changed during the #pandemic
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In this article, @shamsersinha argues that #sociology’s methodology strips the humanity from its research subjects. It should look to #theatre’s multisensory recognition of ourselves in others that gets lost in the journey from interview to analysis.
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"Please try and use your local bookshop in whatever ways you can. If we lose these assets, our culture and our lives will be desperately and irreparably diminished" Alan Leitch, Chairman of @CompassAcademic, on the importance of bookshops
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