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Read more at: Building research and policy capacities and capabilities for health and healthcare in conflict zones and humanitarian crises

Building research and policy capacities and capabilities for health and healthcare in conflict zones and humanitarian crises

Two billion people across the world live in areas of conflict and fragility. This has led to the greatest forced migration crisis since the Second World War. The impact of this migration crisis includes socio-economic, political and environmental change in neighbouring frontline countries. There is now specific concern...


Read more at: Targeting of Syrian healthcare as ‘weapon of war’ sets dangerous precedent, say researchers

Targeting of Syrian healthcare as ‘weapon of war’ sets dangerous precedent, say researchers

15 March 2017: As new estimates of death toll for health workers are published, experts say the deliberate and systematic attacks on the healthcare infrastructure in Syria – primarily by government forces – expose shortcomings in international responses to health needs in conflict. It is vital that the international...


Read more at: Enabling Civilian Witnesses to Report Human Rights Abuses

Enabling Civilian Witnesses to Report Human Rights Abuses

08 March 2017: Social Media now provides a global platform for sharing first-hand ‘evidence’ of human rights violations. For civilian witnesses living in remote or isolated locations, social media may be the only lifeline open to them. But how can we distinguish authentic reports from propaganda, hoaxes and digital...


Read more at: Database protecting UK migrants in EU from Brexit ‘misinformation’ to be built by Cambridge researchers

Database protecting UK migrants in EU from Brexit ‘misinformation’ to be built by Cambridge researchers

22 February 2017: Urgent requirement for channels of timely and reliable information to be developed targeting UK-born people living on the continent, say researchers – before life-changing decisions get made rashly in a milieu of rumour and speculation. UK citizens abroad need to be empowered to make sound, informed...


Read more at: IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds

IMF lending conditions curb healthcare investment in West Africa, study finds

11 January 2017: Research shows budget reduction targets and public sector caps, insisted on by the IMF as loan conditions, result in reduced health spending and medical ‘brain drain’ in developing West African nations. We show that the IMF has undermined health systems – a legacy of neglect that affects West Africa’s...


Read more at: Dish Life: a Cambridge Shorts film

Dish Life: a Cambridge Shorts film

21 November 2016: Science is demanding as well as exciting. Dish Life , the final of four Cambridge Shorts films, compares the task of raising stem cells in the lab to the challenge of looking after a gang of unruly kids. In conversation with real-life children, scientists show how tricky it is to work with these ‘super...


Read more at: The Whistle: verifying digital evidence of human rights violations

The Whistle: verifying digital evidence of human rights violations

12 October 2016: Smartphones and social media have made it easy for accidental witnesses “in the wrong place at the wrong time” to capture and share violations and crimes. But how can we tell what’s real and what’s fake? For human rights NGOs, credibility can be lost in a moment if the evidence they are using for advocacy...


Read more at: When is a book not a book?

When is a book not a book?

10 October 2016: The e-book has made continued inroads into the publishing world but the printed book has defied predictions of its death. Research by Professor John Thompson focuses on the challenges facing the publishing industry as it embraces the opportunities afforded by the digital revolution. By looking at what is...


Read more at: Talkin' 'bout a revolution: how to make the digital world work for us

Talkin' 'bout a revolution: how to make the digital world work for us

03 October 2016: The digital revolution is one of the great social transformations of our time. How can we make the most of it, and also minimise and manage its risks? Jon Crowcroft and John Thompson discuss the challenges as we commence a month-long focus on ‘digital society’. There is no better moment to bring together...


Read more at: When beauty matters: the politics of how we look

When beauty matters: the politics of how we look

25 August 2016: Questions of beauty and its politics will be discussed at a summer school and conference next week (30 August to 3 September 2016). Participants will examine the ways in which perceptions and experiences of race, ethnicity, sexuality and colonialism converge to exert powerful influences on our lives. We...