In low-income countries such as Togo, small-holder farmers often have to resort to unsustainable forest and land management practices, such as clearing forested land and cutting down trees for cooking fuel, in order to meet their basic needs. As high …

In 1929, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. The importance of this first antibiotic was not fully realised until the early 1940s, when large-scale manufacturing processes were developed. The impact is momentous: on top of saving millions of lives, it has added …

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This Ideas Exchange explored the different reasons people give for keeping diaries and the impediments that sometimes prevent diary-writing, particularly amongst professional people who often say they do not have the time. They investigated what …

Beaufort, South Carolina, and Bristol share a number of characteristics. They might be 4,000 miles apart, but the two cities share a common ground in terms of their histories – and potential futures.

Perhaps the most important similarity between the …

Cannabis use is a public health concern; frequent adolescent cannabis use can have negative impacts on mental health, academic achievement, and wellbeing across the life course. In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Children and Families, by the age of 25, …

Play makes us human. We play to have fun, to socialise, to learn, to destress, and to exercise. There are 2.3 billion active gamers in the world who generate US$137.9 billion in revenue for the gaming industry every year. Video …

“When stepping into the VR environment, I was struck by the visual clarity of the space, I noticed a felt and heightened sense being within a three-dimensional world and I had a strong felt sense of this within my own …

In 2018 (Feb-Oct), this project team was awarded an Immersive Experience ‘development grant’ from the AHRC/EPSRC for ‘A Sense of Place: Exploring Nature and Wellbeing through the Non-Visual Senses. This grant involved ‘crowdsourcing’ responses (with local communities and online) and …

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This Ideas Exchange designed and produce a wordless children’s picture book titled ‘Together’ in collaboration with a professional illustrator. This picture book will be used as a research stimulus to explore how children (4-10 years …