Press Releases
‘Risk’ prize recognises research by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ physics Professor into economic damages of climate change
Research that shed light on the economic impacts of climate change that was co-authored by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ physicists has been awarded a 2021 Lloyd’s Science of Risk prize in the Climate Change category.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ of 1.5 million British people shows BMI cut-offs for obesity and diabetes risk do not work for non-white populations
New analysis by team including ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers shows current BMI cut-offs for type 2 diabetes risk do not work for UK’s diverse population
Disability gap in young people’s post-16 destinations and employment outcomes revealed by new analysis
Important differences in the post-16 pathways of disabled young people compared to those of their non-disabled peers have been revealed in a new working paper from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers. The working paper also documents the impact of different types of disabilities, and shows that disability inequalities in post-16 destinations and economic activity in early adulthood are also influenced by social class, ethnicity, and gender.
New report co-authored by Dr Paul Coleman and Dr Oyinlola Oyebode of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Medical School and the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Obesity Network calls for expansion of free school meals, healthy food voucher scheme and end to environmentally harmful foods
Teamwork in the Covid-19 Zone
A new video offering practical strategies to medical teams as they adapt to working in restrictive Level 3 PPE has been released today by the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and the University Hospitals Coventry and ¹û¶³´«Ã½shire NHS Trust. The video is believed to be the first resource of its type and draws on empirical research between Sociolinguistics and Emergency Medicine studying the negotiation of leadership and teamwork in trauma settings.
¹û¶³´«Ã½ international relations researcher awarded major grant to study Latin America’s contributions to the development of global norms and institutions
The ways in which Latin American states shaped, and were themselves in turn shaped by, the development of the complex of international norms, institutions, and practices that help structure world politics will be better understood thanks to a new research grant won by Dr Tom Long of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Department of Politics and International studies, and Dr Carsten-Andreas Schulz, an assistant professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Chile.