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Read more at: NERC Call for ideas for highlight topics (deadline: 15th May 2018)

NERC Call for ideas for highlight topics (deadline: 15th May 2018)

11 January 2018

NERC is inviting the environmental science community to submit new ideas for highlight topics.


Read more at: Nature Sustainability's inaugural issue

Nature Sustainability's inaugural issue

10 January 2018

Sustainability research provides significant insights into the ways people and the natural world are connected. It is the mission of Nature Sustainability to showcase this kind of understanding to help its way into policy, solutions and everyday debates. Its first issue focuses on "Foresting degraded landscapes".


Read more at: MRC celebrates 70 years of global health research in The Gambia

MRC celebrates 70 years of global health research in The Gambia

4 January 2018

A symposium last month, to mark the 70th anniversary of MRC Unit The Gambia, revealed how much progress has been made in global health – and how much remains to be done. Pauline Mullin, the MRC’s Partnership Communications Manager for the unit, was there to find out.


Read more at: Providing a legal identity with digital data

Providing a legal identity with digital data

14 December 2017

A personal legal identity is crucial for accessing benefits and services, and is seen as a key driver for prosperity in developing countries. A digital identification system based on behavioural data can provide a legal identity for people in underdeveloped countries.


Read more at: The nutritionist investigating the effect of HIV treatments on mothers and babies

The nutritionist investigating the effect of HIV treatments on mothers and babies

13 December 2017

When Florence Nabwire didn’t get funding for medical school, she decided to train as a nutritionist. She excelled and went on to set up a pioneering nutrition education scheme at 72 health centres in rural Uganda. Her research as a PhD student at Cambridge focuses on nutrition and HIV — especially in mothers and babies.


Read more at: Report highlights opportunities and risks associated with synthetic biology and bioengineering

Report highlights opportunities and risks associated with synthetic biology and bioengineering

13 December 2017

Human genome editing, 3D-printed replacement organs and artificial photosynthesis – the field of bioengineering offers great promise for tackling the major challenges that face our society. But as a new article out today highlights, these developments provide both opportunities and risks in the short and long term.


Read more at: In praise of openness – Vice-Chancellor's blog

In praise of openness – Vice-Chancellor's blog

13 December 2017

Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Toope shares the first in a series of regular posts collecting some of his thoughts on our University and its future.


Read more at: Rebuild by Design: Insights for building forward with resilience

Rebuild by Design: Insights for building forward with resilience

7 December 2017

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the New Jersey coastline and swept into the New York City Metropolitan Region as a tropical storm. Instead of building back to the status quo, which had been the standard operating procedure in the United States, Rebuild by Design was an experiment in building “forward” to what communities will need for the future.


Read more at: Research with children and young people

Research with children and young people

6 December 2017

A guide drawing on a recent synthesis of research outputs focusing on children and young people from the ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation highlights research that directly engaged young people, through peer research and participatory practice for example, or looked at the factors that enable (or indeed inhibit) their ability to influence what happens in their lives.


Read more at: Climate change, migration and displacement: the need for a risk-informed and coherent approach

Climate change, migration and displacement: the need for a risk-informed and coherent approach

6 December 2017

A report published by Shaping Policy for Development presents an overview of the current evidence base on the complex relationships between climate change and human mobility.


Welcome to Cambridge Global Challenges

Cambridge Global Challenges is the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) of the University of Cambridge that aims to enhance the contribution of its research towards addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, with a particular focus on the poorest half of the world’s population.

 

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