2018

Delivering Sexual Harassment: Professor Jo Brewis from our School of Business explores the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment. When strangers know phone numbers and addresses, how safe can women be?
Call Me By Your Name – and why love and friendship were better understood in premodern times: In an article for The Conversation, Dr David Clark discusses how Oscar-nominated film Call Me By Your Name offers positive messages and profoundly premodern meditations on friendship
Are some cultures less trusting than others?: In an article for The Conversation, Drs Eva Krockow, Andrew Colman and Briony Pulford discuss how different cultures do not necessarily differ in the amount of trust but in the type of trust that they display
Anthill 22: Sex: Professor Teela Sanders features in episode of The Conversation's podcast discussing the Beyond the Gaze project
Body beautiful: in search of 18th-century male ideal: Dr Sarah Goldsmith talks about her work which focuses on the history of masculinity and the 18th-century
Facebook data: why ethical reviews matter in academic research: Dr Natasha Whiteman discusses how the review process provides a forced opportunity to pause and reflect on the potential risks and challenges of research
Why the 2018 heatwave will not be as bad as 1976 for your fruit and vegetables: In an article for The Conversation, Professor John Martin discusses how the current heatwave is unlikely to cause the price hikes of 1976 for a number of reasons
Banning sex work advertising online will put sex workers in danger: In an article for The Conversation, Professor Teela Sanders discusses how sex work using the internet is safer for sex workers and easier to police – why would MPs want to change that?
Football’s coming home! But where is ‘home’ really for the England team?: In an article for The Conversation, John Williams discusses how every England fan in Moscow knows that that football is 'coming home', but can England really claim to be where the world's most popular sport rests its head?
Male-on-male erotica is hugely popular among women – an expert on sex work explains why: In an article for The Conversation, Dr Lucy Neville discusses how many women find it easier to identify with different genders in sexual scenarios
CBD Oil: what you need to know: In an article for The Conversation, Yewande Okuleye from our School of History, Politics and International Relations discusses cannabis, medical marijuana and CBD oil
With Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘smart’ clothing range, data collection has reached dystopian levels: In an article for The Independent, Dr Phoebe Moore discusses how ambassadors will be rewarded for walking past Tommy Jeans stores and how we are becoming a resource for surveillance and profit making
Creating Cathy: the story behind Wuthering Heights's wild heroine: In an article for The Guardian, Dr Emma Butcher discusses how a ruthless warrior queen in a childhood fantasy became the prototype for Emily Brontë’s protagonist
Why the mainstream media should stop giving extreme views a platform: In an article for The Conversation, Dr Chis Allen discusses how public discourse in the UK seems to be shifting to the right
AFC Wimbledon and MK Dons: a tale of two teams reveals the limits of franchising in English football: In an article for The Conversation, Dr John Williams discusses how there is still a place in sport that remains connected to communities
Working with sex workers in Nairobi: Professor Teela Sanders involved in creating skills programme for young women working in the sex industry
Four tips on how to get served more quickly at the pub: new research: In an article for The Conversation, Dr Emma Richardson discusses how pubgoers will know that there are some ways to get served more quickly than the other drinkers
Reflections on the Beyond the Gaze project: Professor Teela Sanders discusses the achievements of the ambitious three-year project
Music and identity in prison: Music as a technology of the self: PhD candidate Kate Herrity explores how music is utilised in strategies of coping in prison
Unlocking talent at HMP Leicester: PhD candidate Kate Herrity discusses how the arts can benefit prisons
Why UK’s working definition of Islamophobia as a ‘type of racism’ is a historic step: In an article for The Conversation, Dr Chris Allen discusses first working definition of Islamaphobia
Innovative DNA recovery techniques could help victims catch rapists in Kenya: In an article for The Conversation, Lisa Smith, Jon Wetton and Mark Jobling with Heather Flowe discuss a new technique to tackle violent crime
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