Reframing disaster: revisiting global disasters
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Bhopal gas disaster in India, the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and the 10th anniversary of the South Asian tsunami on Boxing Day 2004.
Society & Politics News
Puree helps kids make smooth transition to vegetables
Adding tiny amounts of vegetable puree to milk and then rice at the time of weaning makes children more likely to eat vegetables, new University of Leeds research shows.
Innovation and investment in policing with new ESRC funding
A new University of Leeds project is set to bring innovation to policing across West Yorkshire.
Countries must work together to stop organ traffickers, says researcher
The author of new research into organ trafficking has called for a concerted international effort to confront the problem.
Thinking forward through the past
A major international research project led by the University of Leeds has attracted significant funding from the AHRC to shine new light on forgotten works by Jewish artists.
Global importance of pollinators underestimated
Declines in populations of pollinators, such as bees and wasps, may be a key threat to nutrition in some of the most poorly fed parts of the globe, according to new research.
University of Leeds to host Q-Step Centre as part of £19.5 million funding programme
The University of Leeds is delivering a step-change in its social science teaching as part of an ambitious intervention to address the critical shortage of quantitatively skilled social scientists.
Twenty-five names added to University's First World War roll of honour
The names of twenty-five men from Leeds who served in the Great War are being added to the University of Leeds' Brotherton War Memorial.
Changing Faces of Heroism since the First World War
A new online course about how the First World War changed traditional views of heroism is launched today by the University of Leeds, in partnership with the BBC.
Reality of living on benefits laid bare by research
A life on benefits is not a lifestyle choice, but rather, a desperate way of living for those with no alternative, new University of Leeds research has suggested.