UCL in the media
How international law is applied to a warzone
Referring to the Hamas attacks on October 7, Dr Haim Abraham (UCL Laws) says: “They massacred civilians at their homes. They kidnapped civilians, taking them hostage. All of these things are clearly war crimes.”
Hezbollah leader warns of ‘holy war’ in the Middle East
Dr Julie Norman (UCL Political Science) says the messaging within Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech on Friday appeared to be “trying to operate within a sense of restraint and to not have this ripple out even further”.
British Library suffers technology outage after cyber-attack
Dr Eric Langley (UCL English Language & Literature) said he found the power outage at the British Library over the weekend “peculiarly liberating”, but added, “If it carried on much longer, I’d be in trouble.”
Will AI replicate the problems of surveillance capitalism?
The fundamental problem AI regulators need to address, Honorary Visiting Professor Tim O’Reilly (UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose) says, is that “mechanisms by which platforms measure and manage user attention are poorly understood".
Key vote in Ohio could reset the US abortion debate
On the Republican Party, Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) says: "They know that, save for a few right-wing districts, hugely restricting access to reproductive rights will hurt them at the polls. But for many, it's more about principles than squeezing out every last vote.”
Problems mounting for Joe Biden’s Israel policy
"Biden is likely aware that he'll never please everyone with an issue as complex and controversial as Israel-Palestine, including within his own party," explains Dr Julie Norman (UCL Political Science).
How has the idea of the human ego changed over time?
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) says that even though we can’t see ego, there is a fundamental part of brain activity that helps us understand who we are.
Staff across London universities form new academic freedom body
Co-founder of London Universities’ Council for Academic Freedom, Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society), says: “Academics across the political spectrum need to know that they can explore controversial ideas without fearing for their careers.”
Census error leads to miscalculation of pansexual population
Professor Alice Sullivan (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) says the mistake from the Office of National Statistics highlights the pitfalls of using open-text responses in the census.
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What does it mean to be stateless?
Dr Humera Iqbal (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) explains her project 'Partition of Identity' which studied the experiences of Bengali Pakistanis living in Pakistan, of which there are now over 3 million, through oral testimonies and art projects.