Reflections on Structurally Unsound

Reflections on Structurally Unsound

Charlene White, news anchor for ITV News, reflects on structural inequalities in UK society. The mantra “you must work twice as hard as your neighbour”…

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Structurally Unsound - Exploring structural inequalities in the UK

Structurally Unsound – Exploring structural inequalities in the UK

Oliver Patel, Research Assistant on the Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality project, Exploring Inequalities: Igniting research to better inform UK policy, reports from the…

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Ceramic birds tell stories of loss, exile, migration and hope

Ceramic birds tell stories of loss, exile, migration and hope

As part of UCL Grand Challenge’s initiative on Migration and Displacement, funding was awarded to Dr Humera Iqbal, Dr Katie Quy, and Professor Helen Chatterjee…

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Attachment to Place: How do young people feel about their seaside town?

Attachment to Place: How do young people feel about their seaside town?

As part of UCL’s Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding’s Dynamics of Globalisation initiative, support was awarded earlier this year for the project, ‘Youth Attitudes towards…

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Trans Studies, Trans Lives: Past, Present and Future

Trans Studies, Trans Lives: Past, Present and Future

On the 25th May, a full-day symposium was held on the theme of Trans Studies, Trans Lives: Past, Present and Future, funded by UCL’s Grand…

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Change the Debate at UCL

UCL hosts ‘Change the Debate’ conference as part of London Climate Action Week

Sophie Mepham, coordinator of UCL’s Grand Challenges of Sustainable Cities and Transformative Technology, reports on the recent ‘Change the Debate’ conference held at UCL as…

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Inclusion Health: Co-producing a research and advocacy agenda

Inclusion Health: Co-producing a research and advocacy agenda

Chantal Edge, Dr Binta Sultan, Serena Luchenski, and Dr Al Story report on the launch of the UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health, funded by…

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How UCL’s Grand Challenges programme is connecting researchers with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

How UCL’s Grand Challenges programme is connecting researchers with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

This year, Grand Challenges is focusing on the ways in which our cross-disciplinary research can address the objectives laid out in the United Nation’s Sustainable…

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Non-communicable diseases are a global health emergency

Non-communicable diseases are a global health emergency

The latest UCL Lancet Lecture saw Dr Rachel Nugent, Vice President for Global Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) at RTI International, comparing NCDs including high blood pressure,…

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