society

31 March 20212 min read

Professor Ruth Sealy has led reviews into the diversity of leadership groups of large public and private organisations across the UK.

23 March 20213 min read

A unique World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Culture and Health (WHO Centre) at the University of Exeter has transformed health policy and practice in Europe.

19 February 20212 min read

Since the start of the collaboration in 2018, the Data Science team at Exeter and City Science have worked together on 9 projects, leveraging over £2 million of government funding and covering subjects around transport and energy optimisation, digital twin calibration, creation of open urban...

17 December 20202 min read

The University of Exeter has identified a direct link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and impulsivity and problems in social reasoning, which are risk factors for young people committing violent and repeated crime.

3 December 20203 min read

Research at the University of Exeter has influenced and accelerated the introduction of opposite-sex civil partnerships and reopened debates about the ‘common law marriage myth’ and a related need for wider cohabitation law reform.

3 November 20203 min read

Research at the University of Exeter has uncovered a previously unknown phenomenon, in which women are more likely to be appointed to risky and precarious leadership positions in times of crisis.

20 October 20204 min read

Might more kind and compassionate communities be part of the legacy of Covid-19?

4 September 20205 min read

Apple has become the first company worth £1.7 trillion, meaning that it is now more valuable than all the companies in the FTSE 100.

20 April 20205 min read

As developing countries gear up to tackle COVID-19, here are five ideas for simple collective intelligence projects that might help them.

26 February 20152 min read

Professor Anne Barlow's research findings on marriage and cohabitation laws have influenced policy in the UK and Germany.