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Seeing animals differently: the science and ethics of sentience

23 September 2025 · Professor Jonathan Birch
Politics
An octopus sitting on the sea bed
AI and tech
Graphic with stock market numbers and the text "error on execution"
AI and tech
A heatmap of a football stadium

Placing wellbeing at the centre of government decision-making

21 May 2024 · Dr Christian Krekel, Professor Lord Richard Layard, David Frayman, Sara MacLennan
Politics
Happiness with an arrow printed on a pavement
Economics
people dancing

Protecting the high seas

23 May 2023 · Dr Siva Thambisetty
Sustainability
A single fish in the sea

Are girls being designed out of public spaces?

15 November 2022 · Dr Julia King, Olivia Theocharides-Feldman
Society
A group of girls and young women taking part in the "Making space for girls" project
Race equity
Microphones in a music recording studio

Tackling reckless lending and indebtedness in South Africa

21 September 2022 · Professor Deborah James FBA
Economics
money lending signs in South Africa

Safeguarding play: children’s rights and the internet

12 July 2022 · Professor Sonia Livingstone, Dr Kruakae Pothong
Impact
children using a smartphone

Do tobacco warnings change behaviour?

12 July 2022 · Professor Amitav Chakravarti
Impact
Warnings on cigarette packets