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Opening the Open Library of Humanities
This post was co-written by Dr Martin Eve, senior lecturer in Literature, Technology and Publishing and Dr Caroline Edwards, lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck’s Department of...
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Research round-up: A snapshot around campus
This post was contributed by Andrew Youngson, media and publicity officer at Birkbeck, University of London This summer, to celebrate Birkbeck’s standing as a world-leading, research intensive...
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Researching reading: Behind Dickens Day 2015
This post was contributed by Dr Ben Winyard, digital publications officer at Birkbeck, University of London. Dr Winyard has been a co-organiser of Birkbeck’s Dickens Day event since 2005, and is one of...
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Discover Our Research: Meet the academics
As part of Birkbeck’s Discover our research activity, Dr Heike Bauer of the Department of English and Humanities writes about her current research activity. Dr Heike Bauer What is your current topic of...
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Structured Mayhem: Personal experiences of the Crown Court
This post was contributed by researchers Jessica Jacobson, Gillian Hunter and Amy Kirby from the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), School of Law at Birkbeck discuss a recent collaboration...
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Adolescents and multitasking
This post was contributed by Dr Iroise Dumontheil of Birkbeck’s Department of Psychological Sciences, and co-author of the newly published study “Multitasking during social interaction in adolescence...
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Improving attentional control to reduce anxiety
This post was contributed by Prof Nazanin Derakhshan of Birkbeck’s Department of Psychological Sciences. Here, Prof Derakhshan describes her most recent study into how our cognitive flexibility can be...
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Discover our Research: Meet the academics
As part of Birkbeck’s Discover our research activity, Professor Anthony Bale of the Department of English and Humanities writes about his current research activity. Prof Anthony Bale What is your...
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CEO rewards – More does not equal better
This post has been contributed by Dr Almuth McDowall, lecturer in Birkbeck’s Department of Organisational Psychology, with input from Paul Hajduk from PayData, Jonny Gifford from the Chartered...
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Empire of Things
The following are two excerpts from Prof Frank Trentmann‘s new book, Empire of Things How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First (UK: Allen Lane, 2016; USA:...
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Make fear your friend
This post was contributed by Professor Naz Derakhshan of Birkbeck’s Department of Psychological Sciences “Fear is often thought of as a negative emotion, but a new idea in psychology suggests that...
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Discover our Research: Meet the academics
As part of Birkbeck’s Discover our research activity, Dr Silke Arnold-de Simine of the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies writes about her current research activity. Dr Silke Arnold-de...
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Why and how to study queer inheritance and will-writing?
This post was contributed by Antu Sorainen, research fellow at the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research “Inheritance is a social and legal practice of profound significance. For many people, having...
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Re-building the ship during the storm? The reform of the public revenue...
Before ‘Brexit’, the big EU story was a possible ‘Grexit’, threatened by the Greek debt crisis. As the debate over whether Britain should leave the European Union hots up, Dr Dionyssis Dimitrakopoulos,...
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Orlando Figes on being Historical Consultant to BBC’s War & Peace
This article first appeared in Russian Art and Culture on March 1 2016. Orlando Figes is a British historian and writer best known for his works on Russian history. He is Professor of History at...
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The proposed ‘right to disconnect’ after work hours is welcome, but not enough
This post was contributed by Professor Gillian Symon, member of the Digital Brain Switch project. Involving a multi-disciplinary team of UK researchers (including Birkbeck’s Dr Rebecca Whiting), the...
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Exploring sum-free sets
This post was contributed by Professor Sarah Hart of Birkbeck’s Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics and Head of the Pure Mathematics Research Group. Here, Professor Hart offers an...
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“Girlness” is a state of mind: Exploring contemporary Japanese women’s...
This post was contributed by Dr Nobuko Anan, lecturer in Japanese Studies at Birkbeck’s Department of Cultures and Language. Here, Dr Anan offers an insight into her new book on Japanese girls’ culture...
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Why hate Human Rights? Understanding the case against the Human Rights Act
This post was contributed by Dr Frederick Cowell, lecturer in Law at Birkbeck. Dr Cowell’s forthcoming book, ‘Critically Understanding the case against the 1998 Human Rights Act’ is due to be published...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: Sarah Alexander
This post was contributed by Melanie Jones, of The Mechanics’ Institute Review. This month the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: David Savill
This post was contributed by Melanie Jones of The Mechanics’ Institute Review. This month the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: Julia Gray
This post was contributed by Melanie Jones of The Mechanics’ Institute Review. This month the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: Karin Salvalaggio
This post was contributed by Melanie Jones of The Mechanics’ Institute Review. This month the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This...
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The Myth of the Optimism Bias?
This article was originally posted by ‘Neuroskeptic’ on DiscoverMagazine.com on 3 June 2016. The article discusses research on optimism bias, as carried out by a team of psychological researchers...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: Elizabeth Fremantle
This post was contributed by Valeria Melchioretto. This summer the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This year marks a huge success...
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Handbook on Gender and Health
This post was contributed by Dr Jasmine Gideon, senior lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck’s Department of Geography, Environment and Development Studies. Here, Dr Gideon offers an insight into...
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Birkbeck’s Published Alumni Series: Nadim Safdar
This post was contributed by Valeria Melchioretto. This summer the Birkbeck Creative Writing department launched its new website The Mechanics’ Institute Review Online. This year marks a huge success...
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Discover our Research: Meet the academics
As part of Birkbeck’s Discover our research activity, Dr Suzannah Biernoff, senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture in the Department of History of Art writes about her current...
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Rio 2016: Predicting Success
This post was contributed by James Fisk, graduate administrator at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics. This article relates to new a new study by Professor Klaus Nielsen, of Birkbeck’s...
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‘Enhanced Interrogation’ in the Spanish Civil War: the Curious Case of...
This post was contributed by Dr Carl-Henrick Bjerström, Lecturer in Modern European History at Birkbeck. This post first appeared on the Hidden Persuaders blog on Friday 15 June 2016. Earlier this...
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