What makes us happy? How did ancient Britons develop their societies? Can we predict our political future? Have you ever pondered these questions? We're all about these questions at Warwick and we encourage our inquiring minds in the pursuit of knowledge to the highest research standards. Our academics research issues affecting the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of everyday life. Here you'll find the latest feature-length, in-depth articles as our experts react to breaking news and current affairs. Discover articles that answer today's most pressing questions, provoking debate and offering insight into academic life here at Warwick.
Britain went to the polls on June 23rd to decide whether it should leave or remain in the European Union. In this article, researchers from each of our four faculties highlight some of the pro-leave and pro-remain discussions relating to their different academic disciplines.
Elizabeth Jennings was many things: a poet; a familiar and eccentric face about Oxford; a devout Roman Catholic; and a sufferer of mental health issues. Although she lived within recent history her status as a poet, like the details of her life, remains elusive.
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Matthew Watson, Christopher Holmes and Ben Clift explain why Karl Polanyi's best work is a great alternative to the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx or Friedrich Hayek.
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Professor Swaran Singh shares his experience from this tragic moment in India's history.
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Professor Simon Swain talks about his new translation and study of little-known Roman writer Bryson's Management of the Estate.
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Business can learn a lot from the original multi-national organisation, the Jesuits, according to Jose Bento Da Silva.
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Clare Holt considers some lessons that could make the policy of devolving powers to large cities a success.
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We posed the question to five Warwick experts working in the fields of mental health, wellbeing and happiness.
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Robin Allaby explains how his Life Science research challenges the traditional evaluation of prehistoric Britain.
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Adam Tsakalidis is researching how to best unlock the secrets of our political future using the ever growing big data source, social media.
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Historian Bernard Capp has been charting acceptance of crying and men who cry throughout the ages.
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