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16 April 2025
Last month, Queen Mary University of London hosted History East: A Festival of History, a public celebration of the ways that history continues to shape literature, politics and culture.

15 April 2025
A small group of powerful investment firms is quietly fuelling the global oil industry’s retreat from climate targets, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.

9 April 2025
Further details have been announced for the British Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 2025, where Professor Kathryn Yusoff from Queen Mary University of London is one of four curators leading the UK’s contribution.

4 April 2025
Researchers propose a unified framework to monitor and protect insect biodiversity amid growing concerns over global declines


3 April 2025
Stephanie Marshall is Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of the forthcoming Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher Education (3rd edition) and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Education and Innovation section. Here she talks about graduate attributes in light of UUK’s new report.


3 April 2025
Kiera Vaclavik, Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture in the School of Arts at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on why 'Babe' is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book.


3 April 2025
Elsa Noterman, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, along with Sara Safransky, Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University, and Madeleine Lewis, Doctoral Student in the same department, have written for The Conversation on how land reparations are possible.


3 April 2025
Sayed Elhoushy, Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on Inner London residents food waste problems.

2 April 2025
Professor Caulfield, Vice-Principal (Health) at Queen Mary, joins twelve other senior figures from health, science, and medicine on the Council.

28 March 2025
A new study from Queen Mary University of London found that 9% of all adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the UK medicines regulator are associated with medications where side effect risk is partly dependent on patient’s genes. Of this subset of ADRs, 75% were associated with only three genes that impact how the body processes medication. Genetic testing before prescribing could therefore help avoid ADRs in these cases.

28 March 2025
International collaboration brings innovative conservation techniques to Bhutanese museums


27 March 2025
Berna Akcali Gur, Convenor of Outer Space Law in the School of Law (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on the legal and safety implications of non-standardised spacesuit systems in human spaceflight.

27 March 2025
An international study of the health outcomes of people receiving surgery across 17 Latin American countries found 1 in 7 developed significant complications leading to longer hospital stays and a greater risk of death.


27 March 2025
Jeremy Hicks, Professor of Russian Culture and Film in the School of the Arts at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on how US foreign aid cuts are threatening independent media in former Soviet states.


27 March 2025
Tim Bale, Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and international Relations at Queen Mary University of London has written on the recent Spring Statement 2025 presented by The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.


27 March 2025
Heather Mah from the Wolfson Institute of Population Health has conducted a review of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in health research in the UK. In her scoping review, she critically examined how PPI benefits both people with lived experience and researchers, and on the impact taking part can have on participants.


27 March 2025
Gemma Harvey Professor of Physical Geography, in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on how animals shape the planet in surprising ways

26 March 2025
The report by the Partnership for Black People’s Health (PBPH) highlights the urgent need for culturally appropriate health interventions, a demand for greater representation, and the necessity for Black-led initiatives within healthcare.

25 March 2025
A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

24 March 2025
Researchers at Queen Mary are building on many years of ground-breaking studies into tuberculosis (TB) to reveal new insights into this disease and its long-term effects.


20 March 2025
Natalya Chernyshova, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History in the School of History at Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on how Europe has learned from the failed 2015 Minsk accords with Putin. Trump has not.


20 March 2025
Tim Bale, Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, has written for The Conversation on how cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values.

18 March 2025
A new report, The Refugee Influx from Syria and Sudan in Cairo: An Analysis of the Dynamics of Resilience, Hospitality and Hostility, examines the complex realities faced by Syrian and Sudanese refugees in Egypt’s capital.

18 March 2025
Young people in southern Madagascar are facing a mental health crisis driven by the devastating impacts of climate change.

18 March 2025
A collaborative team of researchers from Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London has achieved a significant milestone in sustainable energy technology, as detailed in their latest publication in Nature Energy.


17 March 2025
Patrick Diamond, Professor in Public Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London has written for 'The Conversation' on Keir Starmer’s civil service reforms.

14 March 2025
Queen Mary claims victory in two categories at highly regarded event within the UK legal sector.

12 March 2025
An international study of acute hospitals across Africa found a large and neglected burden of critical illness, and a high incidence of preventable deaths due to issues with the provision of basic critical care.

12 March 2025
New research reveals how pesticide dose and exposure time shape effects on bumble bee brains.

11 March 2025
Patients call for greater transparency as costs soar and trust in information sources varies