News story: Queen Mary professor chairs Thames Estuary Creative Skills Taskforce

Professor Aoife Monks, Director of Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Creative Collaboration is chairing a regional taskforce focused on strengthening skills, workforce development and employment opportunities across the Thames Estuary's creative industries.

News story: UK public more likely to see politics as short-termist than people in other European countries, study finds

New polling from Queen Mary University of London's Mile End Institute reveals that British voters are more likely than their European counterparts to view politics as focused on the short term, highlighting differences in public expectations of political decision-making and long-term policymaking.

News story: Mile End Institute partners with British Election Study on new Candidate Study

Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End Institute will partner with the British Election Study (BES) and the Electoral Commission on a new study of candidates standing in UK general elections.

News story: Queen Mary financial law experts play key role in international resolution on non-bank finance

Queen Mary University of London financial law experts have helped shape a new international resolution calling for greater scrutiny and transparency of the rapidly growing non-bank financial sector, amid concerns about potential systemic risks.

News story: Queen Mary academic awarded €1.5 million grant to tackle inequalities in higher education

A Queen Mary University of London academic has received a prestigious €1.5 million European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for a major new research project investigating inequalities in access to higher education. 

News story: Queen Mary receives £25 million in funding to develop next generation of researchers

Queen Mary University of London has received £25 million to fund four multidisciplinary Doctoral Training Programmes (DTPs), reinforcing the University’s strength and excellence in training the next generation of research leaders.

News story: From Queen Mary research to the big screen: De Gaulle biopic becomes a hit in France

A major two-part biopic of Charles de Gaulle, based on an acclaimed biography written by former Queen Mary University of London historian Professor Julian Jackson, is set to arrive in UK cinemas following its success in France.

News story: A just transition needs more than good intentions

As Europe considers the next phase of its green and digital transition, Dr Giorgos Galanis argues that voluntary commitments alone are not enough to protect workers and communities affected by economic change. Instead, Europe needs a binding legal framework that places fairness at the heart of the transition.

News story: Ceuta and Melilla: how the colonial legacies of these cities have shaped migration in the region

Parvati Nair, Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London, has written for The Conversation on 'Ceuta and Melilla: how the colonial legacies of these cities have shaped migration in the region'.

News story: What remains uniquely human about leadership? New book explores leading in an age of AI and uncertainty

As artificial intelligence transforms the way we live and work, what qualities will define the leaders of tomorrow?

News story: Sponsorship is key to progressing the leadership pipeline, but why do only a quarter of these relationships work?

A research report launched today shows that sponsorship is a critical part of progression into senior leadership roles, because it teaches individuals how advancement actually works in practice.

News story: Remembering Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE KC FBA

Queen Mary University of London remembers Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE KC FBA, founder of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) and one of the world's leading commercial law scholars, whose vision and scholarship established an enduring legacy at the University and across the international legal community.

News story: New report examines rise in imprisonment of protestors in Britain

A new report analysing the imprisonment of protestors in Britain since 2019 argues that courts are increasingly using remand detention, contempt proceedings and lengthy custodial sentences in response to acts of civil disobedience and direct action. 

News story: Fair Work Agency: How to make the new workplace watchdog bite

New commentary by Professor David Whyte and Professor Ruth Dukes argues the Government’s new Fair Work Agency will struggle to effectively enforce workers’ rights without greater funding, stronger powers and closer collaboration with trade unions.

News story: Industry leaders set out plan to strengthen creative workforce across the Thames Estuary

A major skills summit has set out a clear agenda to overcome unequal access to opportunity and improve how people enter, train and build careers in the creative industries across the Thames Estuary.    

News story: Queen Mary academic Professor Peter Hennessy appointed to Order of the Garter by King Charles

Historian and Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History recognised with one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious honours on St George’s Day.

News story: New podcast explores why climate law isn’t delivering on climate ambition

Making Climate Law Work, launched today by Queen Mary University of London, examines the gap between climate ambition and enforceable legal action.

News story: Animals are powerful landscape engineers shaping the Earth’s surface

Animals are constantly reshaping the landscapes around them, often in ways that go unnoticed

News story: War in Iran has already produced emissions equivalent to a year of Iceland’s carbon output

New analysis involving Queen Mary researchers estimates more than 5 million tonnes of CO₂e generated in just two weeks of conflict

News story: Queen Mary researchers featured in international exhibition exploring AI and the paradox of agency

Work by the Planetary Portals collective, co-founded by two Queen Mary University of London academics, will feature in a major international exhibition examining the relationship between artificial intelligence, technology and human agency.

News story: Study highlights the hidden climate cost of the Israel–Gaza war

A new study led by Queen Mary University of London estimates that the Israel–Gaza war has generated around 33 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e), highlighting the often-overlooked environmental impact of armed conflict.

News story: New book explores how storytelling and imagination can reshape marketing education

How should marketing be taught at a time when artificial intelligence, automation, and data increasingly shape professional practice?

News story: How charity helped shape Britain after empire

A new book by Matthew Hilton, Professor of Social History at Queen Mary University of London, explores how charity became a central response to global poverty in Britain after the end of empire.

News story: Freshwater ecosystems could play a critical role in climate resilience

Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened environments on the planet, yet their role in shaping climate impacts remains poorly understood.

News story: From principles to practice: what students want from diversity education

These reflections are based on recent research by Dr Tana Licsandru, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, published in the British Journal of Management. Working with colleagues, she examined how business schools can help students translate DEI learning from intention into practice.

News story: Reform has been warned that defecting Tories will damage its brand – and the first evidence is in

Matthew Barnfield, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, has written for The Conversation on Reform, Tory defections and early signs of brand damage.

News story: What’s the point of a space station around the Moon?

Berna Akcali Gur, Convenor of Outer Space Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London has written for The Conversation on 'What’s the point of a space station around the Moon?'