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As social media reshapes how we consume information, Professor Fabienne Peter’s research explores a pressing question: how do we fight the rise of fake news and misinformation?

A new social enterprise spinout from the University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, , has launched, offering a pioneering consultancy that helps organisations design environmental policies that work for both nature and communities.

Can we eat our way out of crisis? Professor Thijs Van Rens offers fresh insights into tackling obesity and the climate crisis.

At a time of growing national focus on women’s health, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ is helping to shape research at the forefront of this area, bringing together world-leading academics from multiple disciplines to help improve women's health - and to tackle the wider social, legal and cultural issues that shape women’s lives.

Explore our special edition Women's Health research newsletter on LinkedIn.

Allowing wealthy countries, communities, or individuals to fund their own solutions to problems such as global climate change is inefficient, increases inequality and leaves vulnerable communities unprotected – but the ‘private solution trap’ can be averted with policy interventions.

ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ economists behind the housing demand mapping tool have used their database to test the government’s seven-site shortlist against measures of likely success, and ranked the sites to help policymakers decide which to approve.

Our online exhibition brings together key moments, objects, and encounters from the Department’s history, showcasing the events, projects, and people that shaped its direction.

Small business innovation has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, and urgent action is needed to prevent the UK squandering record levels of entrepreneurial ambition, a major new report by the (ERC) reveals.

A new study from WBS Professor of Behavioural Science Nick Chater proposes realistic ways of integrating wisdom into artificial intelligence, with the aim of developing systems that are more robust, transparent, cooperative and safe. Explore new outlines methods for training large language models to behave more wisely.

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science, who has been appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.

From Sri Lanka to ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, Wiji’s 40-year career in Economics has seen changes, but her love for research, teaching and collaboration remains constant.