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How Middlesex University is bridging the gap between environmental innovation and investment
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Adolescence – could this mark a point of change?
April 02 2025Netflix show Adolescence has exposed the potential dangers of social media and the online world for young people – according to MDX academic Helen Bendon
Transforming the food system for health and sustainability: Unleashing social innovation through collaborative research
January 31 2025How can publicly funded research foster a sustainable and fairer food system?
COP28: Universities have a key role to play in the transformations global society is facing
December 01 2023COP28 needs to deliver real ‘concerted action’ […]
Safeguarding children in the metaverse
September 04 2023Top academic experts debated the challenges with addressing online safety in the metaverse
Content Moderators: The fire fighters of the internet
April 04 2023The Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) highlights the damaging impact that child sex abuse material can have on content moderators
Ideal Victimhood, Misogyny, and the Amber Heard Trial
June 28 2022MDX Criminology and Sociology lecturer Dr Daniel Sailofsky fears that the Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp trial will be a turning point for all the wrong reasons. Here he takes us through his views on why
A risky business: Moderating the content on the war in Ukraine
March 16 2022Experts from the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) explain why content moderators have a crucial role in coverage of Ukraine crisis
Russian misuse of international law is final nail in coffin of post WW2 order
March 09 2022MDX expert argues global system to prevent nuclear war is no longer fit for purpose
Speaking Up: Contributing to the fight against gender-based violence online
December 17 2021MDX academics explain why more needs to be done to tackle gender-based cyber violence.