seg42@cam.ac.uk.jpg Prof Susan Golombok has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of her achievements in the social sciences. Susan Golombok is Professor of Family Research, Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge and Professorial Fellow at Newnham College. Her...

prof-usha-goswami.jpg Professor Usha Goswami latest interview has just came out on TES magazine In the interview, Prof Usha describes how rhythmic language, such as nursery rhymes, helps to kick-start children's developing language systems and the vast benefits this research could have for pupils with dyslexia". A copy of...

risk_and_uncertainty_in_a_post-truth_world.png The new book is called “ Risk and Uncertainty in a Post-Truth Society ” as part of the Earthscan Risk in Society Series and covers public trust in numbers and science and how to communicate uncertainty about contested facts under the looming spectre of a post-truth society...

Dr Simone Schnall was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, which will help build links to economics and the POLIS department, and comes with a research allowance of £10,000. The Fellowship is to support scholars, from within the University of Cambridge, who are seeking to develop the...