Research Horizons
Research Horizons Pioneering research from the University of Cambridge Issue 36 Spotlight Work Feature Mapping the galaxy Feature Obesity: the complex truth www.cam.ac.uk/research Issue 36, June 2018 2 Contents Contents News Things 4 – 5 Research news 18 – 19 “Natural history museums can save the world” Features Spotlight: Work 6 – 7 Field notes: crowdfunded to Crusoe 20 – 21 Solving the UK’s productivity puzzle 8 – 9 Turing’s wager and the mathematical mind 22 – 23 The fifty percenters 10 – 11 Muslims leaving prison talk about the layers of their lives 24 – 25 The boss of me 12 – 13 A weighty problem 26 – 27 Legislating labour in the long run 14 – 15 Galaxy quest 28 – 29 For better, for worse: how emotions shape our work life 16 – 17 The ‘brain’ that’s helping reduce carbon emissions 30 – 31 The stresses and strains of work and unemployment 3 Research Horizons Welcome 32 – 33 How do education and economic growth add up? Work shapes people’s identity and the nation’s prosperity. ‘Good’ work gives citizens security, self-worth and respect, a 34 – 35 Making the numbers count route to social mobility and, for some, the chance to turn ideas into innovations. For a country, this contributes to a healthier 36 – 37 Humans need not apply population, increasing productivity, better living standards and the development of skills that drive economic growth. Good work sounds a simple enough concept to strive towards, but the world of work is continually being buffeted by political, societal This Cambridge Life and economic forces. New technologies, demographics, free markets, gender pay gaps, zero-hours contracts, ‘gig economies’: all of these are shaping and reshaping how we work, while the labour market 38 – 39 The ‘King of Scuttle Flies’ who continues to discover continues to feel the impact of the global financial crisis and faces new species the uncertainties of Brexit.
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