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Carl, the academic lead at LIS, explains why interdisciplinarity is needed to tackle real-world problems.
Haibo explaining the power of interdisciplinarity.
Isaiah describes how studying one subject is not the only route to take when trying to get into a particular profession.
Knife crime is rising at an alarming 14% a year across the country. With 30% of national knife crime occurring in London, the majority is thought to be related to street violence (34%) and robbery (42%). Data shows 75% of victims of knife crime in London were male, frequently under the age of 25 and with a huge overlap between victims and offenders. Despite a much greater likelihood of carrying knives among gang members, gang-flagged crime accounted for just 5% of all knife crime with injury.
With around 430,000 deaths annually, nearly half the world’s population is at risk of contracting malaria. New CRISPR technology enables us to edit the genes of mosquitoes to eliminate the species that carries malaria, but at what cost?
Obesity increases your risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancers, depression and more. It is estimated to cost the NHS £5.1B each year, which is more than the £3.3B smoking cost. The highest rates of obesity routinely occur in the areas of greatest deprivation. Unfortunately the exact causes of obesity aren’t clear. It is an interplay of factors including genes, diet, physical activity, but also the social and cultural environment.
300 football fields of forest are cleared every hour to satisfy the growing demand for palm oil. It is one of the worst sources of greenhouse gases and a major habitat destroyer. Palm oil typically changes hands at least three times before reaching manufacturers.
400 hours of content are uploaded to Youtube each minute and a billion hours are watched every day. Internet companies are expected to remove extremist material within an hour of it being flagged, but firms struggle to meet these targets.
As job creation is concentrating around cities, ever more people are being forced to commute. On an average day in london 500,000 people arrive between 7am-10am by train alone. At Liverpool street, the 8am peak sees a staggering 12 times more people than it’s 1pm low. This is an enormous challenge for train operators, as the vast majority of their customers only experience the service at its worst possible time.
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14 August 2020
3 mins
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06 August 2020
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06 August 2020
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06 August 2020
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16 July 2020
4 mins
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15 July 2020
11 mins
How do we categorise problems? Ed and some of the LIS Ambassadors in our learning community take a look at the Cynefin framework.
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15 July 2020
5 mins
More Than a Book Club is where members of the LIS team and the Learning Hub community come together to talk about real-world problems. We'll base the discussion on an interesting book, podcast, film, newsletter - whatever catches our eye(s).
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15 July 2020
12 mins
Carl walks us through different 'cultures': academia vs the so-called real-world; science vs arts... How do these cultural dialogues evolve? And what impact does this have on society?
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15 July 2020
6 mins
Some critics of the fashion industry accuse it of perpetuating throwaway culture, whilst others point other to environmental and ethical issues in the supply chain and manufacturing processes. Nonetheless, where there are problems, there are innovations. Here are 10 brands who are making steps towards sustainable fashion.
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