Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman
Andreas Hess discusses the incredible life of an artist of ‘possibilism’

Andreas Hess discusses the incredible life of an artist of ‘possibilism’

Geoffrey Alderman on the social and economic benefits that an institution can bring to a locality

Roger Morgan on the Franco-German alliance within the EU and its effect on decision-making in the union

Sarah Harper on the changing approach of the media and governments to ageing populations

University vice-chancellor reveals the struggle to educate students who have been brutalised by civil war

For long-term prosperity, universities in war-torn countries must focus on rebuilding infrastructure, conference hears

A student has started a campaign against sexism after enduring misogynistic heckling during a debating competition. Rebecca Meredith, a politics student at King’s College, Cambridge, said she was...
I am surprised to note no women among the 11 named speakers in your advertisement for the forthcoming World Academic Summit (7 March). I do hope that this is not representative of the “senior...

‘Common principles’ plan aims to protect research from risk-averse committees. Paul Jump reports

‘Unpredictable outcomes’ of reform require ‘immediate attention

Matthew Reisz visits an exhibition to celebrate the bicentenary of a pioneering epidemiologist

“Poetry defeats the curse which binds us to be subjected to the accident of surrounding impressions.” The words are Percy Shelley’s, and among a readership such as that of Times Higher Education,...

Sexism on campusLad culture endemic: NUS studyMore than half of female students experience “prevailing sexism, ‘laddism’ and a culture of harassment” at their universities, according to a survey by...

United StatesHonesty and the non-PC deanThe interim dean of a US university’s school of law has stood down saying he was “too politically incorrect” and not a good fit for the position. Tom Keefe,...

A feud at the heart of the discipline is undermining efforts to build a unified science of humanity, warns Camilla Power