ExeTalks

ExeTalks are a chance to discover some of the fascinating research undertaken at the University of Exeter delivered by the academics who teach on our programmes.

Prof Lee Elliot Major, Graduate School of Education

What are the chances of getting on in life? Social Mobility during and after the pandemic.

Dr Alexandra Allan, Graduate School of Education

Rebel girls, gender and academic achievement, following girls' attainment from primary education to undergraduate degrees.

Dr Karen Walshe, Graduate School of Education

Why the metaphors we use for 'understanding' in education matter; what is 'understanding'.

Dr Joasia Luzak, Law School

Consumer rights online.

Dr Swati Gola, Law School

Health and human rights; can genetically modifed foods solve vitamin deficiencies in Third World countries?

Dr Matthew Cole, Law School

Classical Economics asserts that we're all rational beings, but Behavioural Economics isn't so sure; how does the law cope with this?

Dr Agnieszka Jachec Neale, Law School and Strategy and Security Institute

How a U2 cassette inspired a career dedicated to International Humanitarian Law.

Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin, Sociology

"Citizen-led forensics" in Mexico: how citzens are using DNA to search for missing people.

Dr Geoffrey Hughes, Anthropology

How working with the Peace Corps in Jordan led to a fascination with the culture surrounding Jordanian marriage.

Dr Ashley Frayling, Criminology

Dual roles as a criminology lecturer and superintendent in the Devon and Cornwall police benefit students’ learning and her research into police wellbeing.

Dr Edward Skidelsky, Philosophy

The history of virtues as told by gravestones.

Associate Professor Christine Robins, Arab and Islamic Studies

Cultural loss and cultural preservation, with a focus on the Mandaean ethnoreligious group.

Dr Mustafa Baig, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

How is Islamic law relevant to Muslims today in non-Muslim countries and what can they do to regulate their affairs while living under non-Muslim rule?

Dr Katie Natanel, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Decolonial feminist ecologies: Toward connective engagement and just new futures. Artwork by Christi Belcourt.

Prof Jonathan Githens Mazer, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

How and why do young people in North Africa become radicalised?

Professor Clare Saunders, Politics

The demographics of the Exctinction Rebellion movement.

Prof Oliver James, Politics

How citizens use data to assess government performance, and how presentation can affect interpretation.

Dr Darren Schreiber, Politics

Using medical technology to understand the difference between Democrat and Republican brains.