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Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson

Professor of global and imperial history at Nuffield College, Oxford.

Articles by Andrew Thompson

Man searching for money in a maze, as an illustration of the difficulties involved in securing funding through the Research Excellence Framework.

Where now for the REF?

The Research Excellence Framework has been postponed for three months ‘to take stock and ensure alignment with the UK government’s priorities and vision for higher education’. But how radical should the changes be? Should there be any at all? Is it time to start again? We present five very different views

By Cat Davies
26 September
A man looks on in amusement as Ashley Kirk-Spring, a British scientist studying flies beside the Lomami River in DRC, has to put his head right into the net he has caught them in to examine them closely

Are research links with the developing world still a one-way street?

Researchers in developing countries have often been confined to minor roles as translators and data gatherers. But there are signs that the scales are tipping. Simon Baker considers the extent and nature of collaboration between the Global North and South, while Andrew Thompson reflects on the next iteration of the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund

By Simon Baker
9 January