Lebanese academy aims to close gulf with ‘culture of innovation’
Institutions seek new ways to halt exodus of country’s scholars
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Study reveals misery of overseas scholars ‘living the dream’
Many of the Italian researchers interviewed said they were unhappy working abroad
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Surprising responses to Hamlet Africa tour
Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent
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Chile's universities set for some turmoil on long road to reform
Bumps are expected in decade-long shift away from market-based system
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Carbon-free Soas
Paul Webley calls on the academy to follow the institution’s lead and divest from fossil fuels
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Fairy tales and all that filth
Is updating children’s literature censorship or sensible? asks Sally Feldman
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-extinction, by Beth Shapiro
Work to bring creatures back from the dead is a tale of wonder and warning, writes Tiffany Taylor
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Gabrielle Petit: The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War, by Sophie De Schaepdrijver
The memory of a Belgian heroine differed from the woman herself, Niamh Gallagher discovers
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On the Commodity Trail: The Journey of a Bargain Store Product from East to West, by Alison Hulme
A remarkable investigation into the global traffic in cheap shelf-fillers uncovers both meanness and meaning in the market, says Louise Crewe
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier
Paul Bernal clicks with a maverick thinker who shows how business and governments are building a global surveillance network and how we can fight back
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The Enlightenment: History of an Idea, by Vincenzo Ferrone
Separating the past from philosophy is the key to understanding the period, learns Caroline Warman
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Architectural Agents: The Delusional, Abusive, Addictive Lives of Buildings, by Annabel Jane Wharton
Richard J. Williams on an entertaining study that takes in Las Vegas, Jerusalem and the online worlds of Second Life
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A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, by Andrew Hartman
Tom Palaima on an examination of the conflicts that have been raging since the 1960s
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Social enterprise spin-offs hit high
The number of people employed by social enterprises spun off from universities rose by almost 150 per cent between 2012-13 and 2013-14, figures reveal
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Nick Constantinou, 1960-2015
A talented physicist who moved into finance and then returned to academia to create major programmes at Essex Business School has died