In the Media

“Refugee numbers in Europe are currently stabilising, and I expect this trend to continue for the next one to two years,” said Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Department of Economics) about recent migration figures in Germany.

“The percentage of the American population on prescription medication is remarkable,” said Dr James D. Boys (UCL Political Science) in response to RFK Junior’s plans to prevent the ‘overmedicalisation’ of mental health.

“The humble address was a rare way for MPs to seek information from the government but was revived by Labour during the Brexit years. For them, it’s perhaps a matter of being careful what you wish for,” said Dr Tom Fleming (UCL Political Science).

“The simple idea that language magically appeared with Homo sapiens has been debunked,” said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) about the course of human evolution.

“What the duty does is to impose a positive obligation upon public bodies to engage with these issues and to do more than just to maintain basic legal compliance,” said Professor Colm O’Cinneide (UCL Political Science) about Britain’s equality laws.

Dr James D. Boys (UCL Political Science) said: "I think most people look at the White House and they see a ceremonial building, but it is a highly defended military facility to a certain extent. There are known and unknown security components to the facility.”

Student researcher Cosima Wiltshire (UCL Political Science) said: “Young people are cooling on content creators and social media. This is a generation that is struggling with an incredibly uncertain future and a volatile world, and sees these content creators as out of touch."

Dr Melanie Garson (UCL Political Science) says Russia has been going through the process of replacing messaging systems and pushing to internal messaging systems. “To do that kind of rollout in the middle of active combat is extremely difficult.”

Lukasz Rachel (UCL Economics) said political events have been important drivers of higher borrowing costs.

A report by Alan Whysall for the UCL Constitution Unit (UCL Political Science) found that that Stormont’s failure “may have to do with political culture rather than institutional arrangements”.

Dr Emily Morris (UCL Institute of the Americas) explains that Chinese aid has been crucial for Cuba, especially in energy matters.

Professor Eloise Marais (UCL Geography) found that the potent pollution from so-called “megaconstellation” satellite systems launched en masse into space since 2019 will account for nearly half (42%) of the total climate impact of space sector pollution by 2030.

Professor Chris Brierley (UCL Geography) said: "We expect the impacts of climate change to be most obviously felt through more instances of extreme heat.”

Professor Julie Norman (UCL Political Science) said: "Many of us, I think, were concerned about [the Board of Peace] from the beginning because it was very vague in its aims and objectives for Gaza in particular.”

"The big problem is that if you’re literally going dollar for dollar, producing rare earth metals, or you’re producing fertiliser, the mining industry has much more money," said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) on how industries could soon be competing for sulphur supplies.