Reading in the news - Wed 8 May

‘Big, sexy barrier’: Professor Hannah Cloke is quoted by the Financial Times on London’s Thames Barrier needing redevelopment.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• New Statesman mentions a report authored by Professor Tom Oliver (Ecology) Reading, has found that damage to the UK’S environment is slowing economic growth. Read our news story.
• Professor Ed Hawkins MBE (Meteorology) has been awarded the Geographical Engagement Award at the Royal Geographical Society, Geo Informatics reports.
• Energy Management republish a quote from Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology), originally appearing in The Guardian, discussing UK water shortages.
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) mentions how a warmer atmosphere amplifies storms for BSS News.
• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to Dr Alison McLeod (Geography and Environmental Science) about landslips.
• Reading Today reports on the launch of AtmosEleC, a project recruiting volunteers to help transcribe old weather records from Lerwick Observatory. Professor Giles Harrison (Meteorology) is quoted. Read our news story.

Business and society:

• Dr Tatiana Rowson (Henley Business School) is quoted in People Management on delaying retirement.
• France24 spoke to Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) about the ongoing conflict in Haiti. Republished by WhatFingerNews and VNExplorer.
• Dr Victor Araújo (Politics and International Relations) is quoted by Pesquisa, discussing the evangelical population in Brazil.
• Foreign affairs blog Outside The Beltway shares extracts from an essay by Professor Michael Schmitt (Law on ‘human shields.’

Other Coverage:

• prfire mentions that the University of Reading and technology agency, Quantum-h, have won a grant for an ethical AI research initiative. Marzia Briel-Barr (Law) is quoted. Republished by Business Mole, Business London Press and News Anyway.   
• Vincenzo Raimo (Visiting Fellow) is quoted by Times Higher Education on China paying the majority of master’s fees at UK universities.

Alumni:

• Lawyer, Marie Harder, completed her degree at the University of Reading, Dorset Biz News reports.