Reading in the news - Fri 31 Jul

FIFA investment proposal: Professor James Reade (Economics, pictured) spoke to France24 (republished by Massive News, Whatfinger, Koerier, World Today, and Bahrainso) about Fifa’s new investment plan. 

Food and Farming:

• Professor Richard Bennett (Agriculture) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about his research into attitudes towards higher animal welfare. Queen’s University Belfast, InvestorSMS, and Business Eye provided further coverage. From our story: Shoppers would fork out more for better farm animal welfare 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) spoke to BBC Radio Hereford about droughts across the UK.  
• Dr Alba Fuertes (Construction Management) wrote for PBC Today (republished by Construction Buzz) about how construction workers are affected by heatwaves. From our story: Construction sites are not ready for extreme heat 
• ECO Magazine reported on research into how phytoplankton blooms are affected by climate change. 
• Dr Akshay Deoras was quoted by Free Press Journal, Hi India, Social News, Lokmat Times, The Financial World, and others about how the current El Niño is affecting India’s monsoon season. 
• Professor Nigel Arnell (Meteorology) was quoted by The Times, TalkSport, and Times Radio about future risks of wildfires. 
• Regius Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology) was quoted by The Guardian (republished by MSN, AOL, Europe Says, Inkl, and Yahoo News) on continued use of sprinklers during the hosepipe ban. 
• A study by Dr Rory Jones (Construction Management) on the UK’s lack of air conditioning was featured by BBC News and Politiken (republished by Head Topics). 
• Professor Chris Hilson is quoted by ENDS on regulation of agricultural pollution.

Business and society:

• Gately mentioned research into breastfeeding support in the workplace. 
• LBC interviewed Thomas, a Politics student about employers using AI for job applications.  
• Specification Online reported on research by Dr Anna Jackman (Geography) on the use of commercial drones 

Alumni:

• Mujeres con Ciencia featured an obituary for Reading graduate and Mycologist Lilian Hawker. 
• New Telegraph, Blueprint, Independent, News Central, Business Day Nigeria, and others provided an obituary for Nigeria’s Minster of Finance Sardaunan Sokoto, who studied at Reading. 
• Graduate Zaid Habashneh wrote for Ammon and Jordan News about entrepreneurship systems in Jordan.