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Donald Trump speaking at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference. Some 44% of Trump voters were found to believe their government is hiding the truth about immigration, according to researchers.

Brexit and Trump voters more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, survey study shows

23 Nov 2018

Latest research reveals the extent to which conspiracy theories have become “mainstream rather than marginal beliefs” across much of Europe and the...

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Spitting Image archive comes to Cambridge University Library

14 Nov 2018

A Margaret Thatcher puppet and the unbroadcast script and video tape for the pilot episode of Spitting Image have taken their place alongside the...

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Thatcher papers for 1988 reveal her 'deep enthusiasm' for the single market

21 Jul 2018

Margaret Thatcher’s infamous Bruges speech – which helped to coin the phrase ‘Euroscepticism’ – was never intended to be an anti-European diatribe...

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Brexit March

‘Cognitive flexibility’ associated with voting attitudes in EU Referendum, study finds

16 Apr 2018

Latest research combining social and political surveys with objective cognitive testing suggests that “cognitive flexibility” contributes to...

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Demonstration

New Cambridge institute to tackle policy challenges in our age of disruption

16 Apr 2018

The Bennett Institute for Public Policy will address emerging global patterns of inequality and social unrest by offering a unique combination of...

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A screen shot of the Fake News Game on a smart phone.

Fake news ‘vaccine’: online game may ‘inoculate’ by simulating propaganda tactics

20 Feb 2018

A new experiment, launching today online, aims to help ‘inoculate’ against disinformation by providing a small dose of perspective from a “fake news...

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Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), a waterbird with habitats ranging from the Russian far-east to Europe, Africa, and Australasia.

Political instability and weak governance lead to loss of species, study finds

20 Dec 2017

Big data study of global biodiversity shows ineffective national governance is a better indicator of species decline than any other measure of “...

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Protester in Seattle, US

Presenting facts as ‘consensus’ bridges conservative-liberal divide over climate change

11 Dec 2017

New evidence shows that a ‘social fact’ highlighting expert consensus shifts perceptions across US political spectrum – particularly among highly...

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President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at Yokota Air Base | November 5, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

'Populism' revealed as 2017 Word of the Year by Cambridge University Press

30 Nov 2017

The word 'populism' has been announced as the Cambridge Dictionary 2017 Word of the Year.

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Thatcher speaking in the White House grounds during her 1987 visit to the USA

‘Don’t put yourself through it again’: Thatcher papers reveal ‘distress’ after bruising election win

10 Oct 2017

Margaret Thatcher’s third and final election victory dominates the 50,000 pages of her personal papers for the year 1987 – opening to the public from...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s lecture at Seoul National University

Opinion: China has no good options for dealing with North Korea

05 Sep 2017

What options does China have when it comes to North Korea? Very few, and none of them very good, according to PhD student Dylan Loh, in an article...

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Opinion: Parliament and Brexit

30 Jun 2017

The general election result increases leverage for Parliament when it comes to Brexit. Here, Baroness Smith of Newnham, a lecturer in the Department...

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