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The University of York has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Department of Electronics, Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka to collaborate on research into the bioeconomy, agri-tech, and clean energy.
Transforming waste into clean energy is at the heart of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the University of York and Garden City University.
Two academics from the Department of History at the University of York have been awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes.
University of York research revealing how executive pay can put workers’ rights at risk will be presented to the UN General Assembly in New York later this month.
Mayor David Skaith has launched the Mayor’s Gateway Scholarship at the University of York Mumbai during the region’s trade mission to India.
Researchers across the University are included in the latest Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist Rankings.
Features
Explore the stories behind our remarkable research community here at York to discover the people and the passion driving us toward a better world.
In a global fight against climate change, nature is often treated as a silent victim or a passive backdrop to human needs. Although climate activists demand justice for the planet, our current legal system might not be fit to meet those demands. As the ecological crisis deepens, a once-fringe question and idea is slowly entering our minds: can nature itself have rights?
Dr Jay Harrison is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology. From building self-playing musical instruments to shaping national policy, he champions the role of the ‘technical-creative’ and works to bridge the evidence gap between art and industry.
Composer, performer, and sound artist Federico Reuben, and CoSTAR Live Lab Co-Director Gavin Kearney, tell us how they think AI could cross the legal badlands and emerge from the shadows, to become the next chapter in creativity; and how institutions like the University of York could play its part in creating a new perception of technology’s latest bogeyman.