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Eugenia Cheng: not all mathematicians are awkward white men

The mathematician and author talks about how her experience of racism and ‘not fitting in’ prepared her for being a woman in maths, and how abstract maths can stimulate empathy

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Laura Elin Pigott: the UK’s youngest lecturer

The UK’s youngest lecturer talks about an international upbringing that made her at home in academia and the fresh perspective of youth in research

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Noga Arikha: social media creates intellectual impatience that needs countering

The writer and academic talks about her philosophical fascination with the mind and body, and why she wrote about her mother’s dementia

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Sam Louden-Cooke: the academic turned mayor

International relations expert discusses Western dominance of the field, what can be gained from amplifying new voices and balancing her academic work with being mayor of a small town in Warwickshire

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