Tom Kirk

Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

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Firms need to listen to and understand the needs of the women they wish to attract and retain, write Dulini Fernando, Laurie Cohen and Joanne Duberley. While women have made…
It's time to let nature back into our water management systems. New York City faced a challenge in the 1990s: the city needed a new water filtration system to serve its nearly 8…
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision by U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) to establish a Cyberspace Solarium Commission. According to Sen.…
Alison Gillwald explores why the socially and economically marginalized remain unable to harness the internet to enhance their well-being. Much has been made of the digital…
Morgan D. Bazilian and Saleem H. Ali explore the possibilities of using pipelines, or other energy infrastructure, as a basis for peace. The compelling possibilities of using…
1968 was a revolution that shaped our age, but it’s 1968’s counter-revolution that is killing us today. This year’s fiftieth-anniversary media celebration of 1968’s ‘year from…
Francesca Rhodes, Oxfam’s Gender Policy Adviser on campaigns, policy and influencing. The aid sector’s sexual exploitation and abuse crisis  put into stark spotlight the…
Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of International Punishment by Daniele Archibugi and Alice Pease. Polity Press. 2018. In Crime and Global Justice: The Dynamics of…
Research on the causes and affects of inequality has risen in recent years, with many seeing it as a threat to global governance and cooperation to tackle pressing challenges.…
Since the resignation of Boris Johnson and David Davis, ostensibly in response to Theresa May’s Chequers plan for the next phase of Brexit negotiations, many have quite…
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Alexander Krauss, explains why despite social and medical sciences depending on randomised control trials, they face more biases than…
Odette Chalaby introduces a new award for advocates on gender equality. Some advocates for gender equality — think Justin Trudeau, Malala Yousafzai and Julia Gillard, former…
Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena-Junguito introduce findings from a new research project on historical trade data. Since 2007, the apparently unstoppable growth of world trade…
A new scientific paper proposing a scenario of unstoppable climate change has gone viral, thanks to its evocative description of a “Hothouse Earth”. Much of the media…