Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham
A Trustee of The Conversation, Alice Roberts is an anatomist, anthropologist and Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She has developed a research interest in biological or physical anthropology, looking at what ancient skeletons can tell us about human evolution and the diversity of the human species. She has a PhD in palaeopathology, the study of disease in ancient human remains.
Alice is also a broadcaster and has presented several landmark BBC series including The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us, Ice Age Giants and The Celts. She has also presented several Horizon programmes, and occasionally presents Costing The Earth on Radio 4. She has written seven popular science and archaeology books. Her book about embryology and evolution, The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being, was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize in 2015.
How universities can earn trust and share power in the bitter post-truth era
May 04, 2017 11:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
James Baldwin, the author, playwright and social critic, whose life is depicted in the remarkable 2016 film I Am Not Your Negro, once said: It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most...