No images? Click here NEWSLETTER | January 2021 WALL SCHOLARS 2021Meet our 2021 Wall ScholarsWe are pleased to announce the Peter Wall Institute Wall Scholars for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Institute’s Wall Scholar Award is available to scholars and thinkers from UBC and other academic institutions world-wide to spend one year in residence at the Peter Wall Institute in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment. Scholars will spend a year in residence at the Institute focusing on the theme of Complex Systems. IN THE NEWSExploring the Wandering MindPWIAS Interim Director, Kalina Christoff was featured in The Tyee. She was interviewed about her research in mind-wandering and how this beneficial brain function is associated with elevated levels of creativity, higher intelligence and more efficient thought processing. MIND and Mediterranean diets and Parkinson’s diseaseA new study co-authored by PWIAS Distinguished Professor, Brett Finlay, is the first study to suggest a link between MIND and Mediterranean diets and the later onset of Parkinson's disease. COVID-19 Heightens Food Security Concerns for Canadians2020 Wall Scholar Jennifer Black (Food, Nutrition & Health) was interviewed by Global News on how the COVID-19 pandemic is fueling food security concerns and is affecting the health and well-being of Canadians. Opinion: Federal Nuclear Power Plan is a Pipe Dream2020 Wall Scholar M.V. Ramana (Public Policy & Global Affairs) penned this op-ed about the government's small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) action plan, stating not only are SMRs expensive compared to the alternatives, but there continues to be unresolved issues around radioactive contamination.The Uninvited Project2020 Wall Scholar and co-author of Uninvited: Talking Back to Plato, Carrie Jenkins (Philosophy), has taken the spirit of her book online. With The Uninvited Project, she aims to collect, curate and make space for the work of other artists in collaboration with the poems, the dialogues that inspired them, and/or each other. The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC provides opportunities for world-class scholars to explore innovative research questions in a vibrant, collegial environment spanning all disciplines. Our programs draw together scholars from UBC and around the world to engage in deep and unconstrained research into some of the most profound questions and challenges facing humanity. |