Thom Davies – The Conversation

A sculpture of a bomb remains by the Black Hole of Los Alamos. Becky Alexis-Martin

December 8, 2016

The Anthropocene is a nuclear epoch – so how can we survive it?

Becky Alexis-Martin, University of Southampton; Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University, and Thom Davies, University of Warwick

This year saw nuclear weapons tested, stockpiles renewed, and disasters remembered.

A fishing boat washed inland by the 2011 Tsunami next to a shrine inside the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone. Thom Davies

November 23, 2016

Becky Alexis-Martin, University of Southampton and Thom Davies, University of Warwick

Those communities affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident are having their resilience tested once again.

A tear gas cannister on the outskirts of the Calais camp. Thom Davies

October 24, 2016

Arshad Isakjee, University of Birmingham and Thom Davies, University of Warwick

The French and British governments have prioritised security over humanity for refugees in the Calais Jungle.

The growing migrant camp known as the “New Jungle”. Thom Davies

July 29, 2015

Thom Davies, University of Warwick; Arshad Isakjee, University of Birmingham, and Surindar Dhesi, University of Birmingham

While politicians talk security, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the French coast.