Theoretical physicists are caricatured in the popular imagination as only involved in abstruse and difficult-to-imagine topics. But some of these theoretical physicists are involved in something closer…
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Postgraduate Researcher in Palaeontology, University of Southampton
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PhD Candidate in Politics, University of Southampton
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Southampton
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Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Southampton
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Music Management, University of Southampton
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Associate professor of work and employment, University of Southampton
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Public Health & Nutrition Research Fellow, University of Southampton
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Director of the Centre for Digital Finance, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Southampton
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Research Fellow in Politics, University of Southampton
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, University of Southampton
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Research Fellow in History, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, University of Southampton
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Research fellow, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, University of Southampton
