Laura Perry

I recently gave an interview for a Master's student, about my experience of conservation. I thought the answers were worth sharing, and t...

Scouting for social scientists Since June, I’ve been living in Cape Town. Apart from a brief foray to the UK, I’ve consistently been in t...

The correct answer, of course, is batteries. Better ones. Or effective carbon capture tools. But improved climate-tech is less ‘one small...

Last year, it was ‘The Mercy’: amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) sets out to compete in a round-the-world yacht race, with fa...

This is the third time I’ve started this blog. So far, the pattern is: start, get distracted, lose a few days, life completely changes ag...

There’s an old joke about three people, who are interviewing for a job. They are given a pre-interview analysis task, let’s say ‘Is the f...

“What exactly do you do?” “Oh, I travel… a sort of licensed researcher.” I love this (mis)quote. In part because it implies I am similar ...