Richard David HamesThe Vice Chancellor’s ChallengeUniversities have endured for centuries. Why should they need to change today? This was the question put to me just last month by the Vice…15 min read·Nov 28, 2020----
Richard David HamesThe Development QuestionWhat is sustainable economic growth — and is that the same thing as sustainable development? These two phrases are often used…5 min read·Oct 9, 2020----
Richard David HamesNaturally SpeakingIn natural systems, physical matter flows in cycles. Nutrients from one form of life become food for another. Organisms live and die…6 min read·Jul 6, 2020----
Richard David HamesThe Swimmer, the Fisherman, and the Deep-Sea DiverKnowledge is the condition of understanding something that is meaningful, and potentially useful in some capacity. As such it is deeply…12 min read·Jun 29, 2020----
Richard David HamesFanning the Flames of Post-Pandemic FictionsRecently I was captivated by an interview Anton Roux at ADC conducted with Martin Wolf — the Associate Editor and chief economics…4 min read·Jun 9, 2020----
Richard David HamesWhat is Education For?I have skulked around the sidelines of the academy all my life. Occasionally I have ventured into its alluring orbit only to beat a hasty…10 min read·Jun 3, 2020----
Richard David HamesFear of the LightWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light ~ Plato7 min read·May 31, 2020----
Richard David HamesNothing HappenedHumankind is challenged, as it has never been challenged before, to prove its maturity and its mastery — not of nature but of itself…6 min read·May 5, 2020----