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The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

The British artist on working with refugees, the similarities between art and science and growing up next door to Twiggy

The epigeneticist and new Max Planck vice-president on a global childhood, the pleasures of buses running on time, and why young researchers are more stressed than ever

The Pulitzer winner on the resilience of slavery and how universities¡¯ fearless truth-seeking is their best tool to tackle their own troubled pasts

The prizewinning economist discusses how economics must focus on beliefs and identity, along with the influence of TV on our choices

Failings on protective clothing have caused immense suffering for families of the dying, argues researcher

As the tools of complexity theory prove crucial in responding to the pandemic, they must be taught far more widely in universities, argues former oil executive turned researcher

The award-winning author and journalist on the essay that changed her life and why academic research revolves around men

Looking at past crises can help us come to terms with our own, argues scholar of plague that ravaged 18th-century Prague

Pace of disruptive change is falling, claims book by Oxford geographer, who says virus crisis could herald a kinder form of politics

Pioneer of ¡®movement ecology¡¯ explains how the new-found ability to track individual animals is leading to fresh insights about their behaviour and societies

The Pulitzer winner discusses the lack of national alarm over the lives of black communities in the US and how art can help Americans overcome barriers of race

The University of Kent¡¯s dean of Europe on Brexit, spirituality and chatting to Jarvis Cocker

The Turner prizewinning artist on being part of the UK¡¯s Black Art movement and promoting the contributions of women

Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ¡®failed¡¯ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority

The Imperial College London-based Brazilian ecologist talks about preserving rainforest and an encounter with angry peccaries

The astrophysicist on how an all-girls school helped her into science, why analogies are the secret to communicating research, and her move to Germany

Tributes paid to nun who was a pioneer of women¡¯s education

The UK¡¯s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others

Physicist who transformed himself into leading higher education expert remembered

The entrepreneurial chemist talks about molecular tools, batteries in the walls and a three-slice secret to success

Tributes paid to leading river scientist who led University of Westminster for more than a decade

The winner of the inaugural Letten Prize talks about using his research to fight discrimination and the battles between power and democracy

Tributes paid to one of the world¡¯s leading experts on pesticides

Magdalena Skipper lists dedication to high-quality, reproducible science and greater transparency in decision-making as priorities

Leading disability scholar reflects on progress of discipline and key obstacles ahead

Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College

The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry

The Republic of Ireland¡¯s resident Eurovision expert discloses the secrets to winning Europe¡¯s infamous song contest and why it is not just about political alliances

The honorary fellow at the School of Advanced Study discusses business-university links, running marathons and his planned book about higher education

The Oxford physicist on his appreciation for nature, renewable energies and the importance of not being afraid to fail

Tributes paid to expert on the Scottish Enlightenment

The De Montfort University professor discusses growing up as one of nine children, her work to improve the diets of children in the UK, and how academia turned out not to be a nine-to-five job

The next warden of Rhodes House on growing up in a family of political refugees and why universities must prepare graduates to be good citizens

Tributes paid to pioneering cardiac researcher

Stanford business professor with an illustrious alumni ¡®family¡¯ remembered

The quantum computing pioneer and ߣߣÊÓƵn of the Year talks about growing up in south-east London, creating the new field of atomic electronics and how to get more women into science

The Middlesex University expert in stand-up comedy discusses working in the West Bank, collaborating with Mark Thomas, and falling into academia

Pioneer of innovative methods of landscape archaeology remembered

The Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist and founder of the Al-Rodhan prize seeks inspiration from Immanuel Kant and classical architecture

UCSB string theorist who won $3 million prize remembered

The architectural historian on the mediocrity of postwar crematoria design and why we need to talk more openly about death

Imperial College Business School¡¯s new associate dean discusses her Spanish heritage, the challenges of balancing work and family, and how business schools should practise what they preach

McGill University campaigner on women¡¯s health issues remembered

The leading lawyer and wife of the former British prime minister on why she applied to the LSE over Oxbridge, tuition fees and the importance of international students

Tributes paid to fundraiser who transformed the fortunes of the University of Miami

Tributes paid to the ¡®voice of McGill¡¯

The politics lecturer talks Corbyn, computer games and reggae music

The ߣߣÊÓƵn robotics researcher and award-winning teacher discusses the importance of hands-on learning and why robots won¡¯t be taking our jobs any time soon

Tributes paid to neuroscientist who identified role of glial cells in several serious diseases

Leading expert in cosmic rays remembered

The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable

Open-access campaigner talks about the flood of ideas that comes to her at night and the challenges of change

Academic whose research interests were shaped by an African childhood remembered

The world¡¯s first professor of duty of care in sport discusses the challenges of tackling corruption, seeking inspiration from Maya Angelou, and the perfect Reuben sandwich

Tributes paid to award-winning ߣߣÊÓƵn journalist who later became an academic

The Imperial College London stem cell biologist discusses her Italian roots, the search for a cancer cure and dealing with a crowded commute

Tributes paid to agricultural economist who wielded significant policy influence

Tributes paid to pioneering African American university administrator

The Oxford professor of poetry on returning to ¡®exotic¡¯ Leeds, why he¡¯s glad he didn¡¯t study English at university, and the future of literature