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cial science and the arts is cru inding ways to combine ing fac ges e of the major challen if we want to tackle som er ch tury, says social resear the world in the 21st cen ty Montana at the Universi and PhD student Jasper UK. ent of Geography in the of Cambridge’s Departm lly explained ua us is ich wh , example Take climate change, for around how the major challenges are as a physical issue, but “Bringing , technology and politics. it relates to the economy and the arts allows us to underst together science and the se major issues.” complexity of some of the allenge d Jasper’s work is the ch One of the passions behin and nature. onships between people of building better relati ty of Melbourne, Zoology at the Universi During his Bachelor of side, which ntary production on the he pursued video docume ries. One series of BBC documenta led to him working on a at the role Histories, which looked of these was Unnatural derstanding litics in shaping our un of culture, history and po of the natural world. u the the humanities gives yo Combining science with communicate lls, think critically and chance to hone your ski ple through a creative way – for exam science to the public in es you the video-making. It also giv writing or illustration or careers few different passions or opportunity to follow a one field of study. that combine more than sses he Drew Berry says the cla Biomedical animator Dr ic design. l were biolog y and graph loved the most in schoo lbourne y at the University of Me After studying cell biolog te of Medical lter and Eliza Hall Institu and working as the Wa his knowledge guy”, he now combines Research’s “Photoshop reveal scopy with animation to of cell biolog y and micro our bodies. molecular action inside are making nces in technology, we “Driven by amazing adva says. “There’s derstand biolog y,” Drew giant leaps to better un y to the public, what’s going on in biolog a huge need to explain ic discoveries the impact that scientif particularly because of can have on our lives.” hough science visualisation, alt Drew thinks the field of big th a really exciting area wi still at an early stage, is t needs tha er nti fro ld wi e. “It’s a developments yet to com bilities for out and explore the possi motivated people to go science lisations to explain what making and using visua ss is about.” – Laura Bone