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Pola Lem
Pola Lem is Asia reporter and acting co-editor of rankings at Times Higher Education. She joined THE in 2021 from Research Professional News, where she covered European research policy. Since graduating from Columbia University’s journalism school in 2015, she has worked in Japan and rural Alaska, covered the US senate and written about satellite imagery for Nasa.