By Olga Oleinikova, Associate Professor and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney
Medea Badashvili, Associate Professor in Human Geography, Tbilisi State University
Polina Vlasenko, Postdoctoral Researcher, Social and Cultural Anthropology., University of Oxford
Many Ukrainian women have become surrogates to support their families. But many in Georgia struggle with a loosely regulated industry.
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By Jessica Biesiekierski, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition, The University of Melbourne
Lauren Manning, Lecturer in Dietetics and Human Nutrition, La Trobe University
The effectiveness of IBS diets isn’t just about food – it’s also determined by how the gut and brain work together.
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By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
In A World Appears, Michael Pollan wonders if the search for consciousness might be a socially (and scientifically) acceptable proxy for the search for the soul.
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
More than four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the “danger is only increasing”, particularly from attack drones, a top UN human rights official warned on Thursday.
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By Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
David Cortright, Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
The organizers of the estimated 3,000 “No Kings” protests, rallies and other events planned for March 28, 2026, say they expect that the protests will be the largest such mass mobilization in U.S. history.
As scholars of peace studies and social movements, we investigate how…
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By Clarissa Giebel, Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Population Health, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast, University of Liverpool
What most people think of when they hear the word “dementia” is memory problems and forgetfulness. But what people often don’t know is that dementia can cause many different symptoms – affecting speech, behaviour, sleep, motor function and more.
In fact, dementia is an umbrella term. There are estimated to be more than 100 types of dementia. Alzheimer’s…
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By Daniel Heath Justice, Cherokee Nation citizen, Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies and English, University of British Columbia
Many claims to Cherokee identity are unsubstantiated, and this actively harms Indigenous sovereignty, distorts understandings of Indigeneity and enables appropriation of Indigenous rights and resources.
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By Hannah Griebling, PhD Candidate in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship, University of British Columbia
Sarah Benson-Amram, Associate Professor, Zoology & Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
Ever woken up to find that a crafty raccoon has overturned your garbage bin and spread the discarded contents of your life across the street?
Raccoons — sometimes referred to as “trash pandas” — are renowned as excellent innovators and problem-solvers who can often find their way through the trickiest barriers in their search for food.
So how do raccoons adapt their problem-solving strategies as tasks become more difficult? And will…
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By Robert Kluijver, Visiting researcher at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
We look at Sudan’s long history of civilian-led resistance, and how community networks and youth movements are laying the foundations for re-establishing peaceful rule in a country marked by deep political fragmentation.
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By Declan Murray, Research Associate, Anthropology, University of Manchester
It’s cheaper and quicker to dump waste illegally. At one location, it’s used to support collapsing land – a practice called ‘literal landfilling’.
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