By Gabriela Mesones Rojo
An interview with Venezuelan visual artist and photographer Santiago Méndez, who has exhaustively documente queerness and Pride in Caracas for the last three years.
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By Peter C. Kjærgaard, Honorary Professor, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Mark Maslin, UCL Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
More than any other ancient relative, Lucy has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human.
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By Xiang Ren, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Sheffield
The Dong people in China are an Indigenous ethnic group who are known to have lived in the mountainous regions of southwestern China for about 600 years. They don’t have a written language – instead their cultural knowledge is shared by word of mouth. This means that the outside world doesn’t know much about them.
But an ambitious university-led research project to document the Dong people’s distinctive architecture is revealing a
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By Lauren Bridgstock, Research Associate, Healthcare Communication, Faculty of Health and Education, School of Nursing and Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University
Research shows that praise can guide people with dementia through difficult tasks on busy wards, but unclear or poorly timed praise may cause confusion.
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By Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
Harmful narratives about domestic abuse persist in our society. They can include questioning “why doesn’t the victim just leave?”. They might mean believing in a hierarchy of abuse, where physical abuse is taken more seriously than other forms.
Stereotypical characterisations of how a victim should behave and what a perpetrator looks like remain. Overall, a lack of understanding and awareness serves to silence and exclude those most affected.
Research…
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By Omar Al-Tabbaa, Professor of International Business and Strategy, University of Leeds
Five carmakers are involved in a case at the High Court in London over claims that they cheated on emissions tests. A decade ago, the “dieselgate” scandal broke, eventually forcing Volkswagen to pay billions of euros in fines and settlements. These carmakers (Mercedes, Ford, Peugeot/Citroën, Renault and Nissan) have all faced accusations that selling cars was more important to them than their environmental responsibilities. They all deny the allegations.
Back in 2015, all United Nations member states…
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By Aurora Moxon, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cultural Studies, University College Cork
Hiking tourism is helping to rehabilitate a once-notorious region of Calabria and boost the local economy in area suffering from rural decline.
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By Salmaan Khan, Sessional Lecturer, Toronto Metropolitan University
A pilot study drawing on 2021 Census data found that Muslim workers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area earn significantly less than non-Muslim counterparts.
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By Aidan McGartland, PhD candidate, Music Theory, McGill University
Linglan Zhu, PhD candidate in Music Technology, McGill University
Matthew Anthony Ludwig, PhD candidate, Statistics, Boston University
Puerto Rican icon Bad Bunny, a superstar rapper, has recently risen to global prominence as demonstrated by the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.
Bad Bunny’s success is not only down to his charismatic performances or engagement in social activism for Puerto Rico, but…
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By Hari KC, Research Fellow, Bridging Divides, Toronto Metropolitan University
Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Toronto Metropolitan University
As AI becomes increasingly embedded in hiring, Canada needs to consider how opportunity is distributed once immigrants enter the labour market.
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