By Arash Javanbakht, Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
As social media platforms make it easier for millions of people near and far to witness public violence, the harmful effects have far greater reach.
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By Kirsty Ross, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
After four years’ isolation, the Phillips children will likely struggle to understand and believe the world is different from the version their father may have told them.
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By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
Greg Morrison, Professor, Director of the Urban Transformations Research Centre, Lang Walker Endowed Chair in Urban Transformation, Western Sydney University
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Associate Professor in Mental Health, Western Sydney University
One Australian survey found more than a third of private renters feel their housing situation is harming their mental health.
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By Hsiao-chun Hung, Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
New research shows a tradition of smoke-drying human remains persisted for thousands of years across southern Asia and beyond – even into the modern day.
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By Saini Samim, PhD Candidate, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Hayden Dalton, Lecturer in Geoscience, The University of Melbourne
How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution.
Unfortunately, pinning down a timeline of early human evolution has long been difficult – but ancient volcanic eruptions in East Africa may hold the key.
Our new study, published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, refines what we know about volcanic ash layers in Turkana Basin, Kenya. This place has yielded many early human…
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By Astrid Edwards, PhD Candidate and literary critic, The University of Melbourne
Mariam Rahmani’s witty debut novel, Liquid, set between the US and Tehran, is a rom com for the age of precarity.
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By Karen Stollznow, Research Fellow, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
Bitch is a slur – and a powerful symbol – that continues to divide us. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely to ever be fully reclaimed. Here’s why.
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By Tom Mboya Olali, Associate Professor, Department of Kiswahili, University of Nairobi
Lamu is a historic Swahili port town on an island off the northern coast of Kenya. Each year it hosts the famous Lamu Maulidi Festival, a sacred Muslim celebration, planned this year for 17-18 September.
People come from across the world to attend because in Lamu, maulidi (also known as mawlid) is unique. It’s a blend of cultures, and of pilgrimage, ceremony and carnival.…
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By Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
The relationship between inequality and economic growth is a complex one, especially in Africa. Inequality is the result of a host of factors, including policy choices, institutional legacies and power structures that favour elites. Professor Imraan Valodia, director of the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies spoke to Ernest Aryeetey, emeritus professor of Development Economics at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana about the issues.
What policy choices have African governments made that have worsened inequality?
Firstly,…
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By Saheed Babajide Owonikoko, Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
For Nigeria, the arrest of two major terrorist leaders is an important strategic victory but security needs to brace for likely retaliation.
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