By Jennifer Rich, Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
After the Holocaust, Eastern European survivors collaborated on memorial books called ‘yizker bikher’ – one way to reclaim their neighbors’ lives and memories.
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By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Research Associate Professor, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has allowed NASA, private companies, universities and nonprofits alike to launch satellites, spacecraft and even astronauts to orbit.
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By Caitlyn Collins, Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
Chloe Gibbs, Director, Early Childhood Policy Lab, University of Notre Dame
Improving both supply and quality of childcare has been the focus of several states trying to find solutions on their own.
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By Sujeong Park, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Addiction Studies, Penn State
Billing errors, testing and questions about new symptoms can lead to unexpected bills, making some patients wary to go back for their next checkup.
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By Lara B Aknin, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Simon Fraser University
Kelsey O'Connor, Senior Researcher, National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies
Säde Stenlund, Postdoctoral Researcher, Public Health, University of Turku
When the pioneers of modern happiness research shared insights on living well, one research-backed theme kept emerging: the importance of other people.
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By Elvis Korku Avenyo, Associate Professor of Development Economics, DSTI/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, University of Johannesburg
Gideon Ndubuisi, Assistant Professor of Economics, Delft University of Technology
Solar and wind could bring women jobs and businesses in Ghana and South Africa, but governments must overturn inequalities in access to skills, loans and assets.
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By Danny Bradlow, Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement and Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
The current global economic situation is confusing. On the one hand it’s characterised by inflation, and food and other critical supply shortages caused by the wars in Ukraine and the Gulf states. On the other, by optimism and economic growth caused by the boom in AI investments.
The situation both poses threats and offers opportunities to Africa.
On…
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By Emilie Canova, Institute Affiliate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge; Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
The EU recently presented its latest Arctic strategy. It is the bloc’s fifth such strategy since 2008 and the first to be published since 2021, a few months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This conflict has disrupted Arctic governance. The work of the…
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By Laura O'Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University
The film reveals how easily the pursuit of justice can become a form of exploitation, and the responsibility the audience bears for the entertainment it consumes.
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By Emma Ashworth, Associate Professor in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Liverpool John Moores University
Georgia Pavlopoulou, Associate Professor in Neurodiversity, UCL
The data showed autistic children were seeking help for suicidal thoughts in A&E at significantly younger ages than their non-autistic peers.
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