By Anna Taylor, Senior research officer: Climate Adaptation in the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town
South Africa needs almost US$15 billion over a decade just to reach a basic level of climate adaptation, that protects water, food, health and infrastructure.
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By Catherine Wanjiku Nyambura, Dean of the Business School, Uganda Technology and Management University
Over the last two decades, economic losses from extreme weather (such as the damage caused by floods, mudslides and drought) has amounted to trillions of dollars.
In parts of Kenya and particularly in Nairobi County, disasters have ranged from severe drought to killer floods…
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By Marielena Vogel Saivish, Research Fellow in Virology (Post-Doc position), The University of Texas Medical Branch
Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, affects millions of people every year across Asia, Africa and Latin America. And it’s expanding geographically as warmer temperatures and urban growth allow mosquito populations to thrive in new regions.
At first glance, dengue seems like an obvious candidate for vaccination. It is caused by a virus. Infection triggers an immune response. Vaccines against similar viruses already…
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By Eranda Jayawickreme, Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
Growing up amid Sri Lanka’s civil war, I saw pluralism in action – but didn’t have a name for it. Today, I study the virtues that help people sustain relationships across faiths and cultures.
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By Tim Fowler, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Bristol
Esther Dermott, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Bristol
Just because something is prohibited doesn’t take away the need for parents to have conversations with their children about it.
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By Kit Yates, Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement, University of Bath
Warning this article contains spoilers about the new Amazon Prime series Young Sherlock.
I’ve read the whole Sherlock Holmes canon multiple times over. I love how Holmes uses analytical reasoning to unravel problems that look mysterious, but ultimately prove to have simple explanations. So I was excited when I saw Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock appear on Amazon Prime. My excitement was quickly tempered when I started watching, though.
A key part of the plot relies on mathematics. Holmes…
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By Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Associate Professor & Purdy Crawford Chair in Business Law, Dalhousie University
Janet Macharia, Teaching Fellow & Coordinator, National Partnerships at the Strathmore Law School, Strathmore University
African countries face unfair trade rules, delayed decisions and weak support, leaving them exporting raw goods and losing out economically.
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By Robert W Jones, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies, University of Leeds
It is a truth, though not one universally acknowledged, that a country house possessed of spacious grounds must be in want of a large fortune. A film or television company might offer one, or at least an honourable provision.
The forthcoming marriage of Harewood House in west Yorkshire to Netflix, is much like any other in this respect. The union will produce a new version of Pride…
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By Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University
Scientists have been quietly building a case that what you eat in midlife shapes your brain decades later. Here’s what the evidence actually shows.
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By Amnesty International
To mark the start of the 23 March-2 April meeting of the 356th Session of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body, which will consider a formal complaint filed by African trade unions against the Saudi Arabian government concerning persistent and widespread violations and abuses of migrant workers’ rights contrary to its obligations under various […] The post Global: ILO member states must not give in to Saudi demands for dismissal of migrant labour complaint appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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