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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By Eric Harvey, Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
François-Xavier Habimana, Master of Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
From steroid use to “bone smashing”, the “looksmaxxing” movement is only the latest example of the manosphere’s toxic hold on young people.
Less obvious is the role ecologists have unwittingly played in its rise. Contemporary male supremacist arguments routinely borrow from evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology, and that should give ecologists pause.
As a professor of environmental science at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), I study,…
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By Marie Janot Caminade, Docteure en science politique, chercheuse à l'Institut des sciences sociales du politique (ISP), Université Paris Nanterre
Getting into a tenured position in higher education and research can be likened to an obstacle course – this is particularly true when women add motherhood into the mix.
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By Jean-Philippe Bouilloud, Professeur d’organisation et de sociologie des sciences, ESCP Business School
The anxiety overload at the root of widespread high school closures and protest action explains parents’ show of support for the youth-led movement.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Ana Elisa Santos Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), the youngest federal deputy elected in Minas Gerais state, poses for a photograph in Divinopolis, Brazil, on October 15, 2026. © 2026 Douglas Magno/AFP via Getty Images Overwhelmed by threats—and fearing for her personal safety Satya Rhodes-Conway the current mayor of Madison, Wisconsin in the US, announced on October 23 that she was dropping her bid for reelection. "The price of being in public office has gotten too high,” she said.Globally, women in public life face alarming levels of political violence, including…
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