By Nyasha Karimakwenda, Associate Research Scientist, Wellesley College
Sexual violence in marriages is a very real issue in South Africa, but remains shrouded in silence and denial. It’s a subject that Nyasha Karimakwenda has researched for many years in various forms, from traditional practices to court judgments. We asked her to outline the issues.
What is marital rape and why should we pay more attention to it?
Though marriage rates in southern Africa have decreased over the past decades, marriage is still considered to be an
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By Celestina Atom, Postgraduate Researcher and Part-time Lecturer in Politics and International Relations., Teesside University
Nigeria has a policy of de-radicalisation of former Boko Haram fighters, but overlooks the voices of soldiers who have to carry out the policy.
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By Antonio Navas, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
What makes some countries rich and others poor? Is there any action a country can take to improve living standards for its citizens? Economists have wondered about this for centuries. If the answer to the second question is yes, then the impact on people’s lives could be staggering.
This year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (commonly known as the Nobel prize for economics) has gone to three researchers who have provided answers to these questions: Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt…
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By Emily Gilbert, Professor, Canadian Sudies and Geography & Planning, University of Toronto
No matter how convenient and efficient pre-clearance programs might be, they raise challenging questions about Canadian sovereignty and the rights of Canadian citizens.
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By Jon Andoni Duñabeitia, Director del Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición (CINC) y Director de la International Chair in Cognitive Health (ICCH) en la Universidad Nebrija, Universidad Nebrija
When we hear the word “twins”, we tend to think of two identical people who share physical traits, and perhaps certain behaviours or quirks. However, in the world of technology this word has a different meaning. It refers to something both revolutionary and still relatively underexplored: digital twins.
A digital twin is a virtual replica of a real system, a dynamic model that, fed by real-time data, mimics the behaviour of what it represents. It is like having a smart mirror that not only reflects something’s state, but also learns from each movement it makes in order to predict the…
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By Daniele Curci, PhD Candidate in International and American History, Università di Siena
In his lyrics, the folksinger and herald of US postwar social struggles described his era. In some ways, it resembles our own.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025. © 2025 Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images The latest session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which concluded last week, offers a glimmer of hope in what are dark times for human rights around the world.Amidst talk of the erosion of international rule of law and decreasing government willingness to promote human rights abroad and fund rights institutions, countries from across regions acted with civil society groups to defend and protect rights in the world’s trouble spots and on key global issues.Responding…
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Most of us think we know something about Jane Austen. As I began research for Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation marking 250 years since her birth – I certainly believed I did.
Perhaps, like me, you’ve read her novels or enjoyed one of the many screen adaptations. Maybe you’ve seen her portrait, painted by her sister Cassandra, hanging in the National Portrait Gallery – or gazing serenely from a £10 note. But the more I learned about Austen, the more she seemed to slip away.
The…
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By Mahelet G Fikru, Professor of Economics, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Jennifer Brodmann, Associate Professor of Accounting, Finance and Economics, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Companies with relatively many patents and more employees own facilities that tend to release lower proportions of their toxic waste into the environment.
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By Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University
The coffee giant is pivoting back to its ‘third place’ roots – but the shift away from grab-and-go customers could open the door for rivals.
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