By Bradley Rink, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of the Western Cape
Gina Porter, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
Being mobile means people can get access to opportunities and take part in economic and social life. Mobility, in all its forms, is critical for cities to thrive.
Recent studies highlight what most African city dwellers already know: walking is the main way of getting around, and essential for daily life. This is true for people who live in low-income neighbourhoods across the world. When people lack money for taxi,…
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By Anthony Turton, Professor: Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
Control over water underpins national security, economic stability and social wellbeing, as disputes over rivers from southern Africa to the Nile show.
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By Bonnie Campbell, Professeure émérite en économie politique. Département de science politique de l'Université du Québec à Montréal., Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Moussa Doumbo, Enseignant-Chercheur, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion, Université des Sciences sociales et de Gestion de Bamako
Gold mining operations recently restarted at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex in western Mali after being shut down for several months. In January, the Malian government started blocking exports from the mine owned by Canada-based Barrick Mining (formerly called Barrick Gold).
The government blocked exports and took control of three tonnes of bullion following…
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By Jasper Kenter, Professorial Research Fellow, Deliberative Ecological Economics, Aberystwyth University
The UK budget is usually a story of growth forecasts, borrowing levels and fiscal discipline. But ahead of this month’s high-stakes event, growth has been slower than expected. At the same time, as households struggle with living costs, the climate crisis intensifies and inequality persists, growth might seem like too narrow a focus.
Conventional economics – with its reliance on GDP growth – cannot respond to the global “polycrisis”. This…
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By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, City St George's, University of London
Iraqis went to the polls on November 11 to vote in parliamentary elections. Preliminary results put the coalition of Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in the lead. But no bloc has won anything close to a governing majority in the 329-seat parliament.
The country’s next government will be, as has been the pattern since the fall of longtime dictator Saddam…
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By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
Darren Godwell, CEO, Stronger Smarter Institute
Canada and Ontario are accelerating efforts to attract global investment and speed up approvals for new mining projects.
Ontario’s government has introduced new policies aimed at attracting investors and accelerate project timelines. Central to this strategy are laws like Bill 5, the…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
We swallow billions of pills each year. Most pass unnoticed. Others cause a painful and surprisingly common condition called pill-induced oesophagitis.
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By Jess Davies, Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University
From Paris in 2015 to Belem in Brazil in 2025, soil is slowly becoming part of climate policy but more can be done.
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By Philippe Le Billon, Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Will Brazil’s proposed scheme make a major difference for the climate, and how will it impact communities who live in forests?
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Tetyana Malyarenko, Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
Operation Midas, a Ukrainian anti-corruption probe, has uncovered what appears to be damning evidence against some of the Ukrainian president’s close allies.
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