By Veselina Stoyanova, Associate Professor in Strategy & International Management, University of Birmingham
Every year the festival attracts thousands of people to Scotland’s capital, but is the city able to harness this and improve it as a place to live?
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By Fatima-Zahra Aklalouch, Doctor in English Linguistics specialized in Political Discourse Analysis, Université Paris Cité
The White House’s controversial Aliens.gov portal dehumanises undocumented non-US citizens by blurring the boundaries between the term “illegal aliens”, or unauthorised residents, and extraterrestrials.
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By Muhammad Waqas Haider, PhD candidate in International Relations, Lancaster University
India and Pakistan fought an intense four-day war in May 2025. But while the media narrative was dominated by fighter jets, drones and missiles, the most consequential contest unfolded in orbit a few hundred kilometres up.
That short war was, arguably, the first between two nuclear-armed states to be shaped decisively by the use of satellites.…
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By Parvati Nair, Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave on the Moroccan mainland, was unprepared for the arrival of more than 70,000 undocumented migrants on July 30. They arrived mostly by sea, from Morocco via the Tarajal breakwaters and its shoreline.
The minuscule city of just seven square miles had few provisions for food, shelter or support for the unexpected arrivals. This was a shocking exposure of the apparent…
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By Fatemeh Ameli, Lecturer, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Eric Duku, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Magdalena Janus, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Scott Davies, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Math achievement gaps begin in kindergarten and persist through Grade 9, highlighting the importance of investing in children’s early development.
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By Trevor Hill, Professor of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Alistair Clulow, Professor in Agrometeorology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Anthony Palmer, Honorary Professor at the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
Richard Kunz, Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Shaeden Gokool, Researcher in Hydrology in the Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sukhmani Mantel, Associate Professor at the ARUA Water Centre of Excellence Academic Manager, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
Researchers have used drones and ground sensors to get the first ever measurements of exactly how much water hemp crops consume.
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By Tackson Makandwa, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Maheshvari Naidu, Full Professor in Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away.
When people think about refugees, they often imagine…
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By Anselmo Matusse, Research officer, University of Cape Town
A new collection of Amílcar Cabral’s agricultural writings shows why Africa’s soil crisis today is about history, politics and people as much as farming.
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By Matthew Shupler, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, Harvard University
A study of 701 households in Nairobi found that rising food and fuel prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced many families to eat and cook less.
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By Julie Velásquez Runk, Professor of Environment and Sustainability Studies, Wake Forest University; Smithsonian Institution; University of Michigan
Chenier Carpio Opua, Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
Doris Cheucarama Membache, Member of Wounaan Podpa Nʌm Pömaam (Wounaan National Congress), Indigenous Knowledge
Destacamos formas de celebrar la sabiduría, la alegría, la belleza y la resistencia de los indígenas wounaan mientras hablamos de la historia.
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