By Sonali Chakravarti, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
AI is making its way into the courtroom, but it can never replicate the moral legitimacy of a human jury.
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By Nausheena Hussain, Doctoral Candidate in Philanthropic Leadership, Indiana University
Young-Joo Lee, Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
Nonprofits led by Muslim women remain extensively engaged in a wide range of civic activities, even though 72% say they have experienced Islamophobia in their work.
That’s one of the main findings of the study that we conducted together. It is the basis of the applied research project – a type of dissertation – that one of us (Hussain)…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A national centre to detect and disrupt the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism is to be set up by the federal government, in the upcoming budget.
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By Anwen Elias, Reader in Politics, Aberystwyth University
Wales is going to the polls on May 7 to elect members to the Senedd (Welsh parliament). And the results could bring big change to the country. The polls are suggesting that this election will result in the biggest shake-up to the political landscape since the creation of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999.
Labour looks likely to lose significant electoral support, with Plaid Cymru and Reform vying to replace it as the largest party in the Senedd. The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are hoping…
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By Irene Appeaning Addo, Associate Professor of African Architecture, University of Ghana
Lloyd G. Adu Amoah, Scholar of Political Science, University of Ghana
Mjiba Frehiwot, Research Fellow-African Studies, University of Ghana
The call to prayer echoes across the neighbourhood as people congregate under the sweeping domes and tall minarets of Ghana’s National Mosque in Accra. For many, it is a place of faith, community and national pride. Yet, few pause to consider that this landmark – now firmly part of Accra’s skyline – was funded and built by Turkey.
This detail points to a bigger story. Some of Ghana’s most important public buildings are shaped by global relationships as much as local needs. And those relationships are not just economic;…
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By Thulasizwe Mkhabela, Research Fellow and Ad Hoc Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of collapsed government irrigation systems.
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By Olayinka Ajala, Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
Darrin Patrick McDonald, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
The precarious security situation in Mali took a turn for the worse in late April 2026. Well coordinated attacks targeted several cities and claimed the lives of the defence minister, Sadio Camara, and several Malian soldiers.
The events are a culmination of increased attacks over the past few years on the military and state institutions in Mali.
We have been…
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By Sam Jones, Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
Economic conditions for ordinary Mozambicans are deteriorating. Poverty has risen, public services are unreliable and there are few decent job opportunities.
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By Heather Ellis, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, School of Education, University of Sheffield
The UK government has launched its first review of school food standards in over a decade, alongside plans to extend free school meals to an additional 500,000 children in families receiving universal credit.
Much of the coverage has focused on specific menu changes, including the possible removal of sugary desserts such as steamed sponge. The focus on such changes might be reflective of how school…
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By Berenice Langdon, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, St George's, University of London
The probiotic industry is worth US$112 billion. But if you knew what was actually inside that capsule, would you still buy it?
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