By Pritish Behuria, Reader in Politics, Governance and Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Rwanda is routinely celebrated as a growth miracle on the African continent. The country’s GDP growth averaged 7.4% annually between 2000 and 2023, one of the fastest in Africa.
Three decades after the 1994…
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By Muhammad Ali Nasir, Professor of Economics, University of Leeds
US national debt has passed a record US$40 trillion (£29.4 trillion). This milestone is a major warning sign. It reveals vulnerabilities that threaten the long-term economic stability of the US and the rest of the world.
The speed of US debt accumulation is staggering. US national debt first reached $1 trillion in 1941 and, after rising to $20 trillion in 2017, has
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By Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations Management, University of Bristol; University of Bath
Phil Tomlinson, Professor of Industrial Strategy & Regional Development, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regions and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
Plans for a new data centre on the site of a historic former brewery in east London prompted significant local protest. But, following planning reports and a public inquiry, the secretary of state overrode these concerns and approved the project.
The Truman Brewery, located in Brick Lane – the street famous for its curry houses and Bangladeshi culture…
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By Matt Smith, Reader in Applied Theatre and Puppetry, University of Portsmouth
Five women slowly process across Portsmouth’s municipal park, covered in hessian-coloured layered fabrics. On their heads they wear what look like strange overgrown dreadlocks, making them a group of connected beings. They move towards a deflated hessian starfish shape on the floor. Circling it, they enact a ritual performance, animating the space and quietly paying homage to the five-armed symmetry of echinoderms.
This living sculpture…
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By Matthew Flinders, Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
The life of the average British MP is not luxurious or lavish. It is stressful and strange. And sometimes, it can be dangerous.
Former Labour MP Paula Sheriff is the latest to detail the threats she endured in her time at Westminster and call for greater protection for politicians.
MPs are expected to be “on call” 24/7 and be able to cope with incompatible pressures and…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Osman Kavala © 2017 Private (London, August 25, 2026) – The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defender and civil society leader unlawfully imprisoned in Türkiye since November 2017. The court ruled that Kavala's continued detention is unlawful and found that his rights to fair trial, freedom of expression, and association have been violated. The court also found that his aggravated life sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment and that…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The UN special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, meets with local officials in Taizz, Yemen, February 12, 2024. (C) 2024 Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images Houthi authorities transferred at least six detainees to the Specialized Criminal Prosecution in Sanaa on August 23. Among them is a United Nations employee, a UN consultant, and three people who worked with international and local nongovernmental organizations.It’s the latest move in the Houthis’ campaign of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances of dozens of UN staff and employees of Yemeni and…
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By Amnesty International
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights today delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Osman Kavala, the human rights defender and civil society leader unlawfully imprisoned in Türkiye since November 2017. The Court ruled that Kavala’s continued detention is unlawful and found that his rights to fair trial, freedom of expression and association have […] The post Türkiye: Osman Kavala must be immediately released following European Court order to quash his conviction appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jérémie Bertrand, Professeur de finance, LEM-CNRS 9221, IÉSEG School of Management
Caroline Perrin, Chercheuse postdoctorante | Commission européenne
Laurent Weill, Professeur d'Economie et de Finance, Université de Strasbourg
A study across 18 western countries has found that left-handed people sit on the left of the political spectrum backed by data supporting that it has more to do with identity than biology.
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By Itamar Shatz, Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge
Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you’ll do it “tomorrow”, “soon”, or “after watching just a few more videos”?
If so, as someone who has studied the science of procrastination for years, I can reassure you that you are not alone. Around 20% of adults procrastinate regularly.
Those of us who do this…
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