By Sam Jones, Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
Turmoil following presidential and parliamentary elections in Mozambique has been severe. Preliminary official results from the 2024 elections indicated a landslide win by the ruling party, Frelimo. These results are widely contested, with various reports of irregularities.
Post-election squabbles are not new to the country.…
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By Roger Southall, Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa’s government of national unity forged after the 2024 elections refutes the claim that there are two antagonistic political camps.
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By Rui Ying, Postdoctoral Researcher, Marine Ecology, University of Bristol
Daniela Schmidt, Professor in Palaebiology, University of Bristol
Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.
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By Kelley A. McClinchey, Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Frédéric Dimanche, Professor and Director, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Taylor Swift’s Eras tour is expected to bring an economic windfall to Toronto, but questions remain about who will ultimately benefit from it.
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By Frédéric Fréry, Professeur de stratégie, CentraleSupélec, ESCP Business School
A symbol of German industrial power, Volkswagen is facing major financial difficulties. How did the emblem of “deutsche Qualität” get to this point? And can it pull through?
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By L.J. Shrum, Professeur de marketing, HEC Paris Business School
Elena Fumagalli, Docteure en marketing, INCAE Business School
In an increasingly fierce war for attention, the temptation to shock in order to make an impression exists. But what are the results?
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By Clement Meseko, Veterinarian & Virologist, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Jos
Mpox is a disease caused by the highly infectious monkeypox virus. It’s quite easily passed on from one person to another. But it originally came from infected animals.
The virus was discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of pox-like infection were seen in monkeys shipped from Singapore to Denmark for research. Studies since then, however, has shown that monkeys are not the natural host (reservoir) of the virus. This idea was…
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By Lewis Eves, Lecturer in Government and International Relations, University of Essex
China and Japan entered a detente during Trump’s first term in what could be a sign of things to come.
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By Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex
A former CEO and executive chairman of Google, recently suggested that the tech giant’s apparent lag in AI development was due to the company prioritising employees’ personal wellbeing over progress. Eric Schmidt told an audience: “Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning.”
Schmidt later retracted…
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By Collette Paterson, Programme Director - Textiles, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Showcasing Scotland’s finest handcrafts reflects the growing interest and market for embroidered textiles, as well as their increasing visibility in the arts.
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