Category Archives: Analysis

For LGBTI employees, working overseas can be a lonely, frustrating and even dangerous experience

Miriam Moeller, The University of Queensland; Jane Maley, Charles Sturt University, and Ruth McPhail, Griffith University As the number of workers taking international assignments increases, companies have more responsibility to look after their LGBTI employees who face persecution while on assignment. Russia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are becoming some of the most challenging expatriateContinue reading “For LGBTI employees, working overseas can be a lonely, frustrating and even dangerous experience”

How safe is it to drink rainwater?

Ian Cousins, Stockholm University; Bo Sha, Stockholm University; Jana H. Johansson, Stockholm University; Martin Scheringer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and Matthew Salter, Stockholm University In many parts of the world, including Africa, people rely on rainwater as a source of drinking water, as well as for other household and livelihood uses. One ofContinue reading “How safe is it to drink rainwater?”

How Nigerian students became ‘change agents’ in solid waste management

Chidi Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria Nigerian cities aren’t managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country’s cities, presenting a major socio-cultural and environmental challenge. Cities tend to treat waste as purely a technicalContinue reading “How Nigerian students became ‘change agents’ in solid waste management”

在云南大树脚村，村民对亚洲象的认知和态度是怎样的?

近年来，亚洲象的活动影响了云南大树脚村的村民。

首先，野象的到访为村民带来了经济损失。今年，大树脚村村民祁大哥家里种了20亩玉米，由于他的庄稼是第一批成熟的，所以也最先受到象群的“关照”。祁大哥指了指地上散落的玉米，无奈地说道：“那就是（大象取食后）剩下的玉米了，都在那了。”

Foot-and-mouth disease: the gaps in South Africa’s efforts to keep it under control

Melvyn Quan, University of Pretoria and Rebone Moerane, University of Pretoria In mid August, South Africa’s minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development Thoko Didiza responded to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease with a nationwide ban on the movement of cattle for 21 days. By late August, 127 cases of the disease had been recordedContinue reading “Foot-and-mouth disease: the gaps in South Africa’s efforts to keep it under control”

Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather

Cathryn Birch, University of Leeds; John Marsham, University of Leeds, and Sarah Chapman, University of Leeds Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to “net-zero”. The 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement requires emissions reductions of around 50% in the next 10 years.Continue reading “Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather”

Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how

Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a learning crisis that existed before the pandemic, with many children in school but learning very little. Widespread school closures are notContinue reading “Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how”