How Nigeria has got better at running elections that are freer and fairer

Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The conduct of periodic, competitive, participatory, credible and non-violent elections is one of the main yardsticks used to determine the democratic condition of a state. As such, Nigerias 2019 general election is...

How environmental health workers can help climate change mitigation

Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

All the evidence tells us that the worlds changing climate will affect more than the environment. It will have serious consequences for peoples health too. Southern Africa is in the eye of the climate change storm. In...

Burden of trauma and PTSD in young British people revealed – new research

Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

For most people, the terms trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) lead to thoughts of veterans haunted by battlefield atrocities. Few realise that children and adolescents can experience trauma and develop PTSD,...

English is not enough – British children face major disadvantage when it comes to language skills

Feb 26, 2019 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

For a number of years now, the provision of languages in British schools and universities has been in decline. Yet, as Brexit looms largely on the horizon, there has been much talk in the media and from politicians about...

Trump vs. Congress: The emergency declaration should not be resolved in court

Feb 26, 2019 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

President Donald Trumps emergency declaration to build a border wall has provoked a constitutional confrontation with Congress. Here is the background for understanding whats at stake beginning more than two centuries...

Carbon emissions: our research shows a decade of steady decline across Europe and the US

Feb 26, 2019 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

A sliver of hope against a backdrop of gloom: 18 countries showed a sustained decline in their carbon emissions from fossil fuel use over the past decade. This trend, averaging 2.2% a year over the period 2005-2015, is...

Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative

Feb 26, 2019 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series...