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Return to Vietnam: Transnational Stories of War Legacies

“A lot of guys say, ‘I almost feel like I’m coming home”, said Bill E., a former Marine from his home in Da Nang. Bill had deployed to Vietnam in 1969, serving a year as a machine gunner along...

Mia Martin Hobbs | 19 Oct 2021

Mind Control to Major Tom: First State Regulates Use of Neurotechnologies

One of the last frontiers of science remains the human mind – but not for much longer. Scientists can already manipulate memories and emotions such as fear or anger, at the switch of a nanolaser, using...

Kobi Leins | 19 Oct 2021

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism

I have been thinking and writing about religion and culture since the 1990s. However, I did not think about writing a book. I was more preoccupied with questions pertaining to media ethics and medical...

Raphael Cohen-Almagor | 18 Oct 2021

Supply Chain Disruption: Risks and Opportunities for A Net Zero Transition

A consortium of over 160 firms, with net assets of more than USD70 trillion, are now members of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), a COP26 initiative set up under the leadership of former...

Mokbul Ahmad, Jahan Chowdhury | 14 Oct 2021

Surviving Climate Chaos: Systems adapting to change

Surviving Climate Chaos is being published into a new world of lethal fires, floods and record-breaking temperatures, while the IPCC warns us that we are in the last decade before Arctic, oceanic and...

Julian Caldecott | 13 Oct 2021

Up **** Creek: The Discharge of Raw Sewage in England’s Rivers

With a large number of Britons “staycationing” in the UK due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there is a greater emphasis on the recreational value of England’s rivers. From canoeing to fishing,...

Sean Whittaker | 11 Oct 2021

Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa

Whose work, in your field, has inspired you most? Though much of my scholarship is historically grounded, I was not trained as a historian. I admire historians who can put archival texts into conversation...

Robtel Neajai Pailey | 11 Oct 2021

The Physics of Climate Prediction

Syukuro Manabe explains how mountains affect the Earth’s climate (1972 photo, courtesy of NOAA/GFDL) Climate scientist Syukuro Manabe shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions...

R. Saravanan | 8 Oct 2021

Medieval Lives, Identities and Histories A Book in Honour of Elisabeth van Houts

This book originated in a conversation over coffee between the two editors. The result was a decision to ask Cambridge University Press whether they would be willing to publish a book whose theme...

David Bates, Julie Barrau | 8 Oct 2021

Climate Activism at Glasgow: Does the rise of digitally distributed activism challenge traditional climate NGOs?

The climate movement has long been divided over how to campaign, and who to target, in their activism. This is because climate change is a diffuse, and complex problem that involves all levels of governance:...

Nina Hall | 8 Oct 2021

Local Actions Central to Achieving Carbon-Neutrality Goal in China

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2020, President Xi Jinping declared that China would peak its carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. ...

Shiran Victoria Shen | 8 Oct 2021

How populists in power use constitutional law

We often tend to conceive populism and constitutionalism as being antithetical but the relationship between them should not be seen in terms of mutual exclusion and perfect opposition. Indeed, it is possible...

Giuseppe Martinico | 7 Oct 2021