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February 24, 2025 Ralph Hamann, _University of Cape Town_; Erin Powell, _North Carolina State University_, and Ted Baker, _Rutgers University_ Development agencies should be careful about
creating tensions between existing cultural norms and new concepts and behaviours they are introducing. February 19, 2025 Ash Watson, _UNSW Sydney_ Vibes – ambiguous as they are – have
become part of the cultural zeitgeist. Studying them could help us better understand human relationships and experiences. August 7, 2024 Vincent Coëffé, _Université d'Angers_ It was
Coco Channel who first made tanning fashionable. But South Californian and Polynesian surfers and American artists on the Côte d'Azur gave it its ‘raison d'être’. July 2, 2024
Bedassa Tadesse, _University of Minnesota Duluth_ It’s not just size. China’s pragmatic trade strategy, which prioritizes meeting the development needs of its trading partners, has played a
key role, too. March 28, 2024 Satang Nabaneh, _University of Dayton_ The potential repeal of the ban on female genital mutilation poses a threat to the well-being of girls in The Gambia.
July 8, 2022 Rihab Khalid, _University of Cambridge_ My research shows how urban design can make it harder for women in some countries to make sustainable choices. June 7, 2022 Madu
Galappaththi, _University of Waterloo_; Andrea M. Collins, _University of Waterloo_, and Derek Armitage, _University of Waterloo_ Creating opportunities to meaningfully engage women in
governance and decision-making is necessary to achieve gender equality in small-scale fisheries. December 29, 2020 L. Alison Phillips, _Iowa State University_ and Jacob Meyer, _Iowa State
University_ Your most important piece of exercise gear may be the friends you buddy up with to work out. June 13, 2019 Emily Mendenhall, _Georgetown University_ The aim was to understand
intense social problems that accompany people’s medical problems. February 8, 2018 Ndoni Mcunu, _University of the Witwatersrand_ Family, marriage and culture are among the factors that
influence black women’s experiences as scientists. November 16, 2017 Laura Stark, _University of Jyväskylä_ Creating more opportunities for young women and girls to work and earn money is a
possible solution to early marriages. Subsidising secondary education to keep poorer girls in school is another. July 2, 2017 Teddy Atim, _Tufts University_ Clear court procedures are
required to guarantee confidentiality, safety, and dignity for victims of highly stigmatising cases, such as sexual abuse. October 5, 2016 Natalie Bau, _University of Toronto_ Here’s how
cultural practices are playing a role in many countries in incentivizing parents to educate their girls. July 21, 2016 Sam Carr, _University of Bath_ While the current political climate has
cultivated a sense of fear surrounding cultural differences, when it comes to parenting, these differences could actually help make people better parents. July 8, 2016 Christina Tworek,
_University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign_ It’s a common quirk of human psychology to make the mental leap that the way things are is the way things ought to be. New research into how we
explain the world around us sheds light on the phenomenon. April 29, 2016 Pippa Norris, _Harvard Kennedy School_ A survey of 1,200 voters provides insight into which candidate is closest to
the median American voter on the issues. October 20, 2015 Kanti Pertiwi, _The University of Melbourne_ Indonesia has carried out campaigns against corruption. But they don’t seem to be
working very well. Why is that? May 13, 2015 Alula Pankhurst, _University of Oxford_ A more enlightened approach to child labour would listen to what children say about work, balance work
and school, and enhance the flexibility and quality of schooling to cater for working children.