Experts mark crucial work to clarify international law governing military activities in outer space
Experts have marked their crucial work to clarify the military law governing military activities in outer space – research that...
Politics & Society
Chinese contractors in Belt and Road initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries, study shows
Chinese construction and engineering contractors working as part of the country’s Belt and Road initiative face greater challenges in democratic...
Partnership urges residents to report environmental offences and protect nature
Residents are being asked to help protect the environment by reporting any suspicious activity that could be harming nature and...
Societies and Cultures Institute welcomes acclaimed Visiting Researcher
One of India’s preeminent feminist writers and political thinkers has been invited to the University of Exeter to provide a...
Plague transmission may have begun a century before the Black Death, study shows
Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before the Black Death, a...
New research reveals how apartheid-era sexual violence has been ‘collectively unremembered’ by South African society
A generation of women in South Africa have collectively pushed from their memories apartheid-era sexual violence in a cultural process...
Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptocracy, research shows
Powerful legal and financial service industries are enabling kleptocracy and corrupt elites to operate with relative impunity, a new study...
Sound is a primary issue in the lives of skateboarders, study shows
Sound plays a significant and often poignant part of skateboarders’ relationship with their sport, a new study shows. Skateboarders develop...
Major new study to examine treatment and impact of opiate addiction in India
A major new study will analyse the impact of high rates of drug use in India, and how doctors and...