Following our webinar with UNRISD, contributors Dunja Krause, Bina Desai and David Dodman take a closer look at some of the questions raised on urban disaster risk and displacement.
03.04.2019
The Plan S initiative threatens to shake up the world of scientific publishing through capped publishing fees for open access journals and a clear move away from hybrid journals. Steven Inchcoombe of Springer Nature gives us an insider view on what the Plan may mean for scholarly publishers.
20.03.2019
When Plan S was launched in September 2018, concerns were immediately raised about the prospects for young and early-career researchers, who depend on publication records for future career development.
18.03.2019
In cities around the world, building upwards is the pinnacle of urban development. Densification in many cities is a powerful force for vitality, creativity, increased productivity and prosperity but can also lead to congestion and overcrowding if mismanaged. What could be achieved if we view dense informal settlements in Africa through a fundamentally different lens?
11.03.2019
China’s programme of innovation-driven development, underpinned by research and technology, has placed new demands on the Chinese scientific community. What role for open access – and the Europe-led Plan S programme?
25.02.2019
City planners and local governments are increasingly expected to deliver on sustainable development policies such as Agenda 2030, but in many cases the data needed to assess and track progress are lacking. We found out how a team of early-career researchers funded through the LIRA 2030 Africa programme are looking to local communities to change that.
20.02.2019
The Europe-led ‘Plan S’ initiative for Open Access scientific publishing has been warmly received in South Africa, with the National Research Foundation expressing ‘in principle’ support. Yet South Africa already has compliant local solutions embedded within the research funding landscape, says Professor Robin Crewe.
15.02.2019
Open Access publishing is more widespread in Latin America than in any other region of the world, and continues to grow. We sat down with CLACSO’s Open Access Advisor Dominique Babini to find out why.
05.02.2019
As the Plan S initiative to open up scholarly publishing gains momentum, we speak to Luke Drury, lead author of the ALLEA (ALL European Academies) Response to the Plan.
31.01.2019
Air pollution is associated with 670,000 premature deaths in Africa each year, but action on controlling pollution has been hampered by a lack of awareness and information on the pollution hotspots. In this story, we find out how a citizen science project working in Nairobi, Kenya, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, aims to change that.
30.01.2019
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