By Rashida Resario, Robin Steedman, and Thilde Langevang What are the chances that a creative degree will get you a job? What are the chances that that job will be financially rewarding? These are questions often hurled at those with ambitions in creative careers, who decide to pursue creative programmes at the University in Ghana ..read more

By Suci Lestari Yuana and Maria Josefina Figueroa In the pursuit of a sustainable future, the adoption of Circular Economy (CE) principles has become increasingly imperative. However, despite its theoretical emphasis, the practical integration of CE into daily activities remains a challenge. Our research project focuses on mainstreaming CE education through the agency of schools, aiming to bridge the gap between theory and practice ..read more

By Lisa Ann Richey and Alexander Maxelon In recent years, ethical consumption has gained significant traction in the global market. Companies like Carcel, a luxury brand selling clothing made by incarcerated women, have emerged, promising consumers the opportunity ..read more

By Hannah Elliott, Mwathi Kitonga, Fred Kung’u and Elvin Nyukuri Seaports are bustling gateways for trade and the growing blue economy, handling around 80 per cent of world trade. In the Global South, ports are viewed as key drivers of economic development, reflected, for example, in the massive increase in port infrastructure investment in Africa ..read more

By Rachel Alexander Do compliance audits incentivise factories to conceal problematic practices? Could a focus on identifying risks encourage brands to collaborate more closely with their factories, fostering collaborative upgrading processes ..read more

By Felix Maile and Cornelia Staritz  There has been much talk about the reconfiguration of global supply chains in recent years. Intensified geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, digitalization ..read more

By Alexander Maxelon, Nauja Kleist and Lisa Ann Richey.   Humanitarianism is undergoing a profound transformation, with an array of diverse actors entering the humanitarian arena. These shifts raise critical questions about the efficacy of humanitarian responses and the evolving needs of those who rely on them ..read more

By Yvette Ruzibiza and Simon Turner  Tanzania used to be commended internationally for its generous refugee policy, since the 1960s hosting forcibly displaced people from war-torn neighboring countries including Burundi and Rwanda, and actively supporting anti-apartheid freedom fighters from southern Africa ..read more

This year marks the tenth-year anniversary of Xi Jinping’s proposal for an “economic belt along the silk road” while on a diplomatic mission to Kazakhstan, what would later become the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) or One Belt One Road (OBOR) in Chinese ..read more

Climate change is a pressing global issue that requires immediate action. As countries and multinational companies invest in green energy, it's easy to assume that we're making ethical choices. However, this is not always the case. green initiatives perpetuate a new form of colonialism, effectively making them green colonialism. Our recent study - Green Colonialism and Decolonial Feminism: A Study of Wayúu Women’s Resistance in La Guajira [https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231189610], uncovers how the rush to renewable energy is affecting Indigenous communities, specifically the Wayúu women in L ..read more