Projects

The global population is projected to increase from 8.1 billion in 2024 to 10.2 billion in 2100. Most of this growth, particularly after midcentury, will take place in sub-Saharan Africa. In light of this...

This project consists in writing a monograph about the irreducible and pervasive complexity of the natural world (the biological world, in particular), and about the importance of becoming increasingly...

A supernova explosion marks the spectacular end in the life of a massive star. Supernovae are the main sources of chemical elements that make life possible, responsible for regulating star formation in...

The textile and clothing sector generates a large amount of waste that are either incinerated or disposed in landfills. There is a large and growing share of textile waste that is exported to e.g. Africa...

The global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest projected increase. Notably, the way T2D develops differs by ethnicity, but risk stratification...

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is an aggressive type of blood cancer that requires life-long therapy. However, in most Low and Middle Income Countries, including the majority of Africa, long-lasting treatment...

X-ray imaging is a workhorse in the clinic due to its speed, low cost and relative simplicity. However, the absorption contrast mechanism conventionally used has essentially remained the same since the...

The spread of most diseases is strongly affected by the migrations of populations due to wars, natural disasters or prevailing economic circumstances. These migrations also impact the economies of the...

With this project I aim to outline the unwritten history of civil aviation in East Africa. I use this history as a lens to take a fresh look at some classic questions as follows: how did the human fascination...

This is a pivotal moment for the study of slavery, in historical and contemporary form across a range of comparative law contexts. In historical form, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres...

This project thinks through the space of the lift as urban affective infrastructure in Johannesburg over the 20th century. Using archival research, newspaper accounts, literary representations, films and...

Sign languages, the visual-gestural languages of Deaf communities, lack a written form. Therefore, until recently, it was not possible to “capture” these languages. The advent of digitised video recordings,...