Projects

In the light of the political impasse gripping the country, this study investigates the ideas that made democratic South Africa, through the largely unexplored interaction between its journalists and politicians. The...

Apart from making important contributions to morbidity and mortality world-wide (WHO), injuries as a health problem have special characteristics (Byass et al. 2013). Some mechanisms of injury, such as...

This project concerns methods to obtain higher spatial resolution and improved contrast when imaging thick biological samples – a classical and generic bio-imaging problem. The methods are enabled by...

The need for environmentally benign methodology to perform reactions in organic chemistry is continuously increasing, in order to minimize health and climate effects caused by the chemical industry. The...

Africa, once considered the breadbasket of the world, is now strongly affected by problems with food insecurity and malnutrition. Steady increases in African populations coupled with ecosystem degradation,...

At the beginning of the 21th century mankind is confronted with a number of global challenges. Energy crisis, climate change, ecosystem degradation, pockets of extreme poverty and food insecurity collide...

The Greek myth of the European Kingfisher has inspired many poets and writers and left deep traces in European culture. It is a story of love and conjugal fidelity in which the Kingfisher (Halcyon) is...

It is planned to begin a book called “Listening” during the stay at STIAS which will present, in a form accessible to readers with diverse interests, a method of psychological inquiry that was developed...

Stories of “lonely death” (kodokushi) are commonplace in what is considered an era of increasing isolation and social disconnectedness in post-Bubble Japan. Referencing the deaths of people who die...

A book about Togolese who apply for the US Diversity Visa lottery will be completed.  More Togolese per capita apply for the Green Card lottery than those from any other African country, with winners...

The prevailing macroeconomic frameworks in African countries may be generally characterized as a do no harm approach to policy. Like in other developing regions, macroeconomic policy in African countries...

Grassland systems have been in focus for a long time due to their ecological, socioeconomic and cultural importance. If moderately managed, these grasslands may increase the multifunctionality of rural...