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Our project joins sociolinguistics, philosophy of science, and research ethics in an extensive and close collaboration to explore the conditions of integrity in politically engaged scholarship. The framework...
The resurgence of race in genomic research has renewed longstanding debates about the biological basis of human difference, raising urgent ethical questions about how science reanimates and recodes the...
The recent history of infectious diseases has shown that the number of epidemics and pandemics resul2ng from spillovers of animal viruses to humans is increasing. There is consensus that some of this increase...
The project is structured around the following major hypotheses:
1. Relying on the Deleuzian adaptation of classical Greek thought, it can be surmised that the Russian foreign policy discourse tends to...
My project explores the aesthetics, ethics and politics of literary witnessing in five auto/biographical texts from the S-21 detention centre in Cambodia in relation to the politics of representation and...
Critical raw materials (CRMs) are increasingly vital to contemporary economies and societies. Their role is fundamental in (i) a wide range of modern technologies, including those enabling the dual (digital...
A primary challenge to 21st century global climate predictability is understanding the ocean’s role as a heat and carbon sink or source to the atmosphere. The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica absorbs...
We will use di0erent approaches to clarify what initiates an autoimmune disease and to devise better treatment:
In autoimmune diseases B- and T-cells are directed against our tissues. We will sequence...
We study the chemical biology, physiology, and therapeutic effects of nitric oxide (NO) and related reactive nitrogen oxides. NO is a central signaling molecule involved in the regulation of cardiovascular...
The project proposes to study and bring attention to contemporary moral economies in African Muslim societies that are overlooked. These include charitable programmes in Durban, South Africa, public endowments...
Mental illness leads to great suffering for affected individuals and is one of societies’ largest challenges. Despite numerous studies of risk and protective factors, very few studies have used naturalistic...
Positioned as fathers of Pan-Africanism on the continent, and hailed as heroes in the 21st century Nyerere and Nkrumah are two of the most highly regarded leaders of the independence era. African Studies...