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Bucha main street after Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleksandr Ratushniak - Wikimedia Commons Russian atrocities against Ukrainians are increasingly coming to light.

The new director of the interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies has seen firsthand how collaboration between the academy and the community can yield ideas unfettered by preconceiv

An applied research initiative based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy aims to improve public services and governance in lower-income countries through more effective local taxation.

'Dissatisfied', 'frustrated' and 'let down' are words summing up how most people feel about the UK's democracy today, finds an in-depth report from UCL and the UK's leading public participation charity, Involve.

Research co-authored at UC Berkeley found that when regular viewers of conservative Fox News programming watched CNN for a month, their political opinions shifted in subtle but intriguing ways - until they returned to watching Fox.

The solidarity shown by European civilians and politicians in response to the war in Ukraine is unheard of.

Perspectives on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine Five Johns Hopkins experts discuss the nearand long-term global consequences of the conflict, including supply chain disruption, humanitarian disaster, a

Since the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, minority voter underrepresentation has intensified-especially in places where Black, Asian, and Latino voters are on the brink of being electoral majorities, according to a new Berkeley Haas study.

UdeM cybersecurity researcher Benoît Dupont discusses the use of cyberattacks in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Russians' gamble on a quick win did not pay off, but Ukraine still cannot drive them out. So what happens next? Asks Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).

The letter "Z" has appeared in Russia as an emblem of support for the invasion of Ukraine, yet its origination is unclear.

Dr Rosana Pinheiro Machado (SPS) has been awarded €2 million ERC funding to lead ground-breaking research in Brazil, India, and the Philippines.

The West has pledged its support to Ukraine with promises of weapons and other aid but now it needs to consider exactly what this means, says Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).

Putin may want to be a modern-day Soviet commissar but the rise of the internet and the willingness of the Russian people to challenge the state means it prove to be very difficult, says Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).

On Tuesday, 8 February 2022 the launch event of Mat Paterson's book 'In Search of Climate Politics' took place.

In order to track and share data on violent events unfolding in Ukraine, a University of Michigan researcher has developed a platform that collects this information in almost real time.