
September 2026
Vaccinating against the vector, not the virus

Podcast
September 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 6 - Traumatic intimacies
Publication
Blot
The directorship of the Bureau of Dead Letters is changing, and not everyone is happy about it... especially the outgoing Director. Despite promising first impressions, the country’s new chief censor has been acting strangely. Is he too unstable to be trusted with the nation’s most sensitive materials? What is the new Director’s private, puzzling agenda?

Publication
The Structure of Scientific Recantations: Cormac McCarthy and the Literary Tradition of Scientific Regret
De Villiers, R. 2026. The Structure of Scientific Recantations: Cormac McCarthy and the Literary Tradition of Scientific Regret. New Literary History, 57(2), 293–317.

Publication
SIERRA LEONE: A LINCHPIN OF LANGUAGE CONTACT AND CREOLIZATION IN THE AFRO-ATLANTIC
Yakpo, K., & Bangura, S. 2026. SIERRA LEONE: A LINCHPIN OF LANGUAGE CONTACT AND CREOLIZATION IN THE AFRO-ATLANTIC. Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos, 68, e026003.

Publication
Beyond generation rent: Tenure restructuring and intergenerational housing inequality in Ghana
Ehwi, R. J., Aha, B., Asante, L. A., & Ayitey, J. Z. (2026). Beyond generation rent: Tenure restructuring and intergenerational housing inequality in Ghana. Habitat International, 178, 103992.


August 2026
Using mathematical models to understand biological forces
Publication
Energy orthogonality and conformational recovery dynamics of torsional DNA solitons
Ohemeng, M. O., Ackora-Prah, J., Barnes, B., & Takyi, I. 2026. Energy orthogonality and conformational recovery dynamics of torsional DNA solitons. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 701, 131995

Publication
Boxers Die Alone: Reflections on Boxing in the Eastern Cape
Ndebele, Njabulo S. 2026. Boxers Die Alone: Reflections on Boxing in the Eastern Cape. Picador Africa.


Podcast
August 2026
STIAS Conversations Episode 5 - Fathers and fatherhood
Publication
Evaluation of Diabetes Risk Models Applied to the Prediction of Incident Dysglycaemia in African and European Populations
Smidt, M. F., Wennberg, P., Albers, H. M., Agyemang, C., Chilunga, F. P., Landberg, R., Micklesfield, L. K., Darko, S. N., Otten, J., Owusu‐Dabo, E., Wittenbecher, C., Olsson, T., Goedecke, J. H., & Danquah, I. 2026. Evaluation of Diabetes Risk Models Applied to the Prediction of Incident Dysglycaemia in African and European Populations. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Publication
African Philosophy and its Association with Psychology and the Social Sciences
Hackett, P. M. W., Alike, M. N., Godley-Smith, A., & Inusah, H. 2026. African Philosophy and its Association with Psychology and the Social Sciences. Routledge


August 2026
Unsettled minds, shifting worlds
Publication
When Borders Swallow up Territories, or the Subversion of Space and Mobility in the Sahara
Brachet, J. 2026. When Borders Swallow up Territories, or the Subversion of Space and Mobility in the Sahara. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1–21

Publication
Dark-Mode Control of Contrasting Entanglement and Bell Nonlocality between Mechanical Oscillators
Agasti, S., Djorwe, P., & Zhou, X. 2026. Dark-Mode Control of Contrasting Entanglement and Bell Nonlocality between Mechanical Oscillators


August 2026
From digital water to more-than-digital waterworlding
Publication
Nasalidade vocálica no guineense
Santos, N. da A., Agostinho, A. L., & Seara, I. C. 2026. Nasalidade vocálica no guineense. Cadernos de Estudos Linguísticos, 68, e026010.

Publication
Creole Languages in Education: The Case of Lung’Ie in São Tomé and Príncipe
Agostinho, A. L. 2026. Creole Languages in Education: The Case of Lung’Ie in São Tomé and Príncipe. In Language Policy across Continents (pp. 360–383). De Gruyter.

Project
Book on Statistical Demography
During the last decade, significant advances have been made in the area of statistical demography. In particular, new methodologies have been developed for probabilistic population projections.

Publication
Prevention and Management of Malaria in Children using a School-Based Program Model
Nanvuma, D., Besigye, I., Kabona, A., Turimumahoro, P., Nakitende, M., & Macnab, A. J. (2026). Prevention and Management of Malaria in Children using a School-Based Program Model. GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal), 9(3), 144–151

Publication
Are girls contact-ready? Video analysis of tackle training practices in adolescent girls rugby union
Dane, K., Deaver, N., Fletcher, E., Shill, I. J., West, S., Siemens, K., Knight, G., Salmon, D., Hendricks, S., Dennett, B., Goulet, C., & Emery, C. A. (2026). Are girls contact-ready? Video analysis of tackle training practices in adolescent girls rugby union. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.

Publication
Metabolic mRNA insufficiency of single cells: Implications for drug targeting and resistance
Liu, Y., & Westerhoff, H. v. 2026. Metabolic mRNA insufficiency of single cells: Implications for drug targeting and resistance. The FEBS Journal

Publication
Inverse Kinematics of Continuum Robots: A Scale-Aware Empirical Analysis of Finite-Sample Set-Valued Structure
Melingui, A., Mvogo Ahanda, J. J.-B., Von-Kiti, E., & Merzouki, R. 2026. Inverse Kinematics of Continuum Robots: A Scale-Aware Empirical Analysis of Finite-Sample Set-Valued Structure. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 11(8), 9503–9510


Publication
A deliberate oversight? Bourdieu at the Kabyle assembly
Scheele, J. (2026). A deliberate oversight? Bourdieu at the Kabyle assembly. Economy and Society, 1–21.

