Ideas

Publication

African women in law: a comparative perspective

This book is the first empirical study to provide a comprehensive, contextually grounded, and detailed portrait of African women in law, focusing on the bar, bench, and legal academia across Africa. It includes 153 interviews from six countries, 249 survey responses from 21 countries, and secondary literature from 15 countries to trace the representation of African women in the legal profession.

Jarpa Dawuni

Publication

Capitalism in the colonies: African merchants in Lagos, 1851-1931

A look into the Golden Age of African merchants at the end of the nineteenth century, through case studies in Lagos.

Tony Hopkins

Publication

How Lansana Keita reinvigorated African philosophy

Osha, S., 2026. How Lansana Keita reinvigorated African philosophy. Aeon

Sanya Osha

Publication

Mitigating solid waste menace in urban Africa through sustainable attitudinal change

Amoah, M., & Asante, L. A. 2026. ​​Mitigating solid waste menace in urban Africa through sustainable attitudinal change. Discover Cities

Lewis Abedi Asante

Publication

Linguistic identity in the Portuguese language program at the University of São Tomé and Príncipe

Agostinho, A. L., Nunes, A. H. H., & Zambonim, M. 2026. Linguistic identity in the Portuguese language program at the University of São Tomé and Príncipe. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

Ana Lívia Agostinho

Publication

South African Sports Medicine Association: from silos to synergy – integrating science, medicine and performance

Hendricks, S., Gordon, L., & Rotunno, A. 2026. South African Sports Medicine Association: from silos to synergy – integrating science, medicine and performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Mogammat Sharief Hendricks

Project

Navigating Challenge

For South Africa a series of domestic and international shocks reflect a breaking international order. South Africa, like most of the world, has seen its national status transformed over the 80 plus years of the post Second World War political system.

Mark Malloch-Brown

Publication

Palmitoylation of death receptor p75NTR contributes to Alzheimer’s disease progression by regulating APP trafficking and degradation

Ma, Y., Xie, M., & Ibáñez, C. F. 2026. Palmitoylation of death receptor p75NTR contributes to Alzheimer’s disease progression by regulating APP trafficking and degradation. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

Carlos Ibanez

Publication

Improving social support among sports medicine practitioners: a call to action

Hendricks, S., Zondi, P. C., Janse van Rensburg, D. C. (Christa), Gordon, L., Rotunno, A., Ganda, J., Naidoo, D., Dalton, C., Isaacs, N., Jones, B., & Patricios, J. S. (2026). Improving social support among sports medicine practitioners: a call to action.

Mogammat Sharief Hendricks

Publication

Nonlinear dynamics and topological transitions in DNA supercoiling

Opoku Ohemeng, M., Ackora-Prah, J., Barnes, B., & Takyi, I. 2026. Nonlinear dynamics and topological transitions in DNA supercoiling. Nonlinear Dynamics

Ishmael Takyi

Publication

Advances in Optical Analysis of Materials and Complex Biological Systems Using Infrared Spectroscopy

Andrew MacNab

Publication

Overcoming dietary dogmas

Lundberg, J. O., & Bergo, M. O. (2026). Overcoming dietary dogmas. Nature Metabolism.

Jon Lundberg

Project

Division of labor, and the organization of work in the natural world

I am writing a book on division of labor in animal social groups, that also explores the broader question of how animal societies organize around work.

Jennifer Fewell