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National Parks, Rivers and Lakes of Southern Uganda
The national parks of southern Uganda protect a remarkable diversity of faunaFauna and floraFlora, many speciesSpecies of which have evolved since...
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Navigating Fieldwork in the Social Sciences Stories of Danger, Risk and Reward
This edited collection of first-person stories about risk in the field offers an arsenal of practical examples where fieldworkers have attempted to...
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‘If You Want to Know About Evil, Ask the Devil’: Research in Post-conflict Countries
The stories I share in this chapter reflect upon my work as a research project manager studying the impact of conflict in places like Laos, Vietnam,...
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Myths and Reality About “Savages” and “Civilization”
Among the many works that discuss the links between the notion of “savages,” the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers, “civilization” and inequality,...
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The Life of Bonobos in a Tropical Rainforest
“Which one do you think you would prefer to be, a bonobo or a chimp?” I inadvertently took a deep breath and looked around. It was summer 2005 and I...
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Can Humans Behave Like Bonobos?
Recent research by Hiroyuki Takemoto has shed new light on the circumstances under which hominids evolved and that led to the origin of the bonobo in...
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Danger from CO2: Human Tragedies
Since geogenic carbon dioxide fluxes can sometimes be very large in mofette areas, such areas pose a potential hazard to humans and wildlife.
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The Return of Trudeaumania: A Public Diplomacy Shift in Foreign and Defence Policy?
Canada is a country that has traditionally benefited from a considerable amount of international goodwill. Largely due to its Pearsonian legacy of...
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Our Place in Nature, Progress, and Racism
Numerous books have already been written on racism. Here, I will provide a novel way to understand the deeper basis of racism by emphasizing how...
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Oil & Gas (O&G) Industry Profile
We examine the role that 10 different industries can play in the circular economy and how they can realize significant value through large-scale...
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Children and War: A Global Perspective
This chapter explores the varying discourses surrounding child soldiering that up until now, has largely been centred around, humanitarian discourse....
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Uranium Mining
Uranium is the basic material of the nuclear age, just as coal and oil were the fuel of the Industrial Age. The special properties of the two main...
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Der Vorteil, immer online zu sein
Neulich hielt ich im Rahmen einer Konferenz über ubiquitäre Informatik einen Vortrag über das Thema, warum es von großem Vorteil ist, immer online zu...
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Mobilizing History: Racism, Enslavement and Public Debate in Contemporary Europe
This chapter engages the politics of remembrance and forgetfulness associated with European colonialism, shedding light on the relationship between...
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Canada’s Position in the Global Competition for Talent
Inherent in any nation-building effort is economic prosperity. Historically, Canada’s immigration program has been driven by economic interests and...
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Our Deep History: A Short Overview
We introduce new perspectives on human origins and evolution. Different human species are increasingly perceived as streams of a braided river, not...
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Military and Security Cooperation
Although the EU plays a relatively modest role in military and security issues, US–EU cooperation in this field is important, especially in Africa....
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A Brief History of UN Peacekeeping
In the years since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, peacekeeping has gone through eight distinct phases. The phases reflect a repeated ebb...
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Rebuilding the Ark
Chapter 3 , Rebuilding the Ark, embarks on a global journey, collating case studies from across the world to...
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Introduction
The rise of China to the status of economic super-power has been the dominant narrative of the last three decades. China’s rise as the main feature...