Greetings once more esteemed scholars, thinkers and knowledge creators. You got the Global Centre for Academic Research at a 2nd Position at an international conference organised by the Asian Qualitative Research Association, hosted virtually from the Philippines in October 2021, and then got involved in co-hosting Open Learning University conference, hosted virtually from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in November 2021. We further note with pride and joy that you have…
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Artificial Intelligence – “AI” – continues to be the subject of hot debate
around the world as governments seek ways to regulate it to protect the
public, and developers continue to push towards AI with more human-like
capabilities. What’s at…
Research suggests that most of us are pretty trustworthy.
Climate change is often seen as solely a technical problem. This is a misguided belief. Understanding how to build a better world begins, and ends, with understanding the societies which inhabit it.
Pandemics often have animal origins, so prevention is often dominated by health and veterinary sciences. However, social sciences’ role in understanding human behaviour is also crucial to prevention.
We know that social and behavioral science (SBS) has a hold on the
conversation when institutional and government decision-makers parley over
what goes into ‘policy.’ But oftentimes the SBS researchers whose own work
goes into policy are unaware…
There is a growing recognition in the scientific community that health
research is richer when it incorporates the perspectives of those with
lived experience.
What is lived experience? It is the unique expertise provided by
individuals who have…
