Research is vital to improve the quality of care and improve the health of pregnant women and their babies. However, the priorities of women and health professionals are not always reflected in the research agendas set. Therefore, Joyce Brown and colleagues are working on a research agenda concerning this in Ghana.
Iva Vukušić speaks to Ukrainian news website Babel about options for prosecuting war crimes. What are the challenges? And will Putin be put on trial?
Research shows more people in the Netherlands support the farmers’ protests than the climate protests. Liesbeth van de Grift sheds light on these findings.
Honorary Doctorate Matthew Flinders, a professor of politics at the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Sheffield, on the future of democracy and on his connection to Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.
Academic freedom is under threat around the world, including Europe. Rising trends in illiberalism and authoritarianism threaten universities as institutions of open societies. Their autonomy as a condition to uphold academic freedom in teaching and research is weakened as a result of political, financial, and social pressures. How can universities resist these challenges? This requires to advance our understanding of academic freedom, and the trends and mechanisms that put it at risk. The Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) Platform Openness Challenged: ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ at Risk? launches a series of dialogues to tackle these burning questions.
Beatrice de Graaf and Henk Kummeling discuss Lars Behrisch's new book Democracy’s Double Helix, which explores the historical roots of modern democracy.
Democracy is more than just elections, but elections are an important aspect of our democracy. We are not only choosing a political party, but also the rules that politicians must adhere to. Has democracy itself become the subject of the elections?
