University of Melbourne, Australia - Devastating cost of future coastal flooding for many developing nations predicted in new study

Title:

Devastating cost of future coastal flooding for many developing nations predicted in new study

 

Source:

University of Melbourne

 

Published:

ScienceDaily, 7 February 2023

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230207144251.htm

 

Summary:

New global modelling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa and Egypt facing severe costs in the coming decades. 

 

Do you know about the German Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien?

Organization: 

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)  

 

From the GIGA website: 

The GIGA is home to the largest non-university information centre for area studies and comparative area studies in Germany. The four regional libraries collect literature on economic, political, and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The collection comprises about 200,000 books and approximately 11,000 online journals – plus more than 120,000 online documents.  

 

For more information: 

https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en 

 

University of Bern, Switzerland (Media Relations, April 2021) - Digital advisory services for smallholder families in Africa and Asia

Title:

Digital advisory services for smallholder families in Africa and Asia 

 

Published:

University of Bern, 27 April 2021

https://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2021/media_releases_2021/digital_advisory_services_for_smallholder_families_in_africa_and_asia/index_eng.html

 

From the article:

A research and innovation project at the University of Bern aims to strengthen sustainable farming methods among smallholder families in Africa and Asia using digitally supported agricultural extension services. Its overall goal is to improve the families’ productivity, incomes, and climate resilience. The project is being conducted together with international partners and is supported by the TRANSFORM programme of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) with five million Swiss francs. 

ASIA - New and strengthened research priorities post-pandemic [University World News, 2021]

Title:

New and strengthened research priorities post-pandemic

 

Author:

Yojana Sharma

 

Published:

University World News, 6 March 2021

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210304105937958

 

From the article:

Adjustments in research priorities and future preparedness for pandemics and health emergencies have been the hallmark of budget planning in several Asian countries in recent months, alongside stepping up digitisation – spotlighted by a move to online teaching and online research collaboration.

Research led by University of Cape Town, South Africa - UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

Title:

UCT’s Herman Wasserman leads global study on disinformation

 

Author:

Carla Bernardo

 

Published:

University of Cape Town (UCT), 26 January 2021

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2021-01-26-ucts-herman-wasserman-leads-global-study-on-disinformation

 

From the article:

Professor Herman Wasserman from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Centre for Film and Media Studies (CFMS) will embark on an international study on the information disorder in the Global South, with funds of approximately R4.5 million from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Predictions for Asia in 2021 [Video (1:13:04) - Asia Society, 18 December 2020]

Title:

Predictions for Asia in 2021

 

Published:

Asia Society, 18 December 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6017uLH8Jrw

 

Video desription:

In this episode of Asia In-Depth, five experts reflect on the past year and make predictions on what 2021 will look like across the Asia Pacific. 

 

We hear from author and Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-based private equity firm PAG Weijian Shan, Chairman and Chief Executive of Afghanistan media company MOBY Group Saad Mohseni, former CIA analyst and senior fellow for Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Sue Mi Terry, Bloomberg columnist and editor Bobby Ghosh, and the Head of Global G10 FX Research at Standard Chartered Bank Steven Englander. 

 

The conversation was moderated by Asia Society Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski. (1 hour 13 min.)

Departure of Covid expert spotlights Asian retirement rules

Title:

Departure of Covid expert spotlights Asian retirement rules

 

Author:

Joyce Lau

 

Published:

Times higher Education, 19 October 2020

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/departure-covid-expert-spotlights-asian-retirement-rules

 

From the article:

Critics says that 60, or even 65, is too young to end an academic career.

The chicken first crossed the road in Southeast Asia, ‘landmark’ gene study finds [Science, 24 June 2020]

Title:
The chicken first crossed the road in Southeast Asia, ‘landmark’ gene study finds

Author:
Andrew Lawler

Published:
Science, 24 June 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/chicken-first-crossed-road-southeast-asia-landmark-gene-study-finds

From the article:
“Our results contradict previous claims that chickens were domesticated in northern China and the Indus Valley,” researchers led by Ming-Shan Wang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’s Kunming Institute of Zoology write in a paper published today in Cell Research. They also found that the modern chicken’s chief ancestor is a subspecies of red jungle fowl named Gallus gallus spadiceus.

Asia ‘may compete with UK’ on international students post-Covid [Times Higher Education, 12 June 2020]

Title:
Asia ‘may compete with UK’ on international students post-Covid

Author:
Ellie Bothwell

Published:
Times Higher Education, 12 June 2020
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/asia-may-compete-uk-international-students-post-covid

From the artricle:
UK could face different competition for overseas students in future, but expert questions assumption that TNE will benefit.

Asian higher education at the demographic cliff edge [Times Higher Education, 3 June 2020]

Title:
Asian higher education at the demographic cliff edge

Author:
Joyce Lau

Published:
Times Higher Education, 3 June 2020
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/asian-higher-education-atthe-demographic-cliff-edge

From the article:
"With East Asia’s governments failing to reverse falling birth rates, how should universities adjust to declining numbers of local students?"

Science, 1 May 2020 - Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus

Title:
Primatologists work to keep great apes safe from coronavirus

Author:
Ann Gibbons

Published:
Science, 1 May 2020

From the article:
"Human respiratory viruses are already the leading cause of death in chimp communities at Kibale and at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, where Jane Goodall worked, according to a study by Goldberg and colleagues. Now, as COVID-19 spreads closer to endangered great apes in Africa and Asia, researchers and veterinarians are gearing up to protect the apes as well as local people."

To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/primatologists-work-keep-great-apes-safe-coronavirus

Short Article: Asian universities gaining in prestige at home and abroad

Title:
Asian universities gaining in prestige at home and abroad

Author:
Ellie Bothwell

Published:
Times Higher Education, 28 January 2020

From the article:
"Analysis of THE rankings data shows that more leading academics place universities in Asia among world’s best."

To read this article:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/asian-universities-gaining-prestige-home-and-abroad

Short Article: Will the 2020s see Asia pull ahead in higher education?

Title:
Will the 2020s see Asia pull ahead in higher education?

Author:
Louise Nicol

Published:
University World News, 18 January 2020

From the article:
"In the 19th century, the world was Europeanised. In the 20th century, it was Americanised. Now, it is being Asianised - and much faster than you think." (Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong, McKinsey Global Institute, 2019).

It's a statement that is starkly put, but it provides the jumping off point for five predictions about the direction of travel for higher eduaction as we enter the 2020s.

To read this short article:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200113100842149