The intermodal container changed our world. We would never have the interconnected and global economy of today without Malcolm McLean and his system of conta...

In this talk, Monisha Bajaj tells her own personal story about how her family has inspired her work in the field of international educational development, fo...

Hannah held the audience spell bound with her beautiful story of discovery, rediscovery and self-discovery before, during and after a journey which took her ...

Craig Calhoun, incoming Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), was at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) on March 28 to talk about international responses to humanitarian emergencies. He will argue that while humanitarian responses have grown dramatically more prominent since the 1970s, this era of distinctive

Libraries have never been about the form of the collection. Libraries are always about being the shoulders of the giants we stand upon; about being the castl...

Of the recent changes that the human race has experienced, the increasing population numbers are especially dramatic and worrying coupled with the frightenin...

About this event: http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/projects/themis/conference2013 Dr Hein de Haas presents his paper 'How does migration start and stop? Revisiting mi...

The invention of agriculture is not just a matter of tastier food. It unlocked powerful forces that transformed history. Website: https://www.bighistoryproje...

China's one-child policy led to millions of female infanticides—except in a lush valley known as the “Land Where Women Rule.” Located in the foothills of the...