Dr. Garima Sahai is a Research Associate in the Department of Geography, and bye-fellow of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She contributed to the Youth & Work session at our recent conference and has produced a summary of the insightful work presented and subsequent discourse around the challenges to...

Dr Ebele Mogo is a researcher at the MRC Epidemiology Unit and the founder of the volunteer-run nonprofit Engage Africa Foundation , which uses people-centred and innovative approaches to engage communities especially young people in prevention. While Engage Africa Foundation’s focus has been on non-communicable diseases...

Indigenous peoples (IPs) have long been living with nature and observing natural changes whilst sustainably managing and protecting more than 25% of world’s landscape. While IPs constitute only 5% of the world’s population, they contribute to 80% of global biodiversity conservation. However, they are often subjected to systemic racial, socio-economic and legal discrimination resulting in dispossession of their lands and natural resources.

We carried out a social listening exercise to understand how members of the Nigerian public were responding to COVID-19 pandemic control measures between January and August 2020. This exercise helped to trace the evolution of the conversation, identify atypical actors and thus potential collaborators for championing health...