As in other parts of the world, the war on drugs in Southeast Asian countries has huge social, moral and medical costs. Now, an approach that places harm reduction at its centre is gaining support.
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Skin whitening among women has long been commonplace, but now young Asian men too, are using a plethora of whitening products.
As obesity has become a health concern globally, weight loss information has proliferated – with questionable effects on its prevalence.
What do the concepts like ‘cheating’ and ‘performance enhancing’ mean to young African footballers?
Le film « Mercenaire » est l’une des premières représentations du monde complexe de la migration masculine dans la mondialisation des sports.
Sport migrations emerge within a general migratory context. In some societies, like the Pacific Islands, adulthood, particularly for men, cannot be completed unless one migrates.
Many talented African footballers follow the exodus to Europe’s football leagues. But many are stuck in the lower leagues, without the glory and wealth they dream of.
Duterte says there are three million drug users in the Philippines. There are almost certainly many fewer than that.
Wrestling is Senegal’s national sport. But the presence of an ethnic discourse within the sporting arena may well threaten the notion of the multi-ethnic nation state.
Indonesia needs a combination of retributive and restorative justice for the reconciliation of the 1965-66 anti-communist killings.
Fixing unemployment, poverty and illiteracy will be at the top of the new president’s to-do list. Then there’s Boko Haram.
Narcissistic children feel superior to others, believe they are entitled to privileges and crave admiration from others. When they don’t get the admiration they want, they may lash out aggressively. Why…
It is natural for parents to value their child – and feeling valued is key to children’s well-being; but some parents “overvalue” their child, believing their child is more special and more entitled than…
Next year it will be 50 years since a group of middle-ranking army officers abducted the top brass of the Indonesian army. They had planned to bring them before President Sukarno, as they had heard rumours…
The sudden death of a previously healthy young individual is a rare but tragic event. Every year about one in 100,000 people aged between one and 35 dies suddenly of a natural cause. The vast majority…
For many people in the UK, tuberculosis is a disease that’s been out of sight, out of mind for a number of years. Although it is low and middle-income countries that bear the burden of TB-related sickness…
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Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam
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Marie Curie Fellow, University of Amsterdam
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Postdoctoral researcher on the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, University of Amsterdam
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Doctoral Researcher in Urban Planning, University of Amsterdam
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Professor, Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
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PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
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Researcher, Human Geography, University of Amsterdam
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PhD Researcher, University of Amsterdam
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Professor in Urban Mobility Futures, University of Amsterdam
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Docent, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Affiliated researcher, University of Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam
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Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
