Catherine Porter – The Conversation

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra. Ellen Duffy

March 31, 2022

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy at 50: the history of an ongoing protest for Indigenous sovereignty in Australia – podcast

Carissa Lee, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation, and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus, new research into how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of young people born into poverty around the world.

Watering plants in Ethioipa: how young lives have been affected by COVID-19. © Young Lives / Mulugeta Gebrekidan

August 27, 2020

Hunger, lost income and increased anxiety: how coronavirus lockdowns put huge pressure on young people around the world

Marta Favara, University of Oxford; Alan Sánchez, University of Oxford; Catherine Porter, Lancaster University, and Douglas Scott, University of Oxford

New survey shows the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on young people in Vietnam, India, Ethiopia and Peru.

In Ethiopia, rainfall is highly correlated with income and poorer parent’s ability to invest. Shutterstock

October 6, 2019

Parenting in Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditions

Catherine Porter, Lancaster University and Wei Fan, Heriot-Watt University

Contrary to the belief that resource strained parents invest in academically stronger children, studies show that Ethiopian parents tend to invest more in the child with lower academic capabilities.

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