Self-reliance is important for many Australian farmers. But could farms ever become self-reliant in energy?
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Unstructured play – especially the kind that allows kids to test their limits – can help children become competent, independent adults.
A nurse scientist interviewed 29 formerly incarcerated Black men in Philadelphia to understand how they address their mental health needs.
A paradigm shift toward more social support is in order. It may sound countercultural, but really it’s a return to how people have raised children for thousands of years.
Most refugees rarely gain citizenship in host countries and the work that is available to them is informal, irregular and precarious.
Informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe have the potential to influence politics at a personal and societal level.
Our “Self-Reliance Index” helps organisations and governments assess how their programmes are doing in helping refugees to become self-reliant.
A British literature scholar explains how philosopher John Locke’s theory of selfhood will not help the pandemic recovery, if individuals fail to see themselves as interconnected.
The Zapotec people of southern Mexico have always relied on each other to solve problems when the government can’t, or won’t, help. That’s proving to be a pretty effective pandemic response.
Refugee self-reliance is a laudable goal, yet self-reliance agendas must account for refugees’ individual circumstances.
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Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, and Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
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Professor of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
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Research Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
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Associate Professor of Social Work, Hope College
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Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
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Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of English, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Director of the Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland