The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study (2024)
Journal Article
Tessema, S. B., Hagos, T., Kehasy, G., Paintain, L., Adera, C., Herrero, M., …Mulugeta, A. (in press). The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(10), Article e0012423. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012423

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important public health problem, which mainly affects the poor rural dwelling communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. However, little is known about the health and economic burdens of this diseas... Read More about The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study.

How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay (2024)
Digital Artefact
Fernandez Martin, R. M. (2024). How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay. [Blog style article]

The transition to a greener society will involve huge investments in wind farms, electric cars and trains, new ways to heat homes, and much more. Yet the UK government is sending mixed messages over whether it intends to finance such projects at anyt... Read More about How to reverse Britain’s chronic underinvestment in energy – and who needs to pay.

Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe (2024)
Book
Fernandez Martin, R. M. (in press). Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The EU has been an advocate of more sustainable practices for a long time, and many consider it a world leader. It becomes then justified to look into how the EU has been doing over time and what its plans are for the future in this key issue. The qu... Read More about Economic aspects of the Sustainability Transition in Europe.

The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era (2024)
Journal Article
Parker, J. (2024). The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era. Journal of Political Science Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15512169.2024.2354972

The rise in populism and movements that threaten trust in science and expertise has been labelled a post-truth world. What challenges does this environment present for higher education, and how should it respond? This article examines the character... Read More about The Role of Higher Education in the Post-Truth Era.

State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India (2024)
Book
Fiks, E. (2024). State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India. Berghahn Books

The public healthcare system in rural India is chronically under-resourced. It embodies and often perpetuates the wider politics of the Indian state towards its rural communities with provisions of care that are deeply entangled with violence and dis... Read More about State Intimacies: Sterilization, Care and Reproductive Chronicity in Rural North India.

Green fiscal systems: Their role in the European Green Deal (2023)
Book Chapter
Fernandez Martin, R. M. (2024). Green fiscal systems: Their role in the European Green Deal. In Making the European Green Deal Work: EU Sustainability Policies at Home and Abroad (29-44). (1). UK: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003246985-4

Environmental policies in Europe have progressively shifted the way in which resources are allocated towards more sustainable practices. The European Green Deal (EGD) aims to boost changes in this area to achieve EU climate and energy targets. The EG... Read More about Green fiscal systems: Their role in the European Green Deal.