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Demon Possession, Theology, and Mental Health (2024)
Journal Article
Cook, C. C. H. (online). Demon Possession, Theology, and Mental Health. Journal of Disability and Religion, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2024.2441435

Beliefs that human distress may be caused by demon possession have a long history and are very common around the world. They have been the subject of research across multiple academic disciplines and are a topic of theological as well as medical and... Read More about Demon Possession, Theology, and Mental Health.

Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools (2024)
Journal Article
Lecuyer, A. (online). Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2024.2425013

Although the most recent changes to the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum in England encourage primary schools to include LGBT content, this inclusion is primarily focused on teaching about different types of families. In view of this,... Read More about Homonormativity and the focus on families in LGBT inclusion in English primary schools.

Hostages to Fortunes: Britain, The Gulf Monarchies and the Incarceration of UK Nationals (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, C., & Petersen, T. T. (online). Hostages to Fortunes: Britain, The Gulf Monarchies and the Incarceration of UK Nationals. The International History Review, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2427141

Hostage-taking has become a distressing feature of international politics over the last two decades, associated either with terrorist groups or hostile state actors, such as Iran, willing to engage in hostage diplomacy for political and security adva... Read More about Hostages to Fortunes: Britain, The Gulf Monarchies and the Incarceration of UK Nationals.

Social associations across species during nocturnal bird migration (2025)
Journal Article
Van Doren, B. M., DeSimone, J. G., Firth, J. A., Hillemann, F., Gayk, Z., Cohen, E., & Farnsworth, A. (online). Social associations across species during nocturnal bird migration. Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.033

An emerging frontier in ecology explores how organisms integrate social information into movement behavior and the extent to which information exchange occurs across species boundaries.1,2,3 Most migratory landbirds are thought to undertake nocturnal... Read More about Social associations across species during nocturnal bird migration.