India’s Lost Girls

Haryana Woman

I am currently on a grant by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to investigate the social consequences of sex-selective abortion in India. You can follow me here.

Also, there will be a new website soon!!!!

ARTE Reportage

ARTE BURMA 500

A 26-minute reportage on how Burma’s youth is experiencing the rapid change in their country (in French and German).

Who’s the best for me?

Gourlidan Finches

Applying evolutionary rationale to human behavior is full of pitfalls. Trying to decipher how and why humans chose their respective partner is even trickier. Monique Borgerhoff-Mulder, fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin, gave it a try (article in German).

Lights on in rural Africa!

Electricity in rural Africa? Nope.

Sunshine, solar power? Well, you know, we have a rainy season, too.

Alas, meet the pedal-powered LED-lights and their witty entrepreneurs.

(German version here).

The Emission Trading Scheme: How it works and where it fails

Emission Trading

Ever wanted to know how the CO2 emission trading scheme works? Here is the theory. And here is why it actually doesn’t work (in German).