Governments in the Middle East and North Africa are recognising the links between the uprisings and science for development, says Bothina Osama.

Millennium Science Initiative funding has produced an impressive range of projects in Uganda. The government is wrong to bring it to an end.

The discontent behind recent protests in Egypt carries lessons for how both science and journalism are handled across the Arab world.

Europe's recent bid to attract more skilled workers underlines developing countries' need for greater – not less – investment in their intellectual capital.

Support from scientific diasporas — networks of expatriate researchers — is no substitute for capacity building in developing countries. But they still have an important contribution to make.