As a uni­ver­si­ty fo­cused on us­ing re­search for the up­lift­ment of its com­mu­ni­ty, The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine (UWI STA), the pre­mier ter­tiary in­sti­tu­tion in the re­gion, pro­duc­ing world-class schol­ars, be­lieves sci­ence should be ac­ces­si­ble to the pub­lic.

We are pleased to present our me­dia se­ries, “UWI Sci­en­tists Speak”. In this se­ries, our sci­en­tists—three of whom re­ceived the na­tion’s high­est ho­n­our, the Or­der of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go, in 2023 and one in 2024—will show­case some of their work.

This week, we hear from Dr Talia Es­nard, who dis­cuss­es the role of the so­cial sci­ences in un­der­stand­ing so­cial sol­i­dar­i­ty and jus­tice.