Surface water pollution driven by land use practices and soil erosion remains a persistent challenge in tropical river basins of East Africa. Despite its socio-economic importance, the transboundary Sio Malaba Malakisi River Basin (SMMRB), shared by Kenya and Uganda, lacks comprehensive data on spatial and seasonal water quality dynamics. This study provides the first year-long baseline assessment of surface water quality in t...

Drawing on collective experience from ten collaborative research projects focused on the Global South, we identify three major challenges that impede the translation of research on sustainability and resilience into better-informed choices by individuals and policy-makers that in turn can support transformation to a sustainable future. The three challenges comprise: (i) converting knowledge produced during research projects in...