By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer Accounting & Finance, Australian Catholic University
John Sands, Professor of Accounting, School of Business, University of Southern Queensland
When we talk about diversity in business, it’s usually in moral or social terms – fairness, inclusion and representation. But our new research suggests diversity also pays off in a very practical way: helping companies make better financial and investment decisions.
Company boards often get the attention in discussions about corporate leadership. Yet much of the real decision-making happens within smaller, specialised board committees – groups of directors responsible for areas such as audit, risk, remuneration and sustainability.…
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
If you promise dessert after a few more bites of broccoli or carrot, kids can start to see sweets as the ‘prize’ and veggies as the ‘chore’.
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By Denise Fisher, Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometres away in the South Pacific.
On October 16, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence motions – one by just 18 votes. He…
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
CEO accountability, changes to super policy and the impact of cats on other wildlife: an edited selection of your views.
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By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
For Trump, meetings with foreign leaders are all about the performance. Albanese must be prepared for surprises – and stick to the script.
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By Nitika Garg, Professor of Marketing, UNSW Sydney
Two people looking at the same product at the same time might see different prices. AI has turbocharged the process.
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Most of us have a way of saying “thank you” on the road. A wave in the rear-view mirror, a quick lift of the hand from the wheel, maybe even a flash of the indicators. We assume other drivers will understand what we mean. But do they?
The truth is, there’s no universal “road language”. What looks like courtesy to one person can be confusing to another.
And while road safety is often framed in terms of how good our roads and rules are, or how safe our cars are, or how skilful the drivers are, it also depends on something subtler: whether we can understand other drivers behind…
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By Marilyn Lake, Professorial Fellow in History, The University of Melbourne
We Should Be So Lucky is a missed opportunity to analyse the contradictory effects of the neoliberal revolution – and its challenge to founding Australian ideals.
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By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology
Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Art Cotterell, Research Associate, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
Ben Bramble, Lecturer in Philosophy, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
For roughly 4.5 billion years, the Moon has kept Earth company. In the much shorter span of time that humans have been around, we’ve admired the great silver beacon in the night sky.
The Moon may soon also serve as our launchpad to celestial bodies farther afield in the Solar System. Major space players including the United States, Russia…
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By Lakshini Gunasekera, PhD Candidate in Neurology, Monash University
Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
Eveline Mu, Research Fellow in Women's Mental Health, Monash University
Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
We’ve known for a long time that women are more likely than men to have migraine attacks.
As children, girls and boys experience migraine equally. But after puberty, women are two to three times more likely to experience this potentially debilitating condition.
Recently, an Australian study showed it may be even more common than we previously thought – as many as one…
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