By James Sloam, Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway University of London
A record number of people will go to polls in 2024 to vote in national elections around the world. People who came of age during the last electoral cycle will have an opportunity to cast their votes for the first time.
In wealthier countries with rapidly ageing populations, such as the US and the UK, there will again be record inter-generational divisions in turnout and political preferences.
In recent elections, a high proportion of people aged 18–24 supported Democratic party candidates and…
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By Nina Flores, Ph.D. Student Researcher in Environmental Health, Columbia University
Joan A. Casey, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
Practices such as redlining left marginalized groups in more disaster-prone areas with poorer quality infrastructure − and more likely to experience prolonged power outages.
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By Cole Burton, Canada Research Chair in Terrestrial Mammal Conservation, University of British Columbia
The Earth now supports over eight billion people who collectively have transformed three-quarters of the planet’s land surface for food, energy, shelter and other aspects of the human enterprise.
Wild animals must not only contend with how their habitats have been changed, but also endure the increasing presence of people in almost all environments, from expanding wildland-urban…
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By Samar Khatiwala, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Climate models are some of the most complex pieces of software ever written, able to simulate a vast number of different parts of the overall system, such as the atmosphere or ocean. Many have been developed by hundreds of scientists over decades and are constantly being added to and refined. They can run to over a million lines of computer code – tens of thousands of printed pages.
Not surprisingly, these models are expensive. The simulations take time, frequently several months, and the supercomputers on which the models are run consume a lot of energy. But a new algorithm
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By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University
Poor personal and party polling early in the government’s term puts the spotlight on Christopher Luxon’s leadership. He has the power bases, but can he mobilise them effectively – and in time?
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By Jen Kostuchuk, PhD Student, Sociology, University of Victoria
Anelyse Weiler, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Victoria
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
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By Nick Chartres, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Sydney
Lisa Bero, Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Corporations have an incentive to make profits – even if their products hurt or even kill people. Here’s how to stop history repeating.
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By Claire Hooker, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
Alex Broom, Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
Karen Scott, Associate Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Louise Nash, Associate Professor and Psychiatrist, Brain and Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
What’s been described as the largest underpayment class action in Australian legal history has just been settled. Who was allegedly underpaid? Thousands of junior doctors who, subject to court approval, are set to share back-pay of more than a quarter of a million dollars.
Amireh Fakhouri, who brought the claim…
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By Jessica Balanzategui, Senior Lecturer in Media, RMIT University
Djoymi Baker, Lecturer in Media and Cinema Studies, RMIT University
“Bluey mania” shows no sign of abating. Bluey’s season finale, The Sign, was the most viewed ABC program of all time on iView.
A “hidden” follow-up episode, aptly named The Surprise, created a storm of headlines around the world, many of which have…
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By Julieanne Lamond, Associate Professor of English, Australian National University
This year’s shortlist doesn’t offer much in the way of consolation, but it might shake up how you see the world.
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