By Pamela Ephraim
"I believe that it (my detention) is a form of suppression and a way of sending signals to the public, especially whistleblowers, not to speak to journalists."
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By Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor has spurred global celebrations and pride. Scores of social media users worldwide celebrate and claim him as one of their own.
Muslims across the globe, including in Indonesia — home to the world’s largest Muslim population, where…
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By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.
Cop30 was never just another UN climate summit. Its setting in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, was a reminder that negotiations now unfold within the crisis they are meant to solve.
Ultimately the summit, which wrapped up last weekend, was a disappointment. The core negotiations on emissions reductions produced an underwhelming…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she’d “thought that was it” after a fish bone became lodged in her throat. Ballas’s terrifying ordeal lasted for 20 minutes, with the judge struggling to breathe until her hair and makeup artist managed to dislodge the bone using the Heimlich manoeuvre (also known as abdominal thrusts).
Ballas certainly isn’t the first person to make the news for such an ordeal. Even…
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By Inge Schrijver, PhD researcher, Wellbeing Inclusivity Sustainability & the Economy, Leiden University
Paul Behrens, British Academy Global Professor, Future of Food, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
Rutger Hoekstra, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Studies, Leiden University
Climate change is already shaping our wellbeing. It affects mental health, spreads infectious diseases, disrupts work, damages food supplies and forces families to leave their homes because of conflict, hunger or flooding.
Wellbeing refers to everything that enables people to live healthy, safe and meaningful lives. It includes physical and mental health, access to food, clean water, hygiene and income, as well as work, leisure, culture and education.
It also involves personal safety, freedoms,…
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By Doug Specht, Reader in Cultural Geography and Communication, University of Westminster
Rachel Reeves did not deliver a climate focused budget on November 26 2025. The Chancellor’s statement was framed around growth, productivity and the cost of living. Climate change and net zero were not primary headings. The word “climate” barely featured in her speech.
Yet dig into the budget document and climate was everywhere. The government announced the end of the energy company obligation (ECO), a long-standing scheme funding energy efficiency and low-carbon home upgrades.
The budget…
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By Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth
Like so many conflicts before it, the Russo-Ukraine war has forced both sides to innovate. Since they have been able to gain control of opposition air space, neither side has made wide use of traditional air assets such as fast fighter jets. which take much time and money to manufacture and so can’t be risked in active operations.
Instead, drones are now dominating the war. According to figures emerging from Ukraine, drones are causing an overwhelming…
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By Alex Dryden, PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London
Rachel Reeves’s second budget landed in an unusual fashion. Before she delivered it, most of the key details had already been revealed accidentally by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
This meant many observers – including the financial markets – had an unprecedented preview of the chancellor’s announcement. But what are these markets that governments are so mindful of when they come up with economic policy, and why does it matter what they think…
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By Fenwick McKelvey, Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
Canada’s long history with public service media offers a useful model for thinking about how AI could serve the public.
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By Fay Bound-Alberti, Professor in Modern History and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, King's College London
Twenty years after the first face transplant, the procedure still carries profound unknowns about safety, identity and what it means to live in a stranger’s face.
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