By Joanie Willett, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
Julian Clark, Reader in Political Geography, University of Birmingham
Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Professor of Cities and Regions, UCL
Michael Kenny, Professor of Public Policy, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Peter Clegg, Professor of Politics, University of the West of England
The clearest of Andy Burnham’s proposed policies is introducing greater levels of devolution – the handing over of more power from Westminster to regional and local authorities. Our experts explain the upcoming challenges, and potential solutions, if Burnham presses ahead with this policy.
What will Burnham’s key challenge be?
Michael Kenny, Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Broadening and deepening English devolution may well be signature…
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By John Eric Goff, Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.
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By Global Movement Against Statelessness
New international frameworks should recognize those displaced by climate change and those at risk of statelessness, and should offer them some form of access to citizenship and safe resettlement.
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By Amy Bennett, Research Fellow in the School of Geography, University of Leeds
Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon – more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.
Research from 2023, which was carried out by me and more than 100 colleagues, found that tropical forests in South America…
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By Andreas Krieg, Associate Professor, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of escalation.
The US responded by cancelling the waiver permitting Iranian oil exports. Two nights of punitive airstrikes by the US air force against targets across southern Iran followed. Iran answered with ballistic missile and drone attacks on US installations in Bahrain and Kuwait.
The reluctance of both Iran and the Trump administration to return to full-scale…
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By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
The history of African performances at the men’s football World Cup is a story of resilience, technical skill, joyful expression, and the breaking of systemic barriers. For decades, global football governance structures heavily favoured European and South American teams, leaving Africa to fight not just for wins on the pitch, but for representation itself.
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By Stephen Crossley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Durham University
There are plenty of British politicians who love talking about sport. It makes them appear normal, grounded and relatable to voters.
But it seems that not many enjoy talking about the political side of it – especially the concept of “sportswashing”, when sport is allegedly used by a country to deflect attention away from concerns over issues such as human rights violations it might be involved in.
My recently…
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By Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
The 60-day ceasefire signed by the US and Iran three weeks ago fell apart on July 8. Iran targeted vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz without its say-so, prompting the US to respond with strikes against a range of military targets in the Islamic Republic.
President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire “over”, saying further talks would be a “waste of time”, and the two sides have subsequently exchanged further rounds of attacks. We asked Scott Lucas, an expert in Middle East and US politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin, to explain why the conflict…
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By Oliver Wilson, Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln
When you think of a South American rainforest, you probably don’t imagine biting winds, heavy frosts and freezing temperatures. But in the mountains of southern Brazil, that’s exactly what you can find. On this highland plateau, far from Amazonia in the country’s coldest region, grows one of the world’s most intriguing ecosystems.
For millions of years, this region has been home to a biodiverse patchwork of Araucaria forests and campos grasslands. The Araucaria trees which…
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By Iain Nash, Associate Director and Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law, Edge Hill University
Big tech platforms argue they simply store and display information created by others, so should not be seen as legally responsible for it.
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