By Ian Wereley, Adjunct Research Professor, Department of History, Carleton University
For more than a century, Iran has occupied a powerful place in the western imagination, characterized as a volatile region that sits atop vast oil reserves.
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By Craig Beall, Associate Professor in Experimental Diabetes, University of Exeter
A major new study finds people with type 1 diabetes face nearly three times the dementia risk. But lifestyle changes and new treatments offer real hope.
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By Madeline Nightingale, Research Leader in the Education, Employment and Skills Research Group, RAND Europe
Elizabeth Kadar, Research Assistant, Education, Employment and Skills, RAND Europe
Inequality in wealth between men and women has not always received the same attention as similar disparities in employment and earnings. This is perhaps because wealth – things like property, savings and investments – is seen as a private matter. This issue has become known as the “gender wealth gap” and it is a damaging and persistent feature of the economy.
This gap in wealth appears to be growing rather than…
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By Laura Kelley, Associate Professor, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
New research shows that displaying a pair of eyes on food packaging can be enough to stop some gulls pinching your food.
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By Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
The way we watch TV, listen to music, order groceries and take photos has changed in the past decade or so. For many of us, all of these activities involve a monthly payment.
Subscriptions have quietly become a major part of household spending across the world. But many people underestimate how much they actually pay. And there is evidence which suggests that the design of subscription services – combined with…
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By Andy J. Green, Professor of Freshwater Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC); Manchester Metropolitan University
Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment centres, landfill or anywhere food waste is concentrated. Many gull populations have moved inland from the coast to exploit these sources of food.
Wherever our waste is processed, gulls and other birds can forage. At landfills, gulls feed on waste before it is covered up. If there are plastic or glass pieces covered in food that are small enough, gulls will swallow…
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By Kingsley Omeihe, Senior lecturer of Marketing and Small Business, University of the West of Scotland
Ibiyemi Omeihe, Lecturer in Enterprise, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland
When brewery and pub chain BrewDog invited customers to become shareholders through its “Equity for Punks” scheme, it appeared to represent a new model of capitalism. It invited beer enthusiasts to invest in the company and become small shareholders. This allowed the Scottish firm to present itself as a community built around rebellion, identity and participation.
For a time, the BrewDog model looked remarkably successful – the company was once valued at £2…
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By Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
The Trump administration pulled the rug out from underneath US federal climate policy in February, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned the landmark 2009 “endangerment finding”. Now, the official policy of the US government holds that greenhouse gases do not pose a risk to human health.
The move has opened a new frontier for Donald Trump to govern without being constrained by evidence or in a manner that represents the majority…
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By Ummni Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
Pillion is a love story about connection and self-discovery through submission, pain and bootlicking.
It’s not the first film to favourably portray kink or BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism). But sympathetic renditions — like the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomena — tend to feature…
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By John Aerni-Flessner, Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
Big projects bring big hopes and big dreams. They also bring big disappointment when they don’t deliver on all the promises. Even when the projects work as they are supposed to.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project fits this description perfectly, as I argue in my new book on its history. Over the past 20 years I have conducted…
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