By Peter Howell, Senior Lecturer in Game Design, University of Portsmouth
Fallout is set in the Los Angeles “Wasteland”, 219 years after a global nuclear war devastated civilisation. Fortunately, the pre-war defence company Vault-Tec had developed a series of underground bunkers, called vaults, designed to ensure the continuation of American society in just such a scenario. Lucky, right?
The show follows three survivors. Lucy (Ella Purnell), a vault dweller leaves the safety of her bunker for the Wasteland to search for her missing father. Maximus (Aaron Moten), a rookie soldier in The Brotherhood of Steel, a paramilitary faction of surface-dwelling survivors,…
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By George Kladakis, Lecturer in Finance, University of St Andrews
The financial crisis of 2008 showed just how much the world depends on banks being well run. Since then, regulators have been given new powers to keep some of the biggest institutions on a much shorter leash to stamp out risk, greed and corruption.
But this approach hasn’t worked everywhere. On April 11 2024, a businesswoman in Vietnam was sentenced…
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By Will Jones, Director of Research and Lecturer in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM), University of Hull
Today’s NHS faces severe time constraints, with the risk of short consultations and concerns about the risk of misdiagnosis or delayed care. These challenges are compounded by limited resources and overstretched staff that results in protracted patient wait times and generic treatment strategies.
Staff can operate with…
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By Ross Peel, Research and Knowledge Transfer Manager, Department of War Studies and the Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London
Several recent drones attacks on the site, which Russia captured in March 2022, highlight the potential for a major accident.
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By Colleen Murrell, Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
Accusations about Israeli censorship of the media went mainstream in the US recently when the New York Times published an opinion piece headlined: The Israeli Censorship Regime is Growing. That Needs to Stop..
In the piece Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), wrote: “The high rate of journalists’ deaths and arrests, including a slew in the West Bank; laws allowing its government to shut down foreign news…
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By Elliott Johnson, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy and CAPE North of Tyne Combined Authority Policy Fellow, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Howard Reed, Senior Research Fellow, Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support and investing in less conditional systems has a real financial return.
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By Jodie Keane, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, ODI
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains.
These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support for business and suppliers in the developing world, there are real risks of well-intentioned policies putting the poorest countries in a “green…
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By Rebecca Willis, Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
The Scottish government’s decision to row back on its 2030 climate pledge illustrates the crux of any target: it’s easy to set one with a big political flourish, but harder to follow through with a careful plan to achieve it.
Does that mean that targets for reducing the emissions of greenhouse gas driving climate change are worthless? Not necessarily. There are two types of climate target: the empty promise and the calculated…
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By Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition
A reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood.
That was the story last week when more than a year’s worth of rain fell in a day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the world’s driest regions. Desert cities like Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suffered floods that submerged motorways and airport runways. Across UAE and Oman, 21 people lost their lives.
The heavy rain of Tuesday April 16 was initially blamed on “cloud seeding”: a method of stimulating precipitation by injecting clouds with tiny particles that moisture can attach to –…
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By Michael M. Atkinson, Public Policy Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan
Haizhen Mou, Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
Drawing on insights from their recent book, two academics shed light on why Canada’s anemic growth should be a cause for concern.
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