By Merav Amir, Reader of Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast
Hagar Kotef, Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
Israeli medical staff who treated Palestinian captives in the wake of the October 7 attacks say they are haunted by their experiences.
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By Alexandra Consterdine, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Exercise and Health, Liverpool John Moores University
Olympic medal-winning swimmer Ben Proud wants a shot at the prize money – but competing in Las Vegas could tarnish his legacy.
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By Addisu Lashitew, Assistant Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Lower, targeted tariffs on Chinese imports would ease financial pressures for Canadian consumers and mitigate Canada’s excessive reliance on the United States.
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By Aidan Moir, Sessional Instructor, University of Windsor
During times of economic uncertainty, some social media influencers become deinfluencers and encourage us to spend on less expensive versions of products.
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By Elizabeth A. Marshall, Professor of Education, Simon Fraser University
‘The Pitt’ offers compelling insights about what it means to teach with and through trauma that are relevant for education in schools and at post-secondary levels at large.
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By Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
Moving a home or car battery from Melbourne to Perth can require multiple permits. Australia and New Zealand need smarter standards – or we’ll all pay the price.
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By Geoff Bertram, Visiting Scholar, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Households might win from major electricity sector reform, but there would be powerful and noisy losers. The sums involved will be large, and the politics difficult.
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By Nkweauseh Reginald Longfor, Assistant Professor, Sophia University
Only 43% of Cameroon’s urban residents have their garbage removed from their homes. Other garbage ends up dumped, burned or placed in overflowing communal bins.
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By Lorena Pasquini, Associate Researcher, African Climate & Development Initiative and Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
Alice McClure, PhD candidate at the The Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
Anna Taylor, Senior Research Officer
Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya, Associate Professor of Development Studies, Centre for Development Studies, Chinhoyi University if Technology, Chinhoyi University of Technology
Lulu van Rooyen (nee Pretorius), Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Researchers have found six steps to overturn unfair economic and social systems that leave disadvantaged people at risk of climate disasters.
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By Nikos Smit, Postdoc in evolutionary/behavioural ecology, University of Turku
Elise Huchard, Directrice de recherche au CNRS, Université de Montpellier
Our understanding of female-male power relationships in animals has changed over time. Evolutionary biologists once thought that male mammals held clear-cut power over females. Later, species with pronounced female power over males were presented as exceptions in a landscape of strict male power. Spotted hyenas and certain primates, including bonobos and most lemurs, were examples of female dominance.
These views were reinforced by the assumption that males and females competed over different resources: males over females, and females over food.
But it’s not that simple,…
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