By Laura Panza, Associate Professor, Economic History, The University of Melbourne
Modern economies are better prepared for an energy shock than in the 1970s, but there are still big risks ahead.
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By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
Put on your legal glasses for a moment. Then take our quick quiz to see if you can spot how this medicinal cannabis website bends the rules.
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By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Jake Goldenfein, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Kylie Pappalardo, Associate Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
The age of AI is leading to barriers being put up across the open web. This could be the fix.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
When I was a doctoral candidate at Oxford, I spent much of my time working in the papyrology rooms. Usually, my only company was the curator, a kind and learned Sardinian woman who is now a professor at the University of Milan.
One day, the news was that a famous novelist was coming to visit the Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection. “Have you heard of him?” the curator asked.
I had, but I’d never read his work.
“He has asked to be given a tour of the collection.”
The name of the famous…
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By Roger S. Seymour, Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Adelaide University
Edward Snelling, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
Scientists thought giant dragonflies couldn’t survive in today’s atmosphere – but a study of dozens of insect species shows that’s not the case.
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By Zainab Darbas, PhD Candidate, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
In 2004, a largely anonymous team of Australian video game developers released a prototype video game titled Escape from Woomera.
In this 3D adventure, the player takes on the role of Mustafa, an Iranian refugee fleeing violent repression who is being held in a virtual re-creation of the (now-shut) Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
Mustafa is facing deportation…
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By Zahra Shahhoseini, Research Fellow in Public Health, Monash University
Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next disaster hits.
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By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
New Zealand’s electricity generation now accounts for only 5% of emissions, but oil use in transport is on the rise, outweighing the shift to electric vehicles.
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By Michel Denault, Professeur, optimisation et transition énergétique, HEC Montréal
In the face of the energy transition, producing energy will be much more expensive than energy efficiency, which is still largely under-exploited.
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By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Changes to fundamental World Trade Organization rules are being driven by the US and EU. This week’s meeting in Cameroon could see developing nations lose out.
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