By Nathan Abrams, Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
Kubrick’s final film isn’t just set at Christmas. It’s a subversive critique of class, desire and the fantasies we buy into during the festive season.
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By Vincent Charles, Reader in AI for Business and Management Science, Queen's University Belfast
Tatiana Gherman, Associate Professor of AI for Business and Strategy, University of Northampton
From ancient slavery to the factory floor, progress has often relied on the exploitation of human beings. We might like to believe those days are well behind us. But in the digital age, AI and the metaverse risk repeating that pattern with new forms of invisible labour and inequality.
Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator told the story of Maximus Decimus Meridius, a betrayed Roman general who becomes enslaved and must fight as a gladiator to entertain the Roman elite. The sequel offered a new perspective on cycles of exploitation and the struggle for dignity.
Both films hold…
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By Dana Lungu, Research Associate Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security, University of Bristol
If you’re thinking of buying your loved ones smart gadgets this Christmas, here’s how to prevent them from a privacy nightmare.
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By Precious Chatterje-Doody, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
Maxime Audinet, Assistant Professor in International Relations and International Communication, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)
On a recent visit to India, Vladimir Putin personally announced the launch of RT India, a new Kremlin-funded broadcaster. It is part of the established RT (formerly Russia Today) network. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, RT lost its license to broadcast in the UK, was banned in the EU and was forced to close in the US.
But the closure of RT’s western broadcast operations did not mark the end for the network. It has been using creative…
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By Helen Atherton, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton
There are more than 1.4 million appointments a day in general practice in England. Traditionally, patients booked by telephone, braving the “8am scramble”. However, a higher proportion of people are now contacting their GP surgery online than by phone, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics.
The UK government recently instructed GP surgeries to offer online consultations from 8am to 6.30pm every day. Online consultation allows patients to explain their problem…
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Tetyana Malyarenko, Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
Ukraine is under unprecedented pressure, not only on the battlefield but also on the domestic and diplomatic fronts.
Each of these challenges on their own would be difficult to handle for any government. But together – and given there is no obvious solution to any of the problems the country is facing – they create a near-perfect storm.
It’s a storm that threatens to bring down Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s government and deal a severe blow to Ukraine’s western allies.
On the frontlines in eastern Donbas, Ukraine has continued to lose territory since…
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By Kuan-Wei Chen, Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University; Bond University
In a world beset by conflict in the Middle East and an enduring war in Ukraine, tensions are again heating up in East Asia. Will cooler heads prevail?
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By Camille Parmesan, Director, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (SETE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS); University of Plymouth; The University of Texas at Austin
An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve biodiversity on a warming planet.
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By Gloria Ramirez, Associate Professor of Education, Thompson Rivers University
Victoria Handford, Professor, Education, Thompson Rivers University
Wei Lin Ang, Masters student, Education, Thompson Rivers University
Internationally educated and experienced teachers are not a problem to be fixed — they are part of the solution to a system under strain.
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By Amnesty International
I was born in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara, in 1987. I spent my childhood hearing stories of the grave violations committed against the Sahrawi people, my people, after the Moroccan military invasion of the region in 1975. Since then, we have been fighting for our right to self-determination, as backed up by […] The post Mhamed Hali:“Despite the dangers, bringing smiles to the faces of forgotten victims makes it worth continuing” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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