By Martin Schweinberger, Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The University of Queensland
Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits, both in how often they swear, and in how many users swear online.
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
Boosting living standards by fixing the structural problems in the economy has been prioritised by the government. There is no shortage of advice where to start.
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By Christian Downie, Professor, Australian National University
Billions of dollars in renewables investment once destined for the US could soon be looking for a new home. The Albanese government must capitalise.
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By Mark Beeson, Adjunct professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
With the unpredictable Trump regime running the US and looming climate catastrophe, analysts Hugh White and Emma Shortis call for a fresh approach to our security.
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By Amnesty International
By Alicia Moncada, Americas climate justice researcher, and Tamaryn Nelson, legal advisor for business and human rights SUCUMBÍOS, Ecuador.- At night in the Ecuadorian Amazon, huge flames light up the darkness. Flames from the gas flares that tower over the oil wells and that, far from being a sign of progress, are living scars on […] The post Fire in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon: girls and young women fighting for climate justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, Lecturer in Media & Cultural Studies, Lancaster University
As a queer woman of East Asian descent who researches transnational queer media and culture, Saving Face (2004), the debut feature by Alice Wu, holds a special place in both my heart and my research.
Set in the tightly knit Chinese-American community of Flushing, New York, Saving Face follows Wil (Michelle Krusiec), a young, promising yet closeted surgeon whose carefully balanced life is thrown into chaos when her widowed mother, Hwei-Lan (Joan Chen), shows up on her doorstep. Hwei-Lan is pregnant and has been banished by her community, and is refusing to name the father.
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By Adam Jerrett, Lecturer, Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth
Peter Howell, Senior Lecturer in Game Design, University of Portsmouth
Warning: this article contains spoilers for The Last of Us season two.
The Last of Us season two began with the familiar rhythm of its video game source material. Throwing bottles to distract “stalkers” (the second game’s new enemy type); Tommy (Gabriel Luna) facing down a “bloater” (a hulking in-game enemy); Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced) moving through Seattle with the game’s iconic daily title cards.
At the start, like season…
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
Whenever the UK government decides to spend public money on a new project, it needs to weigh up the costs against the value of the benefits it hopes to achieve. And it’s rarely a simple calculation.
This is why Chancellor Rachel Reeves is changing the Treasury’s “green book” of rules which dictate how investment plans are made. Those rules, and the calculations they support, do not always work.
At one point for example, the benefit-cost ratio…
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By Elodie Freymann, Post-doc affiliate, University of Oxford
As it turns out, chimpanzees make pretty good doctors. For decades, scientists have been studying what chimpanzees do when they fall ill. This search has led to the identification of medicinal behaviour, which often involves the ingestion of plants with chemical or physical properties that can help the animal’s recovery.
My team’s recent…
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By Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics/Adjunct Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered the government’s spending review, setting out its plans and priorities for the next three years. The aim of the review is of course to allocate spending over that time period – but this government is keen for economic growth and so has directed the funds to try to boost GDP. This approach could work but is particularly challenging in an uncertain global environment.
The parameters of the UK’s fiscal policy were set in the budget last October and the spring statement in March when the chancellor confirmed her fiscal rules, which allowed borrowing…
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