By Qingqing Yang, Research Scientist of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York
New research suggests that bullying prevention work should address the broader classroom environment, not just students’ individual characteristics and behaviors.
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By Mohammad Ahmad, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, West Virginia University
Mythos’ dramatic hacking abilities are as much a reflection of the precarious state of digital defenses as a revolutionary tech breakthrough.
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By Firmesk Rahim, PhD Student, UMass Boston
The Gulf Cooperation Council was formed after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Since then, GCC members have tried different strategies to contend with Tehran.
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By Christian Franck, Bjorn Borgen Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.
Why do you have to wear a helmet when you’re skateboarding? – Artie, age 13, Queens, New York
Back when I was 13, I was an avid skateboarder – the kickflip was my…
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By Marie Helweg-Larsen, Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
Unstructured play – especially the kind that allows kids to test their limits – can help children become competent, independent adults.
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By Valérie Mérindol, Enseignant chercheur en management de l'innovation et de la créativité, PSB Paris School of Business; European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Alexandra Le Chaffotec, Enseignant chercheur en économie des organisations et économie de la santé, PSB Paris School of Business
Ignasi Capdevila, Associate Professor in Management & Strategy, PSB Paris School of Business
Companies have a lot to gain from implementing external corporate innovation programs such as sending their employees on work placements in open labs.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government will change the rules and contain cutbacks to the concessional treatment of electric vehicles that will save the government $1.7 billion.
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By Julie Ada Tchoukou, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
When Canada abstained from a recent vote at the United Nations on a resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, the decision may have appeared cautious, even procedural.
It was neither.
Abstention, in this situation, is not neutral position. It’s a firm stance — one that carries legal, political and historical…
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By Jane E. Sanders, Associate Professor, King’s School of Social Work, Western University
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and intensified an already disproportionate burden of caregiving, emotional labour and financial inequality by women — a burden that remains largely invisible.
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By Tamara Krawchenko, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
Wars release massive emissions, and they are being generated with no formal mechanism to record them, and no accountability for the climate costs that affect people in conflict zones and far beyond.
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