By Alina Cosma, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
Young people appear to be facing increasing demands while some of the social resources that help them cope are weakening.
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By Grace Jennings-Edquist, Executive Producer, Podcasts, The Conversation
Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
Death penalty expert Carolyn Strange tracks the modern history of executions in the United States on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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By Joshua Davimes, Senior Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Karine Scheuermaier, Associate Professor in Physiology, Chairperson of the South African Society for Sleep and Health, Member of the World Sleep Society, University of the Witwatersrand
Poor sleep and poor studying went together. Students who slept worse were more likely to report lower grades and to arrive late for class.
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By Osarugue Otebele, Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto
The success of South Korean popular music or K-pop continues to power the Hallyu Wave, a term that describes the global obsession with the country’s pop culture production.
But before K-pop came the spread of K-drama, TV series from the country, starting in the late 1990s. By 2024 the melodrama Queen…
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By Ukachukwu Abaraogu, Senior Lecturer Public Health, Evidence Synthesis & Rehabilitation, University of the West of Scotland
Conversations around health progress in Africa usually focus on lives saved. And rightly so. Across the continent, people are living longer than they did a generation ago. Advances in prevention, treatment and public health have reduced deaths from many major diseases and improved survival for millions. But there is another side to this success story that receives far less…
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By Marci Lee Nilsen, Professor of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh
Cancer survivorship is often thought to begin after a patient receives their last treatment. But planning for life after cancer is critical to effective care.
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By Freddie Daley, Research Associate, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Though the announcement that the UK government will move ahead with the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea was anticipated, it has generated a wave of criticism from around the world. This will have significant implications for the UK’s international standing on climate change.
The UK’s debate over new drilling has focused on job creation, energy security, emissions and the UK’s climate commitments, and the claim that the gas field was already licensed by the previous government.
Researchers…
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By Marc Spooner, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
R. James McNinch, Emeritus Professor and Dean of Education, University of Regina
Elbows up might work for hockey, but we desperately need to retain and expand our capacity to be an independent, democratic nation, and for this, universities are critical.
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By Jessica Forrest, Professor, Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Canada has more than a million kilometres of rural roads. Although vital corridors for travel and commerce, roads fragment habitats, disrupt animal movement and lead to millions of wildlife deaths from collisions.
Yet roadways shouldn’t be written off as ecological wastelands. Many jurisdictions mandate that a certain amount of land on either side of a road be maintained as a hazard-free “clear zone.”…
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By Amnesty International
Why is biodiversity important for human rights? Thriving biodiversity is an essential component of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, recognized by the UN in 2022. Life depends on biodiversity. All living species are interdependent, and the decline or extinction of one species can create a chain reaction resulting in a disastrous […] The post Convention on Biological Diversity. What you need to know and why it matters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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