By Sanjit K. Roy, Professor of Marketing and Service Science, Edith Cowan University
Saalem Sadeque, Lecturer, Marketing, Edith Cowan University
For some customers, loyalty programs provide clear financial benefits through discounts or points. But emotional benefits – such as feeling valued – also matter.
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By Danie Nilsson, Behavioural Scientist, CSIRO
Australians love a good reno.
Whether they revolve around a modest fixer-upper or a mansion makeover, renovation shows are among the most widely watched TV genres in Australia.
However, our houses are some of the least sustainable…
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By Michelle Andrews Luke, Lecturer in Educational Psychology, The University of Melbourne
There is no single right age when children can spend time out with friends unsupervised. This can make it difficult to judge whether they’re ready.
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By Kristine Aquino, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
The first major Hollywood animation centred on Filipino culture speaks to the experience of migration that has become so deeply embedded in Philippine society.
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By Emmett Stinson, Senior Lecturer, Creative Writing and English, Edith Cowan University
In Mine, Adam Ouston reveals the contradictions between Tasmania’s conception of itself and its history of human and environmental devastation.
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By Marc Spooner, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
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By Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
If fossil fuel companies misled the public about the dangers of their products, should they be required to pay for damages from climate-related disasters?
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By Alexander Sergeant, Lecturer in Digital Media Production, University of Westminster
Civilisations are often remembered not for their politics or their leaders, but for the figures they worshipped. Ancient Greece is as known for Achilles and Odysseus as for its achievements in democracy and philosophy. Medieval England is remembered less for the Plantagenets than for the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood. The wild west has Davy Crockett, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Years from now, people may look back on the past 40 years not as the era of the post-cold war consensus, 9/11 or the great recession, but as the age of Tom…
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By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
“The mood of the party?” A reliable opening question between news presenter and political journalist. Necessarily imprecise, the answer can still transport the listener or viewer to where they aren’t. Doing so from Liverpool this week invokes the other meaning of the word party. This was the conference that should have taken place in 2024 after Labour’s return to power. But it didn’t, owing to the stumbling of the government in general and the fumbling of the prime minister in particular. Keir Starmer’s first speech in office had dampened the mood, intentionally.
This year the
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By Jacqueline Ortoleva, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
Maurizio Forte, Professor of Classical Studies Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University
Our research suggests these tombs were designed and constructed not simply to house the dead, but to affect the living.
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