By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology
The rugby sevens bring a festival air to the Olympic Games, but the competition is deadly serious. Here are the likely contenders in Paris.
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By Misha Ketchell, Editor, The Conversation
Two outstanding journalists have joined The Conversation’s editorial team in Australia as cadets in Health and Science + Technology. The roles were funded by reader donations and created to contribute to training the next generation of journalists who are passionate about providing reliable, trustworthy and impartial journalism.
The new Assistant Editors are:
Drew Rooke
Drew is an investigative journalist, research assistant and author of One Last Spin: the power and peril of the pokies (Scribe, 2018) and A Witness of Fact: the peculiar case of chief forensic pathologist…
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By Bayu Anggorojati, Assistant Professor, Cyber Security, Monash University
Arif Perdana, Associate Professor in Digital Strategy and Data Science, Monash University
Derry Wijaya, Associate Professor of Data Science, Monash University
Widely available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.
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By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University
For decades, presidents and presidential aspirants have tried (with varying degrees of success) to use music and musicians to connect with voters.
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By Travers, Professor of Sociology, Simon Fraser University
While transgender people have gained some recognition and human rights in the past decade, a well-financed reactionary movement is rolling them back.
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By Tyler Valiquette, PhD Candidate, Human Geography, UCL
Cristián Valenzuela-Méndez, PhD Student in Sociology, Northwestern University
Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
Given the high number of Venezuelans living abroad, it is crucial those in the diaspora are able to take part in the country’s electoral process.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Today’s Olympics are vastly different to those that began in ancient Greece. So what was it like attending those ancient games?
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By Ian Lowe, Emeritus Professor, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
Kylie Walker, Visiting Fellow, Australian National University
Small modular reactors promise to make nuclear power cheaper and safer. But our new report shows they’re still a long way off.
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By Shane Clifton, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Health Sciences and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney
The genius TikTok account for the Paralympics draws on the comedic beauty of disabled bodies. It is a relief to see a promotion of the Paralympics that avoids the usual stereotypes.
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By Karley Beckman, Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies for Learning, University of Wollongong
Tiffani Apps, Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies for Learning, University of Wollongong
Parents and governments are already concerned about children’s safety online – as part of this we need to look more closely at how students’ images are being used by schools.
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