By Elliot Goodell Ugalde, PhD Candidate, Political Economy, Queen's University, Ontario
Natalie Braun, PhD Student, Political Science, York University, Canada
The Iran war is now testing whether the Gulf states that have long recycled their oil revenues into American markets will keep doing so.
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By Chris Sandbrook, Professor of Conservation and Society, University of Cambridge
Javier Fajardo, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; University of Cambridge
What do you see when you imagine a conservation area? Perhaps a remote rainforest, a towering mountain range or a coral reef teeming with life. But do you expect to see any people?
It would be understandable if you answered no. Most media coverage of nature ignores people. Many protected and conserved areas to date are classified as “high and far” – in places with rich biodiversity and relatively…
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By Eric Shaw, Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling
It wouldn’t be easy for him – but polls show Burnham is the most popular Labour figure with the UK public.
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By Paul Cureton, Senior Lecturer in Design (People, Places, Products), Lancaster University
Anna Jackman, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Reading
There is a new buzz around Darlington: the sound of delivery drones. This northern English town is now the only place outside the US where retail giant Amazon offers airborne delivery to people’s homes via its Prime Air company.
Customers living within 7.5 miles of Amazon’s Darlington fulfilment centre can select a drone delivery for everyday items (not including batteries) weighing less than 5lb. They also need a suitable…
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By Lewis Norton, PhD Candidate at Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
The 2026 Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has transformed Welsh politics. Much of the attention has focused on the rise of Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, and on Welsh Labour’s dramatic losses. But another political story has unfolded more quietly in the background.
The Welsh Conservatives achieved 10.7% of the vote, giving them seven seats in the expanded 96-member Senedd. In the 2021 Senedd election, the party won 16 seats out of a possible 60.
On paper, that is a poor result for a party…
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By Susan Ann Samuel, Postdoctoral Researcher, International Climate Politics, University of Leeds
Gunjan Soni, Assistant Professor at the School of Law, Mahindra University
The UN’s climate summit in Brazil did not produce a fossil fuel roadmap last November, as had been expected. Now the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed the fragility of global dependence on fossil fuels.
The push and pull of nations with respect…
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By Mary M. Hausfeld, Assistant Professor in Management, University of Limerick
Scientific discoveries rarely happen alone. Modern research often involves teams spanning institutions and even countries. Yet when research is published in academic journals, credit is reduced to a list of names – a list that can shape careers.
Authorship is a key signal of expertise. It influences hiring, promotion, and funding decisions. Despite this importance, the process for determining authorship is often far from transparent.
In principle, authorship should reflect intellectual…
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By Nicholas Dickinson, Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
The pressure on Keir Starmer is relentless – but any challenge won’t play out like the prime ministerial topplings of the previous government.
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By Wil Burns, Professor of Research in Environmental Policy, American University School of International Service
Innovators who are working on ways to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to fight climate change are having a tough time lately.
Their biggest supporter, Microsoft, recently began telling partners that it is pausing its carbon removal purchases. To get a sense of how big of a deal this is, look at the numbers: The tech company alone has purchased approximately 80% of the contracted…
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By Margaret Bender, Professor of Anthropology, Wake Forest University
Tom Belt, Cherokee Language Expert Translator, Western Carolina University
If you wanted to learn the Cherokee language in the 1990s, there weren’t many written resources: three dissertations from the 1970s and ’80s, one textbook and a handful of college classes in North Carolina and Oklahoma. Even on most Cherokee land, it was unusual to see street or building signs in this endangered Indigenous language.
There are nearly 500,000 enrolled members in the three federally recognized Cherokee Tribes: the Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah Band, both…
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