By Pete Fussey, Professor of Criminology and Head of Department for Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton
Mark Maguire, Professor of Anthropology, Centre for Global Development, Maynooth University
It has been 25 years since the devastating attacks of September 11 2001. Amid the reflection that followed emerged the most comprehensive examination of any terrorist attack in history, the 9/11 Commission Report. Several statements in this forensic diagnosis continue to shape our understanding of those events. These range from the intelligence systems that were “blinking red” in the months preceding the attacks to various institutional “failures of imagination” that left the threat unrecognised.
Yet the commission’s…
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By Ross Cameron, Professor of Environmental Horticulture, University of Sheffield
UK gardens took a battering this summer as a heat dome settled over western Europe, and much of the green and pleasant land turned a dusty beige.
Some areas went without rain for almost two months. The “joy of gardening” turned into waiting until the cooler evening period, then laboriously trailing out from the kitchen with buckets of water to keep the patio plants alive.
But as the rains begin to…
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By Paul Leonard, Associate Professor in Biotherapeutics, Dublin City University
Marta Albin, PhD Candidate, Applied Immunology and Biotechnology, Dublin City University
This summer’s heat brought warnings about harmful algal blooms across Britain and Ireland. In August, swimmers were warned not to enter a newly designated bathing site on the River Thames at Ham and Kingston after blue-green algae were detected. The swimming section of an Ironman event in Leeds was also cancelled because of a bloom in Waterloo Lake.
It is tempting to blame these events entirely on the heat. Cyanobacteria, one of the main culprits behind these blooms, certainly benefit from warm, sunny…
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By Lynsey Cowlishaw, PhD Candidate in History and Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London
Faithful fans are going to love Practical Magic 2 just the way they did the original – even though it was completely ridiculous.
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By Yongkang Xue, Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US coast. The results could mean better forecasts.
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By Brian O'Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
A CIA veteran explains that a polygraph campaign is not likely to eliminate leaks, but it may divert investigative energy from essential security priorities.
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By Jared Ahmad, Lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication , University of Sheffield
Twenty-five years on, the legacy of the September 11 attacks continues beyond the initial physical and economic effects. The events of 9/11 and the subsequent “war on terror” severely undermined trust in mainstream news media in the US and around the world, laying the groundwork for today’s fractured, hyperpartisan information environment.
In the days and weeks after the attacks, American journalists…
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By Sarah Schiffling, Deputy Director of the HUMLOG (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research) Institute, Hanken School of Economics
Claire Hannibal, Professor of Operations Management and Associate Dean, Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University
Rosanna Cole, Reader in Sustainable Supply Chain Management, University of Surrey
The key question about the UK’s decision to ban trade in goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is whether – and how – such a ban can be enforced. To answer this question, it’s worth looking at how such sanctions are already enforced in similar situations.
Blood diamonds, the precious stones whose proceeds are used to finance war, are often cited as an example of the way countries can avoid trading in commodities that can contribute to harm. But the goods and services involved in the…
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By Tova Bennet, Associate Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law, Lund University
Sigrid Nikka, Doctoral student in criminal law, Lund University
Sweden’s criminal justice system was once held up as an example of moderation – focusing on rehabilitation and minimising the use of imprisonment. But the Scandinavian nation could soon join countries such as Russia, Belarus and Nicaragua as a world leader in punitiveness.
Throughout 1990s and up to the mid-2010s, Sweden had a total prison population of 4,000-6,000…
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By Patricia Kennedy, Lecturer in Social Policy, University College Cork
Anita Rayegani, PhD Candidate in Public International Law, University of Hamburg
Eka Siradze, Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University
Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.
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