By Olena Borodyna, Senior Geopolitical Risks Advisor, ODI Global
Russia’s war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year and, despite the growing impatience of Donald Trump, a breakthrough in peace talks looks a long way off. Yet even when the fighting does end, it will not represent a conclusion. Rather, it will mark the start of a considerable new challenge: reconstruction.
The crucial questions are not only how much reconstruction will cost, but also how it can be financed and whether Ukraine will have the skilled workforce needed to carry it out. Millions of Ukrainian citizens…
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By Steffan James, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Supply Chains, Cardiff University
For more than a century, Port Talbot in Wales has been dominated by its steelworks. The daily lives of residents have been shaped by this industry. Shifts have set the traffic, sirens marked time, at night the furnaces lit the sky orange. Steel wasn’t just an industry. It was the rhythm of this place.
Where outsiders saw towers, smoke and steel, locals told…
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By Michael Strange, Associate Professor of International Relations, Malmö University
Marisa Ponti, Associate Professor in Informatics, Department of Applied IT, University of Gothenburg
Artificial intelligence is accelerating a global economic revolution that began back in the 1970s. Researching the impacts of AI on different sectors of society highlights an important parallel moment in history: the creation of the “service economy” in the US.
In 1972, amid a period of global turmoil, a group of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) economists sought…
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By Maxwell Modell, Research associate, Cardiff University
In live broadcasting, when things go wrong, they can often be blamed on live conditions. Once a programme has been edited, this no longer applies.
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By Christoph Randler, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Tübingen
At 5am, social media fills with proof that the early risers have already won the day. Cold plunges. Journals. Sunrise runs. Productivity gurus insist this is the routine that separates high performers from everyone else, reinforced by high-profile early risers such as Apple CEO Tim Cook, entrepreneur Richard Branson and…
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By Beng Huat See, Professor of Education Research, School of Education, University of Birmingham
Cate Carroll, Professor of Education and Pedagogy and Executive Dean of Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Liverpool Hope University
Simon Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Youth Studies, University of Portsmouth
Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
Our experts have been digging into the detail of the government’s proposed education reforms, published on 23 February, which include measures to improve teacher recruitment, student achievement and belonging at school. Here’s what they thought.
Read more: Send reform: will the government’s plans work for children, parents and teachers? Experts react
Improving engagement…
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By Paula Saukko, Reader in Social Science and Medicine, Loughborough University
People recovering from eating disorders often use social media for support, seeking out recovery content, body-positive creators and others with similar experiences.
But recent research my colleagues and I have conducted suggests these platforms can also steer users back towards the very content they are trying to avoid.
We carried out in-depth interviews with people who had experienced eating…
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By Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
Kim Dubé, Assistant Professor in Criminology, Université de Moncton
Policymakers should recognize open banking as part of Canada’s response to economic abuse and small business resilience, not only as a competition or financial sector reform.
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By Josh Sunman, Associate lecturer, Flinders University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Economic strain, grievance, fear and the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack have created the perfect conditions for the populist party.
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By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards are already working to cut emissions – but the real story is behind the scenes.
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