By Gustavo E. Fischman, Professor of Education Policies and Comparative Studies, Arizona State University
Eric Haas, Professor of Educational Leadership, California State University, East Bay
Margarita Pivovarova, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Arizona State University
Across three countries, people agree that teaching is centered on the teacher-student relationship. But they don’t agree on which profession teaching most resembles.
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By Ruiqian Li, Research Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, American University
Americans who trust science and reason more than their churches’ teachings, but still believe in God or attend services, are also more likely to believe in magic than those who prioritize religious teachings.
This was the central finding of a study my co-authors and I published in the journal Social Forces in July 2026. We analyzed the latest wave of the Baylor Religion…
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By Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
Having a human “in the loop” overseeing when an AI makes a decision is important, but what happens to that responsible human over time when the AI gets it right over and over again?
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By Karl Deisseroth, D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Optogenetics, a field that started with an algae gene, is shedding light on new treatments for eye and neuropsychiatric conditions.
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By Jennifer Takhar, Associate Professor of Consumer Culture, SKEMA Business School
Anna Schneider-Kamp, Associate Professor, SDU Business School, University of Southern Denmark
While menopause media coverage helps to bust taboos, it also fosters a lucrative, social media and business-driven market that takes advantage of woman’s need for support.
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By Kimberlee Weatherall, Professor of Law, University of Sydney
Christine Parker, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
This is a large and complex piece of legislation, and the government has made adjustments in response to expert feedback.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Western Australian Greens will investigate allegations that Senator Jordon Steele-John has behaved inappropropriately towards women.
Steele-John, who denies the claims, has taken leave from the Greens party room.
The WA senator has been in the parliament since 2017, when he filled a casual vacancy. He is the party’s spokesman on disability.
The issue has blown up publicly after Nine media reported that a letter signed by seven party members had gone to new Greens leader David Shoebridge this week calling for an investigation into the matter. Those signing…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government’s budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many people to easily understand.
That’s the case, for example, with the legislation to crack down on trusts, introduced on Wednesday, which has been surrounded by a lot of heat.
But the tug of war over the government’s plan to remove, from April next year, the age discrimination that favours older people taking out private health insurance is a very simple issue for voters to get their heads around, wherever they stand on the merits…
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By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
Markets now think it’s less likely the Reserve Bank will increase interest rates again on November 3. But it is still possible.
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By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Internationally acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney has announced that she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the United Kingdom. This is due to her support for the direct action protest group Palestine Action, which the British government proscribed…
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