By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The National’s have broken with their Coalition partners voting against the Government’s hate speech legislation despite, the Liberals agreeing to it.
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By Ludovic Slimak, Archéologue, penseur et chercheur au CNRS, Université de Toulouse
In 1951, the French Explorer Jean Malaurie witnessed the building of a US military base in Greenland in near total secrecy, which marked an irreversible turning point for Inuit societies.
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By Guillermo Candiz, Assistant Professor, Human Plurality, Université de l'Ontario français
Tanya Basok, Professor, Sociology, University of Windsor
New research on Venezuelan migrants being forced back south from the U.S.-Mexico border raises key questions about safety and security for these migrants.
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By Tassiana Moura de Oliveira, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
On Jan. 15, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered that incarcerated ex-President Jair Bolsonaro be given a significant upgrade in his prison accomodations.
Perhaps not a headline-grabbing development abroad, the news was nonetheless the latest high-profile interaction between Moraes and Bolsonaro – two titans of modern Brazilian politics whose sparring has, in many ways, served as a proxy for the broader…
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By Geoff Childs, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Dorje Dundul recently had his foot gnawed by a brown bear – a member of the species Ursus thibetanus, to be precise.
It wasn’t his first such encounter. Recounting the first of three such violent experiences over the past five years, Dorje told our research team: “My wife came home one evening and reported that a bear had eaten a lot of corn from the maize field behind our house. So, we decided to shoo it away. While my wife was setting up camp, I went to see how much the bear had eaten. The…
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By Christos Makridis, Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
Updated management practices and monetized digital production could help opera companies rely less on subscriptions and big donors for revenue – bolstering budgets.
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By Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as “Pilgrims of Hope” – to an end.
In 2022, after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, Pope Francis announced his intention to proclaim a Jubilee year, urging the faithful to look to the future “with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision.” That…
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By Carrie Leach, Research Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
For the past 10 years, I have worked on closing the communication gaps that keep older adults at arm’s length from research that could improve their lives.
I worked with Detroiters to bridge the digital divide by developing tools that make it easier for older adults to get online, allowing them to connect to health information and learn about benefits they’re eligible for. I have also codesigned projects with…
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By Pardis Mahdavi, Professor of Anthropology, University of La Verne; University of California, Berkeley
Iranian universities have long been places of reform and political imagination – as well as targets of censorship and repression.
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By Laura Toran, Professor of Environmental Geology, Temple University
Sinkholes are fairly common in Philadelphia due to aging water lines that leak or burst, causing the surrounding soil to wash away.
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