By Dieter Schlenker, Director of the Historical Archives of the European Union and Co-director of the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre on the History of European Integration, European University Institute
The construction of Europe after WWII sought to promote political and economic cooperation among European nations. The Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence are a testimony to this.
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By Nima Shokri, Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
Martin J. Blunt, Chair in Flow in Porous Media, Imperial College London
The Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway through which between 20% and 25% of the world’s seaborne oil normally passes – has been effectively closed for just over two months.
As tensions have escalated, Iran has restricted passage through the Strait, while the US has imposed a naval blockade on Iranian shipping, sharply limiting Tehran’s ability to export crude. On May 3, the US president Donald Trump announced…
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By Keighley Perkins, Research Associate School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University; Swansea University
Maxwell Modell, Research Associate School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
Stephen Cushion, Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
Voters in Wales will soon go to the polls to elect members of an expanded Senedd (Welsh parliament) under a new proportional voting system. As the campaign has developed, public service broadcasters have sought not only to report events but to educate, inform and engage audiences with an unfamiliar electoral process.
Our analysis suggests they are increasingly doing so through digital platforms. We analysed all election…
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By Zihan Wang, Research Fellow in Geography and Innovation, University of Sussex
Co-working spaces have become a familiar part of the working landscape. A convenient alternative to working from home or an employer’s office, they have become the favoured option of millions of the world’s freelancers, entrepreneurs and remote workers.
In the UK, there are over 4,000 co-working venues to choose from. Prices vary, depending on location and facilities, but with a dedicated desk costing around £200 per month,…
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By Trudy Meehan, Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
The key to better wellbeing is acting like an Italian grandmother, according to social media’s “nonnamaxxing” trend.
Proponents of the trend say that adopting the lifestyle habits of an Italian nonna will help improve your health and mental wellbeing. The core principles of the trend are simple: make time for your friends and loved ones, eat foods grown from your own garden and cook hearty meals at home.
This latest trend borrows from lifestyle…
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By Francisco Rowe, Professor of Population Data Science, University of Liverpool
Carmen Cabrera, Lecturer in Geographic Data Science, University of Liverpool
Elisabetta Pietrostefani, Lecturer in Geographic Data Science, School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool
Since US and Israeli strikes began on the last day of February, millions of Iranians have been living under attack, an internet blackout and tight restrictions on journalists and humanitarian agencies.
But many people are on the move, trying to get away from dangerous places or to be reunited with family at a time of conflict. In an information blackout, with internet access almost completely shut down across Iran, it’s hard to build a detailed picture of this population movement. But in the absence…
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By Vikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick
Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days at a time. They show how easily illness can spread when people are packed into a single interconnected environment.
Think of a cruise ship as a temporary city at sea. It has restaurants, theatres, lifts, cabins, kitchens, water systems and indoor gathering spaces. That is great for…
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By Audrey Morley, Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Galway
For generations, the mild and temperate climate of north-western Europe has been credited to one legendary force: the Gulf Stream. This idea is so deeply entrenched in our cultural identity that in James Joyce’s Ulysses, the protagonist Stephen Dedalus refuses to take a bath, arguing that “all Ireland is washed by the Gulf Stream”.
However, the Gulf Stream is just one part of a much more complex system called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC.
To explain this better,…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The One Nation leader is leaving open the idea that she might quit her Senate seat to stand for the House of Representatives.
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By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep inflation under control.
The increase takes the cash rate to 4.35%, and fully reverses the three rate cuts delivered in 2025. The hike had been widely expected by economists after a sharp rise in inflation figures last week. RBA Governor…
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