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By Andrea Holck, Doctoral Researcher, City St George's, University of London
Watching a film about dementia is, ordinarily, a sobering activity. We watch someone become imprisoned in the temporal chaos of their mind. We empathise with the family members nobly trying their best to do what’s right. We leave the film in a fog of melancholia, having been reminded of how sad the condition is.

And dementia is sad. But the stories we tell about it need not only be a premature elegy for someone…The Conversation (Full Story)

By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University
Amid growing public concern over migration and a political threat from Reform UK, the Labour government has proposed sweeping reforms to the asylum and refugee system. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, says the plans will address an “out of control” asylum system.

By restricting the rights of refugees, the proposals aim to make Britain a “less attractive” destination for people who arrive without documentation. But they also risk making an already-bureaucratic system even harder for refugees to navigate – and for an overstretched Home Office to administer.

Central to…The Conversation (Full Story)

By Estrella Luna-Diez, Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
Anne-Marie Culhane, Visiting Research Fellow, Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Bruno Barcante Ladvocat Cintra, Research Fellow, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham
Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Parveen Akhtar, Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
How did Mahmood, who once stated that she personally supported a general amnesty for all undocumented workers, become the face of a hardline Labour migration policy?The Conversation (Full Story)
By Laszlo Sarkany, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Western University
Canada and the European Union could amend key laws designed to shield companies from American sanctions, which could significantly aid in the operation of the International Criminal Court.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
After a series of missteps and about-faces, British prime minister Keir Starmer’s popularity has tanked, and his leadership may not last much longer.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Christian Downie, Professor of Political Science, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
More fossil fuel lobbyists are coming to global climate talks to try to get favourable outcomes. Now their role is in the spotlight.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
People who did a lot of physical activity between 45 and 64 had much lower odds of developing dementia – even when they carried a genetic risk factor.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Andy Hogg, Professor and Director of ACCESS-NRI, Australian National University
Tilo Ziehn, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
The project collects troves of data from the best climate models around the world – and the newest update to it is now underway.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Lynley Wallis, Professor, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
Christine Musgrave, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge
Heather Burke, Professor of Archaeology, Flinders University
Roseanne George, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Indigenous Knowledge
New research details Aboriginal craftsmanship – along with accompanying wall art – at a remote site in the Cape York Peninsula.The Conversation (Full Story)
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