By Sandra Cassotta, Associate Professor in International, Environmental and Energy Law, Aalborg University
Europe is in the middle of something that no longer feels exceptional. Temperature records have broken across the continent, hitting 40°C and above in Germany, France, Hungary and Spain – and costing hundreds of lives.
Where I live in Scandinavia, this kind of temperature is more unusual. Yet Denmark also recently joined the list when 37°C was recorded…
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By Antonios Kelarakis, Reader in Polymers ad Nanomaterials, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Lancashire
Achieving the blackest of blacks has been one of humanity’s enduring challenges. It is a frontier that unites modern nanotechnologists with nature’s ancient colour palette.
Black emerged as one of humanity’s first engineered colours, stemming from charcoal and soot used in the prehistoric cave art of Lascaux in southwestern France.
For centuries,…
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By Julia Håkansson, Postdoctoral fellow in Museology, Lund University
If you visit Scandinavia you are likely to find yourself at an exhibition about Vikings. There are many to choose from.
The National History Museum in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, houses a major permanent exhibition on Viking. The Swedish History Museum in Stockholm boasts the largest Viking Age exhibition in the world. And the new Norwegian Museum of the…
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By Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative, The Conversation
Kalpana Jain, senior religion and ethics editor for The Conversation, explores a sense of belonging via the Faith Angle gathering.
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By Deniz Torcu, Adjunct Professor of Globalization, Business and Media, IE University
Across Europe, an emerging pattern is unsettling the assumptions of liberal educators and policymakers alike. Students who study in multiple countries, speak three or four languages, and graduate from globally ranked institutions are gravitating towards nationalist narratives. Not all of them, of course, but enough to make us pause.
It is increasingly clear that the far right no longer appeals solely to those left behind by globalisation. In addition to resentment and anger, it has successfully tapped into something much more primordial and elemental: belonging.
And Europe’s…
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By Danielle Bobker, Professor, English, Concordia University
Although controversial comedians give audiences endless fodder for discussion and debate, “never punch down” is the golden rule for humour for many Canadians. So when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2021 on a Québécois comedian’s…
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By Sara Silvestri, Senior Lecturer & UG Programme Director, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
As the US celebrated its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV decided instead to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.
Closer to Africa geographically than to Italy, the island is known as a place of sbarchi (sea landings) for thousands immigrants and asylum seekers journeying from Africa to Europe, and a place where thousands of others have died. While there, the pope visited…
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By Spencer Pearson-Atkins, PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia
Xu Jian (Joe) Yu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia
Younes Alila, Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia
In the past 30 years, floods have affected more than 2.8 billion people worldwide and caused over 500,000 deaths. In Canada, flooding has caused significant damage and disruption to communities across the country. The 2021 floods in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley cost an estimated $14 billion in damages.
Human activity that changes landscapes can make floods larger and more frequent.…
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Monday, July 6, 2026
UN chief António Guterres appealed on Monday for far-reaching, worldwide controls on Artificial Intelligence, as increasingly powerful AI chips that are designed for civilian use shift to the battlefield, where “killer robots” are already the norm.
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By Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Sussex
Barry Langford, Professor of Film Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dominic O'Key, Teaching Associate, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
Matei Candea, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Five books that span time and place, from the music scene in 80s London to the philosophical scene of Ancient Rome.
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