By Jonathan Barrett, Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As Australia reforms laws that can inadvertently trap financial abuse victims, New Zealand must ask what protections – and risks – exist here.
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By Steven Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University
Groundhogs predict spring with the same accuracy as flipping a coin. But they’re vital to their ecosystems, feasting through summer to store enough fat to last through their winter hibernation.
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By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
There is talk of US ‘security guarantees’ to enforce a ceasefire in Ukraine. But there’s no sign the US president will get tough with his Russian counterpart.
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By John Wyver, Professor of the Arts on Screen, University of Westminster
After British television was established in 1926, it went on to foster a productively rich relationship with the arts, but coverage has seriously declined this century.
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By Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University
There have been more than 53,000 opioid-related deaths across Canada since 2016. As part of public health efforts to reduce these deaths, many cities offer overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites.
These centres allow people who use illegal drugs to do so under the supervision of a person trained to reverse opioid poisonings. They also offer clean drug use equipment, safe disposal of used equipment and take-home naloxone,…
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By Tim Heppell, Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
The mayor of Manchester will not be allowed to stand in a byelection – which would have been his first step to challenging Keir Starmer for the party leadership.
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Monday, January 26, 2026
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is sounding the alarm over the threat of escalating violence in Jonglei state which is putting lives at risk and further weakening prospects for peace.
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By Michael D. Caligiuri, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch, Associate Professor in the Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Florida International University
Phil Jolly, Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Penn State
White and male professors continue to dominate U.S. hospitality and tourism education programs, our new research has found, even as the industry is growing increasingly diverse. This imbalance raises questions about who shapes the future of hospitality and whose voices are left out of the conversation.
Our analysis of 862 faculty members across 57 of the top U.S. college hospitality programs found that nearly three-quarters of these professors were white, and more than half were male. White men alone represented 43.5%…
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By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
Blaming Pretti’s death on the fact that he was carrying a gun contradicts the second amendment to the US constitution.
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By Thomas Lockwood, PhD Researcher in Politics, York St John University
Suella Braverman’s decision to defect to Reform UK is not just another blow to Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to stabilise the Conservatives after their 2024 defeat. It also changes what Reform is being judged…
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