By Laura Davy, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Computers promise to replace fallible human judgement with something more consistent, efficient and fair. But this isn’t always the case.
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By Alexandra Aikhenvald, Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow, Jawun Research Institute, CQUniversity Australia
When the Crusaders descended upon the eastern shores of the Mediterranean at the end of the 11th century, they had to communicate with each other, with traders and with locals.
Many of them spoke different Romance languages: Italian (especially from the then powerful city-states of Venice and Genoa), Provençal, French or their forerunner, Latin.
Most Westerners in southern Europe were French, especially from between Marseilles and Genoa, from where ships and traders sailed towards the Middle East. These…
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By Gwenda Tavan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
Malcolm Fraser was one of the country’s longest-serving prime ministers. His support of multicultural policy forever changed Australia’s social fabric.
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By Mark Beeson, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Alexander Stubb’s book Triangle of Power is a reminder that we are a quite intelligent species, even if we continue to do unbelievably stupid things.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the EU’s failure to call for a vote to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement or to agree on any other concrete measures today at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns said: “At this point, the EU’s decision to maintain its trade […] The post EU: Failure to suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement shows contempt for civilian lives appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
Marjolijn Haasnoot, Professor of Climate Adaptation, Utrecht University
Piero Lionello, Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Oceanography, University of Salento
As sea levels rise, Venice’s options are running out. New research shows that even the most ambitious engineering may only delay the inevitable.
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
Hospitals that score poorly on feedback from female patients could soon see their budget cut under a plan unveiled in April by Wes Streeting, the UK’s health secretary. Branded “patient power payments”, the scheme would tie a slice of hospital income to women’s experiences of care, a measure designed to end what Streeting himself has called an “appalling…
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By Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy, King's College London
The first piece of ransomware was sent it out on 20,0000 floppy discs in 1989, to raise awareness of health- rather than cyber-hygiene.
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By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
The 2025 deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador was a chilling sign of how easy it is for US presidents to sidestep the constitution.
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By Anna Stein, PhD Student, University of Leicester
The word “heritage” generally calls to mind the distant past. Ancient buildings, historic objects or traditions passed down over generations. “Heritage” feels old by definition, but it’s not simply something we inherit. It is something we actively make. What matters is not age but the decision to preserve, display and interpret particular parts of culture as meaningful.
Researchers have long argued that heritage is created through social and political processes rather than discovered fully formed. Professor of heritage and museum studies Laurajane…
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