By Raysa Geaquinto Rocha, Lecturer at the University of Essex and Assistant Professor at the VU Amsterdam, European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Louise Nash, Senior Lecturer, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management, University of Essex
Siddhartha Saxena, Postdoc, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Neurodivergent people may struggle with casual conversations and networking. Efforts to ameliorate workplace settings and routines only go so far.
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By Olivia Kunguma, Senior lecturer, University of the Free State - Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (UFS-DiMTEC), University of the Free State
Johannes Belle, Full Professor and acting Director of the Disaster Management Training and Education Centre for Africa (DiMTEC), University of the Free State
South Africa currently holds the presidency of the G20 – the group of 19 of the world’s largest economies and the African Union. It has set up a Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group to find concrete solutions for countries experiencing climate-induced disasters that are made worse by poverty and inequality. Disaster risk management specialists Olivia Kunguma and Johannes Belle discuss what’s needed from the G20 this year to make a difference.
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By Glen Hvenegaard, Professor, Environmental Science, University of Alberta
Tourist offerings like the Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Alberta can help protect dark skies by generating support among tourists and communities receiving economic impacts.
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By Caroline Séquin, Associate Professor of Modern European History, Lafayette College
Desiring Whiteness is an award-winning book by historian Caroline Séquin. It explores the intertwined histories of commercial sex work and racial politics in France and the French colonial empire, particularly in Senegal. We asked her five questions about her study.
How was sex work regulated in France?
A new system controlling commercial sex developed…
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By Megan Donelson, Lecturer in Health Rhetorics, University of Dayton
By blaming chronic disease and disability on food and toxins, and ‘just asking questions’ about widely accepted science, MAHA discounts the government’s responsibility for meeting disabled peoples’ needs.
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By Pintu Kumar Mahla, Research Associate at the Water Resources Research Institute, University of Arizona
More powerful storms and melting glaciers are flooding communities across the region again, with devastating effects, particularly in the mountains.
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By Sarah Pessin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver
The key to civic coexistence might be learning to look out for neighbors even if we can’t stand them. No friendly feelings required.
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By Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton
The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name.
The Catholic sacrament of reconciliation, also known as penance or confession, has been a compelling set piece for fiction writers over the ages, from medieval novels to contemporary films. One reason the practice…
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By Walter S. DeKeseredy, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Research shows that rural women in the US are more likely to be killed by their current or former male partners compared to their urban and suburban counterparts.
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By Patrick Tutka, Clinical Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University
Golf is one of a handful of sports that reward low scores, not high ones. That means getting around the course efficiently and not wasting strokes.
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