By Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre for Public Ideas, University of Canberra
Albanese’s Labor government seems to be under little threat politically. But difficult economic times and an insecure global environment are making voters anxious.
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By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement in the world.
The stakes could hardly be higher.
Russia, Israel and the United States, all nuclear-armed, are conducting illegal wars of aggression against countries without nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan engaged in conflict last year across their disputed border, raising…
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By James Piazza, Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Penn State
The moral dimension of political polarization in the US, where each side views the other as immoral, helps fuel attacks like the one against Trump at the Washington Hilton.
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By Jean-Laurent Domingue, Associate Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Axel Ounis, Research assistant, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Emmanuelle Bernheim, Professeure titulaire, Faculté de droit, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès à la justice | Full Professor, Faculty of Law, Canada Research Chair on Mental Health and Access to Justice, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Arguing that confining and treating people against their will is ‘compassionate’ greatly expands the role of policing in medical matters, often with few limits.
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By Chetan Dave, Professor of Economics, University of Alberta
An economist offers practical steps families can take to improve their financial resilience, starting with the debt they carry right now.
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By Li-elle Rapaport, Doctoral Student and Private Practice Therapist, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
Technology is intensifying isolation, and recognizing our shared human struggles — or common humanity — is a practical, evidence-based way to reconnect.
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By Madeleine Orr, Assistant Professor, Sport Ecology, University of Toronto
Caitlin Felteau-McInnis, PhD Student, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Toronto
Climate change is already re-shaping how people engage in sport. Due to warming temperatures, running may become less accessible and safe for many of us.
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By Jean Poitras, Professeur titulaire en gestion de conflits, HEC Montréal
Fear in the workplace operates like an invisible predator. By diverting teams’ energy towards self-defence, it undermines co-operation and ultimately costs organizations dearly.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has defended preferencing One Nation ahead of high profile independent Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer May 9 byelection, declaring this was “the least worst option”.
In a close result preferences from the Liberals and Nationals could be vital in getting One Nation’s David Farley over the line, which would be the first time the party had won a House of Representatives seat.
Farley’s victory would be a major springboard for One Nation going into the November Victorian election.
The Coalition parties have insisted Milthorpe is a…
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By Mickaël Hedde, Directeur de recherche, Inrae
Antonio Bispo, Inrae
Claire Chenu, Enseignante chercheure à AgroParisTech, science du sol, biogéochimie, matières organiques, Inrae
Flavien Poinçot, Ingénieur, animateur du RNEST, Acta
Jérôme Cortet, Professeur, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III
New EU legislation supporting healthier soils was adopted in December 2025 incorporating environmental DNA analysis which is proving useful but not totally efficient.
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