By Arno J. van Niekerk, Senior lecturer in Economics, University of the Free State
Over the past two decades, economic strength, trade flows, technological leadership and even consumer demand have been moving steadily from west to east. This transformation is redrawing economic maps. It is also raising urgent questions about co-operation, competition and inclusion in a multipolar world. Lecturer in economics and finance Arno van Niekerk answers questions about these issues, which he explores in a new book, West to…
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By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan
Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, Research Professor of Climate and Space Sciences Engineering, University of Michigan
Unprecedented simulations show the formation of space tornadoes capable of causing strong geomagnetic storms around Earth, calling for earlier and more accurate warnings.
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By Amnesty International
By Sarah Brooks, China Director at Amnesty International Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, promised to advance women’s rights and empowerment worldwide, governments are once again gathering in Beijing to mark the special anniversary. For China, the U.N. […] The post A UN conference can’t hide China’s discomfort with women’s rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Fatma Ozdogan, PhD Candidate & Researcher, Université de Montréal
Ali Asgary, Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies & Director, CIFAL York, York University, Canada
In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide.
Today, this mission is more urgent than ever as disasters strike more often and with greater force.
And although substantial progress has been made, there is still much to achieve in reducing disaster risks and…
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By Gordon A. Gow, Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
Brian Fauteux, Associate Professor Popular Music and Media Studies, University of Alberta
Disclosing AI use on music platforms shouldn’t give streaming platforms a free pass to flood catalogues with AI content. Listeners deserve clear and transparent labelling.
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By Billie Anderson, Lecturer, Disability Studies, King's University College, Western University
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ reconsiders the cultural imagining of ‘the monster’ and how stories reflect attitudes about difference — especially difference in embodiment.
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
There’s recently been a significant uptick in Russian incursions into Europe. They started in mid-September with Russian drones violating Polish airspace, resulting in Poland being forced to deploy its air force to protect its sovereignty.
Subsequently, a Russian drone violated Romanian airspace. Perhaps most disconcerting, three Russian MiG-31s deliberately violated…
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By Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
Nicola Maher, DECRA/Research Fellow, Climate Science, Australian National University
Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
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By Jen Harvie, Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance, Queen Mary University of London
American film actress Diane Keaton, who has died aged 79, was an icon of style but also character. She challenged the boundaries and range of what it was possible for women to play and be, especially in American cinema’s new wave of the 1970s and 80s.
Keaton was most famous for her performance as the title character in Woody Allen’s 1977 satirical romantic comedy-drama, Annie Hall. Her Annie could have been the love child of Katharine Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin.
She had Hepburn’s strength,…
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By Alan Hirsch, Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
Victor Amadi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
It remains too difficult for Africans to travel between African countries. Africa-wide reforms have failed. The keynote continental agreement, the African Union’s Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, adopted in 2018, still has only four country ratifications from 55 members.
A new report of the African Union bemoans the…
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