By Guillaume Simonet-Umaña, enseignant chercheur en adaptation aux changements climatiques, Université de Pau et des pays de l’Adour (UPPA)
At local level, many grassroots initiatives are cropping up to tackle unforeseen climate-related events, but improvising and instinctive ways of working are often overlooked in public policy.
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By Athina Vlachantoni, Professor of Gerontology and Social Policy, University of Southampton
Carrie Paechter, Professor of Childhood, Youth and Family Life, Nottingham Trent University
Jane Falkingham, Dean of the Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton
Maria Evandrou, Professor of Gerontology, University of Southampton
Michael Skey, Lecturer in Media and Communications, Loughborough University
Rob McNeil, Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
Rory Fitzgerald, Director, European Social Survey, City St George's, University of London
In this third part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we turn to demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ lives.
Demographics
Athina Vlachantoni, professor of gerontology and social policy, University of Southampton
Jane Falkingham, professor of demography and international social policy, University of Southampton
Maria Evandrou, professor of gerontology, University…
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By Javier Andreu Pintado, Catedrático de Historia Antigua y Director del Diploma en Arqueología, Universidad de Navarra
On August 12, Europe – in particular the Iberian peninsula – will look to the sky to witness a historic solar eclipse. We already know when it will begin, how long it will last, and what part of the sun will be hidden behind the moon. Apps on our phones allow us to calculate the exact moment of greatest darkness, and recommend the best places to see it.
But throughout much of human history, eclipses were far more than an astronomical curiosity. Indeed, they were thought to be powerful events, capable of reordering the world itself.
Ancient Rome was no exception to this,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Bangladesh Federation of Worker Solidarity activists hold a rally in Dhaka on May 7, 2023 to mark ten years since the Rana Plaza building collapse that killed more than 1,130 people. © 2023 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP On July 23, Human Rights Watch filed a written submission to the European Commission on the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.The European Commission is currently formulating guidance on how companies should implement the law, which requires businesses to identify and…
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By Daniel Patrick Strogen, PhD Candidate in Linguistics, Swansea University
Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.
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By Reza Hasmath, Professor in Political Science, University of Alberta
China’s new ethnic unity law reaches across borders. The danger is not that it does so. It is what it criminalizes, whom it targets, and how it enforces.
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By Su Kyung (Irene) Kim, Assistant Professor, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba
Xiang Yao, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Social Psychology, Peking University
Xiaoxiao Hu, Professor of Management, West Virginia University
Yujie Zhan, Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Wilfrid Laurier University
Front-line workers have little control over how customers treat them. New research on taxi drivers points to a simple coping habit.
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By Allison Glazebrook, Professor of Classics and Archaeology, Brock University
The women of Homer’s Odyssey were cunning, desiring and powerful. Nolan’s adaptation turns them into figures of suffering, sacrifice and regret.
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By Christina E. Hoicka, Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change, Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
Rebecca Black, Community Researcher, Geography & Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
Canada’s transition to a low-carbon energy system is creating one of the fastest-growing labour markets in the country. Yet despite strong job growth projections, a predicted workforce shortfall looms in a sector where salaries often surpass average earnings.
One reason is that the clean energy workforce remains persistently inequitable. Women and other equity-seeking groups
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By Jayme Lewthwaite, Postdoctoral Fellow, Entomology, Carleton University
Arne Mooers, Professor, Biodiversity, Phylogeny & Evolution, Simon Fraser University
Butterflies are charismatic, colourful and cherished around the world. One of the most diverse groups of insects, with more than 19,000 described species, they inspire international organizations such as the North American Butterfly Association and the Xerces Society, as well as countless websites devoted to their identification, monitoring…
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