By Megan Willis, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
When a family member or friend cuts off all communication, it can feel like grief. Here’s how to cope with this surprisingly common type of ghosting.
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By Alex Veen, Senior Lecturer and University of Sydney Business School Emerging Scholar Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Hannah Kunst, Lecturer in Leadership, University of Sydney
Nate Zettna, Lecturer in Leadership, University of Sydney
If you have COVID or the flu, you’ll want to stay home and recover. But what about if your symptoms are mild? Here’s what to consider.
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By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
Japan’s ruling coalition suffered the widely expected loss of its majority in the July 20 election, as young voters shifted to the populist right. As a result, Shigeru Ishiba’s prime ministership now hangs in the balance.
The election was for half of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured 39 seats, and its minor coalition partner, the Komeito Party, just eight. This left it three seats short of the 50 required to maintain its majority, as populist opposition parties made dramatic…
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By Matthew Taft, Course Coordinator in English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne
Our cultural touchstone series looks at works that have had a lasting influence.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go was published 20 years ago. Since then, the Japanese-born English writer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 and knighted for services to literature…
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By Metamorphosis Foundation
The environmental activists guarding Kožuv Mountain, near the border between North Macedonia and Greece, are trying to prevent the construction of two hydroelectric power plants.
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By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
Philip Glover, Lecturer in Law, Edith Cowan University
Dozens of people – many elderly – have been arrested in the United Kingdom after protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
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By Timothy Heffernan, Lecturer in Anthropology, Australian National University
Almost half of all Australian properties are at risk of bushfire, while 17,500 face risk of coastal erosion. By 2030, more than 3 million will face riverine flood risk.
Meanwhile,…
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By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Other countries have learned to harness the economic and cultural energy of their super-cities, but New Zealand is held back by Auckland’s failure to thrive.
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By Ashley Humphrey, Lecturer in Social Sciences, Monash University
Helen Forbes-Mewett, Professor of Sociology, Monash University
New research sheds light on how young Ukrainians have navigated the war on their doorstep, as well as how they have coped psychologically.
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By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Jennifer Campion, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
Advisory opinions are not legally binding, but from the world’s highest court they present an authoritative and persuasive position on states’ climate obligations.
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