By Hoani Smith, Lecturer in Sport Management and Sport Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Dion Enari, Associate Professor, Ngā Wai a Te Tūī (Maori and Indigenous Research Centre) and School of Healthcare and Social Practice, UNITEC Institute of Technology
Phil Borell, Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar), Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury
Retired male elite rugby players have higher rates of osteoarthritis, mild cognitive disorders, depression and hazardous alcohol use than non-contact sport players.
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By Daniel Sims, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies; Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Northern British Columbia
A Supreme Court refusal to hear an appeal to the Wolastoqey case doesn’t affect the B.C. ruling that has sparked dubious political grandstanding.
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By Tapiwa Seremani, Associate Professor in Business Ethics, IÉSEG School of Management
France’s ethnically diverse squad reflects the nation’s multi-faceted history: its colonial heritage, migration patterns and the French Football Federation’s training policy that dates back to the 1990s.
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By Emile Chabal, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Edinburgh
The European populist right has been at the top of the political agenda in recent days.
On July 7, everyone in France was waiting expectantly for a Paris appeal court to decide on whether Marine Le Pen, the leader of the Rassemblement National (RN), would be allowed to run in the 2027 presidential election after her conviction for embezzlement of European funds.
But just as the European media machine was gearing up for the verdict,…
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By Ben Soodavar, Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London
Less than a month after a ceasefire was signed between the US and Iran, conflict has returned to the Middle East. The peace agreement Donald Trump signed at the palace of Versailles in France on June 18 – which he hailed as Iran’s “unconditional surrender” – is now, in the US president’s own words, “over”.
I recently…
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By Tuba Bircan, Professor, Director of BRISPO, Head of AIMS Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Anna Triandafyllidou, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
As Canada advances its national AI strategy, we must ask what digital migration data reveal, and what they leave unseen.
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By Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Professor of Youth Literature and Culture, University of Glasgow
The children’s laureate is responsible for promoting reading and children’s literature, as well as celebrating creativity and storytelling. For the newly appointed children’s laureate, Patrice Lawrence, belonging will sit at the centre of her work.
“I believe that we, as humans, are changed by stories. They connect us to different worlds, and they connect us to each other,” the author explained in the announcement of her tenure. “I will champion the power of books to make us feel like we belong, and shared stories as a tool for bringing people together. We are living in a divided world…
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By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol
Why a shattered body and a racing mind so often arrive together at 2am – and what the science says can help.
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By Kieran Foster, Assistant Professor in Film and Screen Studies, University of Nottingham
The horror series Evil Dead, first brought to the screen in 1981 by director Sam Raimi, is in its healthiest state for decades. The 2023 film Evil Dead Rise was a financial success, and 2026 will prove to be a huge year for the franchise, with the release of new film Evil Dead Burn. The next film, Evil Dead Wrath, is already in post-production and due for release in 2028.
Yet like any successful franchise, Evil Dead has always been bigger than just films. It has appeared in a variety of media forms including…
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By Sharon Monteith, Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Cultural History, Nottingham Trent University
In the 1930s, the Lamb family buy the land on which they were enslaved but attempts to take it from them dog them across generations.
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