By Erhan Kilincarslan, Reader in Accounting and Finance, University of Huddersfield
The way we watch TV, listen to music, order groceries and take photos has changed in the past decade or so. For many of us, all of these activities involve a monthly payment.
Subscriptions have quietly become a major part of household spending across the world. But many people underestimate how much they actually pay. And there is evidence which suggests that the design of subscription services – combined with…
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By Andy J. Green, Professor of Freshwater Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC); Manchester Metropolitan University
Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment centres, landfill or anywhere food waste is concentrated. Many gull populations have moved inland from the coast to exploit these sources of food.
Wherever our waste is processed, gulls and other birds can forage. At landfills, gulls feed on waste before it is covered up. If there are plastic or glass pieces covered in food that are small enough, gulls will swallow…
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By Kingsley Omeihe, Senior lecturer of Marketing and Small Business, University of the West of Scotland
Ibiyemi Omeihe, Lecturer in Enterprise, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland
When brewery and pub chain BrewDog invited customers to become shareholders through its “Equity for Punks” scheme, it appeared to represent a new model of capitalism. It invited beer enthusiasts to invest in the company and become small shareholders. This allowed the Scottish firm to present itself as a community built around rebellion, identity and participation.
For a time, the BrewDog model looked remarkably successful – the company was once valued at £2…
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By Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
The Trump administration pulled the rug out from underneath US federal climate policy in February, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned the landmark 2009 “endangerment finding”. Now, the official policy of the US government holds that greenhouse gases do not pose a risk to human health.
The move has opened a new frontier for Donald Trump to govern without being constrained by evidence or in a manner that represents the majority…
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By Ummni Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University
Pillion is a love story about connection and self-discovery through submission, pain and bootlicking.
It’s not the first film to favourably portray kink or BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism). But sympathetic renditions — like the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomena — tend to feature…
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By John Aerni-Flessner, Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
Big projects bring big hopes and big dreams. They also bring big disappointment when they don’t deliver on all the promises. Even when the projects work as they are supposed to.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project fits this description perfectly, as I argue in my new book on its history. Over the past 20 years I have conducted…
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By Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
A new book explores the country’s history, from world famous rock art to colonial genocide and the struggle for freedom.
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By Kylie Thomas, Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.
Muholi uses the non-binary pronouns they/them/their and prefers the term “visual activist” over “artist” or “photographer”. This…
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By Stephen Onyeiwu, Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
Ibrahima Thiam, enseignant-chercheur, Université Iba Der Thiam de Thiès
Rod Crompton, Visiting Adjunct Professor, African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Tsegay Tekleselassie, Visiting Lecturer in Economics, Wellesley College
XN Iraki, Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
The universal fear is the effect the rise in prices is having on fuel, a staple commodity in every one of the countries for ordinary people as well as industries.
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By Stephen Marsh, Reader in Politics, Cardiff University
Unlike previous US administrations, this one doesn’t consistently work with the British government to put a positive face on Anglo-American relations.
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