By Vivian Wu
In recent years, Chinese international investment schemes have increasingly emphasized “green development” and a “Green Belt and Road,” with hydropower positioned as a climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
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By Christine C. Hwang, Postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Management, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, University of Guelph
Daniel L. Brady, Associate Professor, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Laurie J. Barclay, Full Professor and Lang Chair in Leadership, University of Guelph
Robert J. Bies, Professor of Management, Georgetown University
New research shows that when managers fail to respond to harmful behaviour at work, employees interpret that silence as a breach of trust.
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By Dylan Ryan, Lecturer in Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University
The internet is awash with adverts for various portable heaters, with claims that they will heat your house for pennies. Some are marketed as the “Tesla of the heating industry” (despite being nothing to do with Elon Musk’s carmaker), while others claim they can “heat up a house in three minutes”.
It’s an appealing message, particularly during cold snaps when energy bills are high and many households are looking for quick fixes. But are any of these claims remotely true?
The short answer…
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By Julie Posetti, Director of the Information Integrity Initiative, a project of TheNerve/Professor of Journalism, Chair of the Centre for Journalism and Democracy, City St George's, University of London
Kaylee Williams, PhD Candidate, Journalism and Online Harm, Columbia University
Lea Hellmueller, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Research, City St George's, University of London
As digital technology becomes ever more sophisticated, AI tools are increasingly being used to target woment with abusive and misogynistic onine content.
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
The festive movie season is upon us, and one of my perennial favourites is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I will die on this hill: it is better than the original. But rewatching it as an adult raises an awkward question. How on earth did the Wet Bandits survive the first film at all, let alone escape without lasting injuries?
Ten-year-old Kevin McCallister, the boy left home alone, sets up traps that are played for laughs, but many involve levels of force that would be catastrophic in real life. A 100lb (45kg) bag of cement to the head, bricks dropped from height, or heavy tools swung…
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By Regina Murphy Keith, Senior Lecturer in Food, Nutrition and Public Health, University of Westminster
The UK government recently unveiled its child poverty strategy, with the removal of the two-child limit on benefits payments as the centrepiece.
What’s sobering is how desperately the UK needs a strategy to address child poverty. At the end of 2024, four and a half million children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, meaning that they live in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income.
And 18%…
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By Juliet Wakefield, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the supernatural.
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By Sascha Stollhans, Professor of Language Education and Linguistics, University of Leeds
The government has announced that the UK will be re-joining the Erasmus+ programme. Young people will be able to participate in the scheme again from January 2027.
Erasmus+ is a European Union programme that offers opportunities for students, teachers, and young people to study, train, volunteer or gain work experience abroad. The…
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By Catherine Manning, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Birmingham
Arnold J Wilkins, Professor of Psychology, University of Essex
It is the time of year when decorations appear everywhere and everyone has a preferred style, from bright flashing lights to something more understated. Christmas decorations are meant to be cheerful, yet for some people, certain types of visual input can be surprisingly difficult to tolerate.
No one wants to dampen the festive mood, but it is worth knowing that decorations can cause discomfort in ways that are easy to overlook.
Flashing lights are a familiar Christmas choice, probably because…
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By Yerzhan Tokbolat, Lecturer in Finance, Queen's University Belfast
Russia can still sustain the war in Ukraine, but only by passing more of the cost on to households and firms.
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