By Elyse Gorrell, PhD, CMPC, Brock University
Should we begin to treat athletes as brands? And what are the consequences of doing so, both on and off the field?
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By Andrew Forde, Assistant Professor - European Human Rights Law, Dublin City University
A special tribunal has been established by the international human rights organisation the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Ukrainian government to try crimes of aggression against Ukraine which could be used to hold Vladimir Putin and others to account for the February 2022 invasion and war crimes committed since.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed an agreement with CoE secretary general, Alain Berset, on June 25, setting up the special tribunal. Subject to it securing the necessary political…
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By Sophie Lively, PhD Candidate in Human Geography, Newcastle University
The process of deindustrialisation affects not just the type of work that was done, but how men in the region see themselves.
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By Jonathan Darling, Professor in Human Geography, Durham University
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pledge to “end the costly use of asylum hotels in this parliament” is a rare thing in British politics: a policy supported by all major political parties and a range of refugee charities.
Reeves says ending the use of asylum hotels will save the Treasury £1 billion a year. But for a government rapidly losing support, ending “hotel Britain” is also central to their popular appeal to regain control over the asylum system.
At a time of financial instability and declining…
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By Jonathan Fry, Lecturer in Business and Management, Aberystwyth University
When the Oasis reunion tour was announced last summer, there was a scramble to get hold of tickets. Very quickly, there followed another scramble – to understand a phenomenon known as “dynamic pricing”. This is the practice of pricing one product or service differently for different customers. Prices are adjusted according to supply and demand and can also be determined by things like the timing of the purchase.
But last summer, this seemingly opaque pricing structure left many fans angry, confused and lashing…
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
Summertime and the living is easy, fish are jumping – and the UK’s appetite for barbecues has left supermarket shelves stripped of burgers and sausages.
Unfortunately, this BBQ frenzy has already claimed its first casualties, at least in my friendship circle. Over the weekend, a mate of mine, fuelled by Echo Falls Rosé, managed to burn his forearm on the grill rack while flipping burgers. Thankfully, several medically trained friends were on hand to douse the burn with cold water and administer first…
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By Rahul Sidhu, PhD Candidate, Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
A protein long blamed for the brain damage seen in Alzheimer’s disease has now been found in astonishingly high levels in healthy newborn babies, challenging decades of medical dogma.
The discovery could transform our understanding of both brain development and Alzheimer’s disease itself. The protein, called p-tau217, has been viewed as a hallmark of neurodegeneration – yet a new study reveals it’s even more abundant in the brains of healthy infants.
Rather than being…
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By Paul Hamilton, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
Tristan Sheppard, Graduate M.A., Nationalism, Brock University
Arguments over Canada’s national symbols, from a new flag in the 1960s to new passports two years ago, reveal how deeply some Canadians are attached to them and how they can shape nationalism.
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By Paul Wawrzynkowski, PhD candidate, Universitat de Barcelona
Josep Lloret, Investigador científico (senior researcher)., Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC)
The oceans – engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator – are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to decarbonise our economy, which means rolling out renewable energy on a massive scale, including offshore sources such as fixed and floating wind farms. However, we also have to protect the seas – the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework has…
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
Her winning entry, set in the hold of a slave ship, explores how enslaved Africans – even as they figure out to how survive – reclaim their identity by sharing their stories.
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