By Mohsin Malik, Associate Professor, Project Management, Swinburne University of Technology
Guy Morrow, Associate Professor, Arts and Cultural Management, The University of Melbourne
New research finds streaming algorithms aren’t killing Australian music, but they do make it harder for emerging local artists to be discovered.
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By Kathy Kiely, Professor and Lee Hills Chair of Free Press Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
Americans have been able to know what troops at war are facing, and make informed decisions about the war’s cost, because a free press has been able to tell the story − good or bad. Can it still?
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By Amirreza Torabizadeh, PhD candidate, Civil Engineering, Concordia University
Emre Erkmen, Assistant Professor, Structural Engineering, Concordia University
When a large hole recently opened up in the deck of a bridge in Châteauguay, Québec, many people were understandably alarmed. Some residents even expressed hesitation about using the bridge after seeing images of exposed reinforcing steel and damaged concrete, and some told local media they were reluctant to cross it.
For drivers…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the summoning of former Public Defender (ombudsman) Ucha Nanuashvili by Georgia’s State Security Service over his communication with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “The summoning of prominent human rights defender Ucha Nanuashvili over his reported cooperation with […] The post Georgia: Authorities’ response to damning OSCE report amounts to “witch-hunt” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
In response to the Algerian police sealing the Algiers office of SOS Disappeared, a human rights organization advocating for accountability for the thousands forcibly disappeared in the 1990s conflict, on 16 March 2026, Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “The forced closure of SOS Disappeared is a devastating blow to the fight for truth, justice and reparations in Algeria. By sealing the offices […] The post Algeria: Authorities must reverse closure of SOS Disappeared and uphold civil society’s demands for truth and…
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By Craig McGregor, Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Gas from Mozambique is running out, leaving South African industry facing a supply crisis. Imported propane gas could offer a workable solution.
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By Laura Lambert, Senior Researcher, Leuphana University
An estimated 542 million Africans lack identity cards and potentially face statelessness. Without a legal identity, they can be excluded from basic human rights like education, healthcare and protection.
Most…
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By Ranaivo Rasolofoson, Assistant Professor, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
Camille DeSisto, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University
Tristan Frappier-Brinton, PhD candidate, Duke University
Madagascar is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. The island country is well known for its diverse and endangered range of wildlife. This includes over 100 species of lemurs and six species of majestic baobab trees found nowhere else.
The country is also among the world’s…
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By Constantin Ciachir, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management & Organizațional Behaviour, EM Lyon Business School
How can business schools best navigate the AI era? Does GenAI in higher education constitute a level playing field where educational inequality and diverse learning needs are concerned?
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By Frazer Lee, Reader in Creative Writing, Brunel University of London
Four of the big winners at this year’s Oscars were horror films – is the genre finally getting some respect from the industry?
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