By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.
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By Wei Li, Lecturer, Business School, University of Sydney
Kathleen Walsh, Professor of Finance, University of Technology Sydney
Luke Deer, Casual Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney
The US dollar still dominates trade for now. But new research suggests Australia’s banks are unprepared for a world where China’s currency plays a much larger role.
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By Anthony Wiskich, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Australian National University; CSIRO
Could container ships ever go electric? The best option might be a fleet of attendant battery vessels to power these giants directly.
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By John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with worrying implications for our world now.
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By Madalena Pamela Liougas, PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Science Institute, University of Toronto
Alisa Grigorovich, Associate professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University
Continuous tracking using real-time location systems is becoming increasingly common in hospitals and long-term care homes, raising questions about ethics and data use.
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By Pamela Ephraim
"I believe that it (my detention) is a form of suppression and a way of sending signals to the public, especially whistleblowers, not to speak to journalists."
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By Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor has spurred global celebrations and pride. Scores of social media users worldwide celebrate and claim him as one of their own.
Muslims across the globe, including in Indonesia — home to the world’s largest Muslim population, where…
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By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.
Cop30 was never just another UN climate summit. Its setting in Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, was a reminder that negotiations now unfold within the crisis they are meant to solve.
Ultimately the summit, which wrapped up last weekend, was a disappointment. The core negotiations on emissions reductions produced an underwhelming…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she’d “thought that was it” after a fish bone became lodged in her throat. Ballas’s terrifying ordeal lasted for 20 minutes, with the judge struggling to breathe until her hair and makeup artist managed to dislodge the bone using the Heimlich manoeuvre (also known as abdominal thrusts).
Ballas certainly isn’t the first person to make the news for such an ordeal. Even…
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By Inge Schrijver, PhD researcher, Wellbeing Inclusivity Sustainability & the Economy, Leiden University
Paul Behrens, British Academy Global Professor, Future of Food, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
Rutger Hoekstra, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Studies, Leiden University
Climate change is already shaping our wellbeing. It affects mental health, spreads infectious diseases, disrupts work, damages food supplies and forces families to leave their homes because of conflict, hunger or flooding.
Wellbeing refers to everything that enables people to live healthy, safe and meaningful lives. It includes physical and mental health, access to food, clean water, hygiene and income, as well as work, leisure, culture and education.
It also involves personal safety, freedoms,…
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