By Blair Aitken, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
Amie Hayley, Rebecca L. Cooper Al & Val Rosenstrauss Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
Not long ago, most people thought of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, as a childhood condition that would eventually be outgrown. Now it’s everywhere.
TikTok videos describe “ADHD moments” that feel instantly familiar, clinics are booked out for months, and adults are finally getting diagnoses that explain years of chaos and exhaustion.
This visibility has helped people understand ADHD. However, it has also led to a shift in how medicines intended to alleviate…
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By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
Whether you’re single, a parent or carer, or an employer trying to look after your business and staff, a legal expert explains your rights ahead of the holidays.
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By Zsuzsanna Dancso, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney
A lack of gender diversity in maths means technologies such as AI and quantum computing are mainly designed by – and for – men.
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By Melissa Barnes, Associate Professor, School of Education, La Trobe University
Kate Lafferty, Lecturer in Assessment and Pedagogy, La Trobe University
Metacognition is often described as ‘thinking about our thinking’. It involves being aware of how our mind works and using that awareness to improve how we learn.
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By Oriane Couchoux, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Carleton University
Gabrielle Patry-Beaudoin, Assistant professor of marketing, Université de Sherbrooke
Research suggests mothers put their children’s future ahead of their own, prioritizing education savings or splurging on non-essential items they believe will make their children happy.
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By Alison McAfee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Ecology, University of British Columbia; North Carolina State University
When the results of the Canada’s national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise. According to the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, an estimated 36 per cent of Canada’s 830,000 honey bee colonies had perished over the winter.
These figures used to make headlines. But after almost two decades of the same story ― colonies dying in the winter,…
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By Meg D. Lonergan, Contract Instructor and Doctoral Candidate, Legal Studies, Carleton University
Kyler Chittick, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Alberta
The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of child-pornography mandatory minimums reflects an allegiance to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, not a crisis.
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By Giselle Thompson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
Meshia Brown, Research assistant, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
The structural vulnerability of many Jamaican schools is linked to decades of under-resourcing, where the state has adopted austerity measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions.
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By Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
There is a great institutional need for strong inequality analysis. That’s why the world needs to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
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By Sydney Leigh Smith
"I can be a lawyer with a gendered lens, a development expert with a gendered lens, a political scientist with a gendered lens, and a professor with a gendered lens."
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