Category: Academic Analysis
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Child-care affordability is coming at the expense of equity — and it’s time governments acted
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kerry McCuaig, Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Five years into Canada’s $10-a-day child care plan, affordability has improved dramatically for families fortunate enough to have a space. However, the families who need care the most…
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Would you put period blood on your face? What science says about ‘menstrual masking’
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University hedgehog94/Shutterstock In the ever-evolving world of beauty trends, few have sparked as much debate – and discomfort – as “menstrual masking”. This is the practice of applying menstrual blood to the skin, usually the face, as a…
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Slavery’s brutal reality shocked Northerners before the Civil War − and is being whitewashed today by the White House
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Gerry Lanosga, Associate Professor of Journalism, Indiana University The Trump administration is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits on slavery and other topics to reflect certain values. Alex Wong/Getty Images Long before the first shots were fired in the Civil War, beginning early in the 19th century, Americans had…
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The UK government’s risky rollback of financial regulation threatens long-term growth
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nick Kotucha, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Warwick The financial crisis of 2008 left deep scars on the British economy. The average UK household is now estimated to be 16% poorer than it would have been had that crisis never occurred. Given that average annual household…
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Seven in ten people think the papers regularly publish false information – we need to improve press regulation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Zahera Harb, Director of Journalism Postgraduate Studies, City St George’s, University of London Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock The resignation of the BBC’s director general and CEO of news is only the latest symptom of a deeper malaise in the media , a crisis of trust that runs through…
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Autistic dogs? Neurodiversity in our pets and what it might mean for us
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jacqueline Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, Nottingham Trent University Just anxious or autistic? Lauren Squire./Shutterstock I live with several cocker spaniels. They are smart and affectionate, but sometimes air-headed, impulsive and extremely sensitive. It’s common for friends to describe my dogs as “having ADHD” as…
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The five best TV shows about the Tudors – recommended by a historian
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Conor Byrne, PhD candidate, early modern history, University of Southampton We seem to have an endless appetite for Tudor history. Films, TV shows, documentaries, books and exhibitions about this famous dynasty are produced every year. And more recently, the touring production Six has offered a compelling…
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Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jay Gulledge, Visiting Professor of Practice in Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa You might not know it from the headlines, but there is some good news…
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Why people trust influencers more than brands – and what that means for the future of marketing
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Kelley Cours Anderson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston Not long ago, the idea of getting paid to share your morning routine online would have sounded absurd. Yet today, influencers are big business: The global market is expected to surpass US$32 billion by the…
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Worries about climate change are waning in many well-off nations – but growing in Turkey, Brazil and India
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex HM Shahidul Islam/Shutterstock Polling on public attitudes to climate change show a dip in the numbers who worry about it in many high-income countries, compared with three years ago. This declining public concern will be a worry…