Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Ruolz Ariste, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University Haiti’s Patriotic Congress for National Rescue, launched by the academic community and civil society organizations, recently held a nearly month-long period of consultations across Haiti and its diaspora over the worsening crisis in the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Daryl Janzen, Observatory Manager and Instructor, Astronomy, University of Saskatchewan Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time — the interwoven fabric of space and time at the heart of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Space-time is frequently described…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jade Radke, PhD Student, Behavioral Sustainability Lab, University of British Columbia Have you ever wondered if a bizarre dream was caused by something you ate the night before? If so, you’re not alone. We all have strange or unsettling dreams now and then, and when we…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Girmachew Adugna, Advisory Board Member, Research Center for Forced Displacement and Migration Studies, Addis Ababa University Migration is increasingly replacing the traditional, education-focused life paths that shaped previous generations in Ethiopia. In the past, becoming a civil servant after completing secondary and tertiary education was seen…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Hanlie Smuts, Professor and Head of Department, University of Pretoria In today’s world, huge amounts of data are being created all the time, yet more than half of it is never used. It stays in silos, or isn’t managed, or can’t be accessed because systems…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Satang Nabaneh, Director of Programs, Human Rights Center; Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law, University of Dayton The Gambia’s post-dictatorship democratic transition recently suffered a setback. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (Promulgation) Bill, 2024 failed to pass its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Roy Scranton, Associate Professor of English, University of Notre Dame A portrait of Thomas Malthus by John Linnell. Wellcome Collection via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, University of Arizona Installation view of ‘Funny Business: Photography and Humor,’ Phoenix Art Museum, 2025. Katie Jones-Weinert, CC BY-SA Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Luke Keller, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ithaca College Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jennifer Ho, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Colorado Boulder Peterboro Street was recently renamed Vincent Chin Street in his memory. Valaurian Waller/The Conversation, CC BY-ND The legacy of Vincent Chin has recently been commemorated in a street sign bearing his name on the corner…