Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The AAP’s guidance on COVID-19 vaccines differs substantially from that of the CDC. Images By Tang Ming Tung/DigitalVision via Getty Images For 30 years, vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Leda Stawnychko, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory, Mount Royal University The workplace has long been a setting for connection — and sometimes romance. In Canada, these relationships are far from rare. A 2019 ADP Canada survey of 885 employees found that one in three…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Abbas Yazdinejad, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, University of Toronto Imagine receiving a robocall, but instead of a real person, it’s the voice of a political leader telling you not to vote. You share it with your friends, your family — only to find out it…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jennifer Black, Associate Professor of Food, Nutrition and Health, University of British Columbia If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to care for children’s food needs. Children’s health and nutrition outcomes are nurtured directly by family caregivers, but also…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Julia Moutiez, Doctorante en Architecture et Enseignante à l’École d’architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières Bathing on a hot day in Paris, 1932. Agence Rol / Gallica / BNF As the 2024 Olympic Games drew near, the promise of being able…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Kevin J.A. Thomas, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Rice University, Rice University The Donald Trump administration issued an executive order in June 2025 banning nationals from 12 countries from travelling to the United States. It also imposed entry restrictions on nationals from seven others. About half…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Astrid R.N. Haas, Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town Africa’s population is projected to nearly double by 2050, with 80% of that growth being concentrated in urban areas, leaving two out of three Africans living in cities. This expansion of cities…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Samantha Kriger, Lecturer, Cape Peninsula University of Technology In South Africa, children’s admission to a particular public school is decided by province. Each provincial education department manages its own digital admissions system. The Western Cape province introduced an online admissions portal in 2018 which became fully…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Shaelyn Carr, PhD Student in Psychology, University of Regina There is often a dramatic scene in crime shows where an eyewitness points to a suspect in a police lineup. This identification looks convincing on television, and it is also convincing in real-world investigations. But here’s the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Amiran Baduashvili, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Some portable air cleaners generate chemicals such as ozone, formaldehyde and hydroxyl radicals to kill microbes. ArtistGNDphotography/E+ via Getty Images Portable air cleaners aimed at curbing indoor spread of infections are rarely tested…