Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Katie Mehr, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Business Economics, and Law, University of Alberta Imagine you’re looking to buy a new grill. You want to make sure you purchase a well-built, easy-to-use grill for you and your family. How can you determine which one is best to purchase?…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Gordon Crawford, Professor of Global Development, Coventry University Early in his eight-year tenure, in 2017, then Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo declared a moratorium on all small-scale gold mining. He established an inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining and a joint military-police taskforce – Operation Vanguard –…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University The union representing Air Canada flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice to the company, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage on Aug. 16. In response, the airline issued…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Adam Habib, Vice-Chancellor, SOAS, University of London South Africa finds itself in a dangerous historical moment. The world order is under threat from its own primary architect. The US wants to remain the premier global political power without taking on any of its responsibilities. This…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Magnus Killander, Professor, Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Samira Mehta, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Anna Kirkland, Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was established in 1986 by an act of Congress. MarsBars/iStock via Getty Images Plus For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Joshua Kellogg, Assistant Professor of Natural Product Chemistry, Penn State _Amanita_ mushrooms are commonly used in mushroom-based products. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Louis Tay, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Purdue University If you never take a break, the extra hours of effort might not pay off. JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images Many employers are demanding more from workers these days, pushing them to log as many hours…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Prachi Gala, Associate Professor of Marketing, Kennesaw State University Faculty hiring freezes. Department budget cuts. Declining public trust. Across the United States, higher education is navigating one of its most challenging periods in decades. Yet, quietly, something else is happening: More universities are adding chief…