Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Kara Nel, Contract lecturer in Business Management, Stellenbosch University Institutional investors who invest on behalf of others are increasingly considering environmental conservation and safe working conditions as investment criteria. Sustainable investment has gained momentum in the last 20 years as asset managers – people who manage…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Giancarlo Di Giuseppe, PhD Candidate, Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Imagine being 25, fresh out of post-secondary education and full of optimism about starting your career, and then you hear the words: “You have cancer.” You are suddenly faced…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Alton C. Byers, Faculty Research Scientist, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder U.S. Geological Survey staff check monitoring equipment in Suicide Basin in June 2025. By August, the basin had filled with meltwater. Jeff Conaway/U.S. Geological Survey Each summer in the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Marie Trotter, PhD Candidate, Department of English, McGill University Are you addicted to endless scrolling? Trapped by the algorithms on your smartphone? Theatre might just be the antidote. “Denmark’s a prison,” says Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in one of Shakespeare’s most famous dramas. In this scene,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jean Ketterling, Assistant Professor, Political Studies – Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of Saskatchewan The battle over adult content is provoking concern about censorship and threatening game makers’ livelihoods. (Pexels/John Petalcurin) Following a campaign by Australian anti-porn organization Collective Shout, the video game distribution platforms…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jessica M. Theodor, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Last year, a Stegosaurus nicknamed “Apex” sold at auction for US$40.5 million. A juvenile Ceratosaurus fetched US$30.5 million just last month. Supporters of these sales argue that they’re harmless, or even good for science. Others compare…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Pedro DiNezio, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder A worker moves irrigation tubes on a farm in Pinal County, Ariz. A two-decade drought has made water supplies harder to secure. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A new wave…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ella Kellner, Ph.D. Student in Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina – Charlotte An orchard orb weaver spider rests in the center of her web. Daniela Duncan/Moment via Getty Images Have you ever walked face-first into a spiderweb while on a hike? Or swept away cobwebs…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By M. Hadi Amini, Associate Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University Data poisoning can make an AI system dangerous to use, potentially posing threats such as chemically poisoning a food or water supply. ArtemisDiana/iStock via Getty Images Imagine a busy train station. Cameras monitor…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The coordinated process for recommending and ensuring access to vaccines has been disrupted. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images It’s August, and parents and caregivers are frantically preparing their kids for a new school…