Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University Extreme heat can threaten human health, but it’s only one way climate change puts lives at risk. Drew Angerer/Getty Images If you’ve been following recent debates about health, you’ve been hearing a lot about…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Nancy Henaku, Lecturer, Department of English, University of Ghana Tributes for Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (1948-2025) have been pouring in since her death on 23 October 2025. For many Ghanaians, her broad-ranging empowerment work as leader of the 31st December Women’s Movement is deserving of full…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Gihad Ibrahim, Assistant Professor and E-learning Department Head, Mashreq University The civil war in Sudan began in April 2023, causing death, hunger, displacement and destruction on a huge scale. Gihad Ibrahim, head of e-learning and senior manager at Mashreq University in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, spoke with…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Kai R. Larsen, Professor of Information Systems, University of Colorado Boulder Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images Technological innovations can seem relentless. In computing, some have proclaimed that “a year…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Michael Luchs, JS Mack Professor of Business, William & Mary The most meaningful gifts reflect the giver’s values and identity – and the recipient’s, too. Halfpoint images/Moment via Getty Images Every fall I anticipate the winter holidays with almost childlike joy. I look forward to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jean-Charles Pelland, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Alison Taylor, Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia The skills “every student needs” for the 21st century include competencies in technology, problem solving and communication — and character qualities like adaptability and grit. This is according to the World Economic Forum, but by…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jean-Charles Pelland, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Victoria Gibbon, Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives – or even your entire community?…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Victor Onyilor Achem, Researcher, University of Ibadan When Nigeria’s Benue State Anti‑Open Grazing Law was passed in 2017, it brought hope that pastoralist herders would move to ranches, farmers would gain peace, and violent conflict between herders and farmers would ease. The law banned the…