Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg Lake Fundudzi By Iris Auda – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY Nature isn’t confined to officially protected areas. A lot can be done to conserve biodiversity in other places too. The United Nations Convention on Biological…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Professor of Statistics, University of Toronto As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it’s not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, much less regarding allegations of cheating and malfeasance among world champions. But that’s precisely what happened last…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University Trash piled up in Philadelphia during the 8-day strike that ended July 9, 2025. AP Photo/Matt Slocum The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University Congress passed Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill on July 3, 2025. Kevin Carter/Getty Images When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College Helen Prejean has been one of the most high-profile opponents of the death penalty for decades. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ronald S. Green, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University A still from the Japanese anime ‘Spirited Away.’ Choo Yut Shing via Flickr, CC BY Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian G. Henning, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Science, Gonzaga University The Pacific Northwest heat wave of 2021 left cities across Washington state sweltering in dangerous temperatures. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren In June 2021, a deadly heat wave pushed temperatures to 109 degrees Fahrenheit…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Brian O’Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology The Department of Homeland Security and FBI are reportedly using polygraphs aggressively to identify dissenters. standret/Getty Images The Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology A Georgia Tech University course links art and artificial intelligence. Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By Nathalie Belhoste, Associate professor, EM Lyon Business School The world experienced over 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a “historically high” number according to scholars in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Consequently, the risks faced by multinational companies (MNCs) operating in conflict-torn…