Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Amy Anderson, PHD Student in Art History & Visual Studies, University of Victoria I was lucky to encounter The Rocky Horror Picture Show early in life, when my mother tracked the DVD down at our local video store so we could watch it together from the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Farinaz Basmechi, Doctoral researcher, Feminist and Gender Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Last month marked the third anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, an uprising that has been described as the country’s most significant movement since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Though…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Laura Doering, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto Return-to-office mandates are spreading across North America, with Canada’s major banks, the Ontario government, Amazon and Facebook calling employees back into the office. These moves reverse the flexibility that became widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic, when…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sylvain Amoros, Adjunct Professor, Department of Marketing, HEC Montréal In early 2025, some of Canada’s largest banks — including those with the highest digital emissions and greatest responsibility — withdrew from the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative. These major institutions, with digital carbon footprints that are…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By George Kassar, Full-time Faculty, Research Associate, Ascencia Business School Overconsumption of material goods is a problem with significant consequences, from environmental crises – it’s a key driver of resource depletion – to diminished personal well-being – it can lead to a host of mental health challenges.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Kayla Kolff, Postdoctoral researcher, Osnabrück University Animals respond to injury in many ways. So far, evidence for animals tending wounds with biologically active materials is rare. Yet, a recent study of an orangutan treating a wound with a medicinal plant provides a promising lead. Chimpanzees,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Westen K Shilaho, International Relations Scholar, University of the Witwatersrand One of the markers of Kenyan statesman Raila Odinga was not just his courage in challenging the establishment but his ability to fortify it when circumstances demanded. An example was his willingness in 2007 to…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Penelope Geng, Associate Professor of English, Macalester College Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What’s the difference between ghosts and demons? – Landon W., age 15,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Rachelle Wilson Tollemar, Lecturer in Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Humans and nature can find balance in each other. timnewman/E+ via Getty Images It is that time again. Time to wonder: Why do we turn the clocks forward and backward twice a year?…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University Success in the age of AI may depend less on technical skills and more on human judgment, adaptability and trust. Malte Mueller/Getty Images The consulting firm Accenture recently laid off 11,000 employees while…