Category: Academic Reportage

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…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Stanley S. Litow, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University College graduates earn more immediately after graduation and later on in their careers than high school graduates. DBenitostock/Moment No industry has perhaps felt the negative effect of a radical shift in federal policy…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Rahim Kurwa, Associate professor of Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago An aerial view of a housing development Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 8, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The U.S. housing market has been ensnared in a growing affordability crisis for decades. The problem has gotten dramatically…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Guowei (Wayne) Tu, Ph.D. Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan Woven fabric is resilient to stress because it tends to bend more than rigid materials before breaking. Jordan Lye/Moment via Getty Images People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as reed strips,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Mira Sucharov, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University With antisemitism on the rise while Israeli-Palestinian relations remain at an historic low, one question that continues to dog public discourse is whether anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. The stakes within the Jewish community have recently increased,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Maneesha Deckha, Professor and Lansdowne Chair in law, University of Victoria Most people think countries like Canada have strong animal protection laws, but it doesn’t. A case in point is the unfolding tragedy-in-the-making at Marineland. Facing economic ruin amid waning public acceptance of whale captivity, Marineland…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chantal M. Boucher, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychologist, University of Windsor We all want closure. A breakup, a sudden job loss, or the death of someone we love can leave us desperate for answers. Wars, natural disasters and shared tragedies stir the same kind of longing. Our…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By Tawanda Zininga, Lecturer and Researcher, Stellenbosch University Malaria remains one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year. In Africa, the illness is mostly caused by a parasite carried by mosquitoes – Plasmodium falciparum. When the parasite…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Abotebuno Akolgo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Bard College Berlin; Bayreuth University Bank lending is a major source of funding for businesses in Ghana. It helps pay for operational expenditure and investment in expansion of productive capacity. Therefore, it is important that there is substantial, affordable, and accessible financial…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Tanya Zack, Visiting senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand Since its founding in 1886, Johannesburg, has been a city of migrants, internal and international. But the economic capital of South Africa has undergone big changes since 1994 when South Africa became a democracy. One such change…