Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Jiaying Zhao, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of British Columbia Imagine you’re standing at a bottle depot with an empty pop can. You can get a dime back, or you can take a chance at winning $1,000. Which would you choose? Every year, the world produces two…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – France – By George Kassar, Full-time Faculty, Research Associate, Performance Analyst, Ascencia Business School If performance management is not implemented properly, it can demotivate and drive out employees. PeopleImages.comYuri A/Shutterstock Who said that an organization’s main resource and true competitive advantage lies in its employees, their talent or their…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Chris Houser, Professor in Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and Dean of Science, University of Waterloo Between 2010 and 2017, there were approximately 50 drowning fatalities each year associated with rough surf and strong currents in the Great Lakes. In addition to the personal loss…

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…