Category: Analysis
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Young people around the world are leading protests against their governments
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sanwal Hussain, PhD Candidate in the Department of Politics and Society, Aston University The spate of public demonstrations against unemployment, corruption and low quality of life around the world is striking because of who is leading them. Young people have used social media platforms such as…
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Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By William Perry, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University When Storm Amy battered the Scottish Highlands in early October, it tore through a salmon farm’s sea pens, releasing around 75,000 fish into open water in Loch Linnhe. The scale of the escape is…
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Could further education colleges get involved with university mergers? It might help meet Keir Starmer’s education goals
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Chris Millward, Professor of Practice in Education Policy, University of Birmingham Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The merger of Kent and Greenwich universities is set to produce the UK’s first “super-university”. This structure will help the universities manage financial risks, while sustaining their distinctive identities. And the merger could also…
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Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By April Hayes, Microbiologist, Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter tawanroong/Shutterstock Scientists have long been worried about the buildup of antibiotics in the environment. But in a recent study I led, we wanted to know what happens when bacteria are exposed not just to antibiotics,…
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Starbucks wants you to stay awhile – but shuttering its mobile-only pickup locations could be a risky move
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University When Starbucks announced that it would phase out its mobile-order pickup-only locations beginning in 2026, it raised a question: Why abandon a format seemingly built for speed and efficiency? As Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol…
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New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University As millions of student loan borrowers settle into the school year, many are stressed about how they’ll pay for their degrees. These students may find that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the big…
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In defense of ‘surveillance pricing’: Why personalized prices could be an unexpected force for equity
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Aradhna Krishna, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan Surveillance pricing has dominated headlines recently. Delta Air Lines’ announcement that it will use artificial intelligence to set individualized ticket prices has led to widespread concerns about companies using personal data to charge different…
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Introducing Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation CC BY-ND Most of us think we know something about Jane Austen. As I began research for Jane Austen’s Paper Trail – a new podcast from The Conversation marking 250 years since her birth – I certainly…
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The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destruction
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra Economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three economists working in the area of “innovation-driven economic growth” have won this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.…
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How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Benjamin Pope, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University A ‘selfie’ taken during Webb’s testing on Earth. Ball Aerospace After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James…