Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Madeline-Sophie Abbas, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University Prazis Images/Shutterstock Thousands of women and children with perceived links to Isis have been detained in camps by the Kurdish-controlled Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria since the demise of the militant organisation in 2019. These include…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University Scharfsinn / Shutterstock Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world, with monsoons, droughts, hurricanes and heatwaves all occurring with greater frequency and intensity. Aside from disturbing ecosystems, these environmental shifts risk triggering psychological reactions in people…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Laura O’Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University Set in Paris, director Boris Lojkine’s latest film follows Souleymane (an astonishing turn from Abou Sangaré), seeking asylum in France as an immigrant from Guinea. Through Souleymane’s eyes, Paris becomes a gritty, unforgiving landscape of danger,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ian Varley, Associate professor, Nottingham Trent University Walking football is an adaptation of regular football, played primarily by middle-aged and older adults with rule changes to enhance accessibility A_Lesik/Shutterstock For many older adults, staying active often means doing it alone. Walking, jogging or heading to the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kaigan Carrie, PhD Candidate in Criminology, University of Westminster The mistaken release of a sex offender who was set to be deported exposes the staffing pressures at the heart of Britain’s prisons crisis. A senior prison employee told the BBC that Hadush Kebatu’s accidental release was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Fumihito Gotoh, Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative with nationalist views, was elected as Japan’s first ever female prime minister on October 21. Known as a protege of the assassinated former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, she is assertive…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Darren Rhodes, Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology and Environmental Temporal Cognition Lab Director, Keele University, Keele University Albert Joseph Moore/Shutterstock Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Rebecca Wynne-Walsh, Lecturer in Film, English and Creative Arts, Edge Hill University Brett Helquist/HarperCollins Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely serve family audiences, the gothic is a mode of storytelling that has a long history…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dylan O’Driscoll, Associate Professor in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Coventry University One of the murals from the study. Author provided, CC BY-SA The walls of Belfast in Northern Ireland are more than just brick and mortar. They are canvases for public communication, reflecting the city’s history…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University This article contains spoilers for the current season of Celebrity Traitors. When TV comedian Alan Carr was selected to be a traitor, his joy quickly turned to anxiety. He proclaimed he had a “sweating problem” – and that he…