Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Annayah Prosser, Assistant Professor in Marketing, Business and Society, University of Bath Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has been released to much fanfare. While the album’s critical reception has been mixed – with reviews ranging from a flop to a masterpiece –…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Lees, Reader in French Studies, University of Warwick French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than a month in the role, making him the fourth to leave the office in the past year and a half. When he was first elected in 2017,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Maha Rafi Atal, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Jacob Lund/Shutterstock UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a “youth guarantee” aimed at ending long-term unemployment among young people. Under the plan, a young person who…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sharon Jagger, Lecturer in Religion, York St John University As an academic specialising in gender and the church, the news that Bishop Sarah Mullally would be the next archbishop of Canterbury came as a pleasant shock to me. The announcement of a woman as leader of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jessie Osborne, Research Assistant, RAND Europe Nasa/Frank Michaux For the first time in half a century, America stands on the threshold of sending astronauts back to the Moon. Slated for launch no earlier than February 2026, Artemis II will not land on the lunar surface, but…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation Host Eloise Stevens celebrating The Conversation’s Curious Kids win at the British Podcast Awards Gemma Ware, CC BY-ND We’re delighted that the Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast won the Gold award in the Kids category at the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicolas Forsans, Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex When state institutions crumble under the weight of chaos, desperate governments sometimes turn to controversial solutions. In Haiti, where gang violence has transformed the capital, Port-au-Prince, into…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By John Kenny, Research Fellow (Public Engagement with Climate Change), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia To keep global warming below 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions had to peak no later than 2025. That was a key finding of the IPCC’s most recent major report on…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicholas Barnes, Professor, Translational Pharmacology, University of Birmingham Cannabis Pic/Shutterstock.com Once synonymous with hippies and hallucinatory experiences, psychedelic drugs are now being explored for their medical potential. The stigma of that era resulted in research being suppressed by drug laws, yet with mental health treatments hitting…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Daniel O’Brien, Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex Earlier this year I created a video essay about Arnold Schwarzenegger. While making it, I realised that Commando, Schwarzeneggers’ most excessive one-man-army film, was about to turn 40 – so I decided to…