Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Finn McFall, KTP Associate, University of Surrey Vladimir Sukhachev/Shutterstock When two people book the same flight, they can get wildly different carbon footprints from online calculators. Many carbon calculators leave out big chunks of climate impact or rely on oversimplified assumptions. Here’s what’s missing, why it…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University alexkich/Shutterstock.com It’s the kind of promise that stops thumbs mid-scroll: “Take Molecule and forget food exists.” Viral TikTok clips show influencers flaunting rapid weight-loss transformations, tapping into the body image concerns that leave many young people struggling…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Markus Gottschling, Research Associate in Rhetoric, University of Tübingen In the new documentary, Babo, viewers watch the gifted yet controversial German rapper Haftbefehl almost destroy himself with cocaine. The documentary, which follows both his huge success and his personal crises, has become the most-viewed film on…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Tom Ratcliffe, Lecturer in Sustainability, Tourism and Heritage Management, York St John University Black sheep on Spaunton Moor, North York Moors. Richard Pinder/Shutterstock Thousands of visitors each year explore the landscapes of the UK’s national parks on foot, through walking, rambling, hiking, mountaineering and, more recently,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is a podcast from The Conversation celebrating 250 years since the author’s birth. In each episode, we’ll be investigating a different aspect of Austen’s personality by interrogating one of her novels with leading…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Danilo Urzedo, Research fellow, The University of Western Australia Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems. But despite this, international…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, UNSW Sydney As Russia continues its grinding offensive and Ukraine braces for another winter of war, the European Union remains paralysed over a seemingly straightforward decision: whether to use 140 billion euros (A$250 billion) in frozen…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lucy Osler, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter ‘Are you thinking what I’m thinking?’ DAVEsw On Christmas Day 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail scaled the walls of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow. When confronted by police, he stated: “I’m here to kill the queen.” In the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Louise Owusu-Kwarteng, Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader, Sociology, University of Greenwich Zachary Smith/Unsplash In 1991, just before my 16th birthday, I took an unexpected foray into rave culture. This went against my upbringing in a Ghanaian household and community, where there was emphasis on “good behaviour”, educational…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Shahzad Uddin, Director, Centre for Accountability and Global Development, University of Essex Sheikh Hasina has denied all the charges against her, calling the trial a ‘farce’. Sk Hasan Ali / Shutterstock A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced the country’s former prime minister, Sheikh…