May 21, 2020 | Business & Economics
By Stefano Riela The lockdown, introduced at the beginning of March to contain the spread of Covid-19, has been an economic nightmare for the country. In the last weeks Venice has been unusually quiet even in its canals, now revealing a multichromatic sea life. That...
May 13, 2020 | Arts & Culture
By Nancy November The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth would surely be loud, public, monumental, teleological, triumphant, heroic—like the music of the man himself. Right? Wrong, on both counts. Along with other Beethoven scholars, students, performers and fans,...
Apr 6, 2020 | Business & Economics
By Stefano Riela Stefano Riela looks at whether Covid-19 will change access to essential goods globally. For years, globalisation made it possible to geographically distribute economic activities. In ‘normal’ times, when the fluidity of trade is...
Feb 10, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Amanda Russell Beattie, Patrycja Rozbicka, Gemma Bird & Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik Is there still a refugee crisis in Europe? The ‘Refugee Crisis’, or more appropriately, the European Humanitarian Crisis, made headlines within and beyond Europe in 2015 when...
Aug 23, 2017 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Stephen Hoadley presents material from his recent book, “New Zealand Trade Negotiations,” touching on past trade access breakthroughs, current geopolitical uncertainties, and future hopes with regard to free trade agreements between the EU and the UK...
Jun 29, 2017 | Politics & Society
With the recent elections in the UK and France, what might the rise of Corbyn and the election of Macron mean for the global political forecast? Do these results give us clues about the future of Europe and European geopolitics with the United States? Maria Armoudian...
Jun 28, 2017 | Politics & Society
The United Nations is facing multiple stressors, but among the largest is the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has expressed hostility toward the organisation. What does the future hold for the United Nations? What does it mean for the programmes...
Dec 4, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash According to a recent survey by the News Media Association, 90% of editors in the United Kingdom “believe that Google and Meta pose an existential threat to journalism”. Why...
Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
How does deep listening to nature promote biodiversity and a deeper relationship with the natural world? The Scholar’ Circle discuss the book THE SOUNDS OF LIFE: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the World of Animals and Plants. [ dur: 34mins. ]...
Nov 28, 2023 | Politics & Society
“Exxon Knew” by Johnny Silvercloud is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ben Goldson As public concern over climate change grew towards the end of the 20th century, a sprawling network of denialist groups emerged. Financed by major fossil fuel companies, the...