Can marketing and media industries help save the environment?
Mike Joy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Phoebe Barnard, University of Washington Photo by NASA on Unsplash As the world grapples with multiple ecological crises, it’s clear the various responses over the past half century have largely failed....
Are our cosmological models in need of a radical rethink?
Words by David Wiltshire, University of Canterbury; Eoin O Colgain, Atlantic Technological University; Jenny Wagner, and Shahin Sheikh-Jabbari, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences Picture by NASA Our ideas about the Universe are based on a...
Can we save marine sponges and their vital microbial communities from extinction?
Words by Emmanuelle Botté, UNSW Sydney; Heidi M. Luter, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Photo by Francesco Ungaro on Unsplash Marine sponges have started dying in vast numbers in...
Can New Zealand educate its way to closer ties to India?
Words by Ananish Chaudhuri Photo by Naveed Ahmed on Unsplash India is now the world’s most populous country with a burgeoning middle class. Estimates suggest that by 2025, 40 percent of India’s population will reach middle-class status. This amounts to about 200...
What do Russians really think of the war?
Feature Photo by Random Institute on Unsplash Story by Jeremy Morris How has Russia changed, more than a year after its invasion of Ukraine? Has it become a fascist state with soldiers in the classroom, and people afraid to express the slightest doubts about the war?...
The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states’ climate obligations. What does this mean?
Photo by NOAA on Unsplash Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne and Zoe Nay, The University of Melbourne The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice. Last week, the UN General Assembly supported a Pacific-led resolution asking...
COP27: Why can rich countries no longer ignore calls to pay the developing world for climate havoc?
An aerial view of Pakistani flood survivors isolated on a road surrounded by water. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong – https://www.dvidshub.net/image/319323 Lisa Vanhala, UCL Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate...
Will an income insurance scheme work in New Zealand?
By Susan St John Susan St John responds to the newly-announced income insurance scheme with some suggestions on how to tweak and improve what we already have. The welfare state should ensure there is always adequate income in the event of loss of employment,...
Why is China cracking down on dissident international students?
By Sebastian Rotella Students and scholars from China who criticise the regime in Beijing can face quick retaliation from fellow students and Chinese officials who harass their families back home. U.S. universities rarely intervene. On the bucolic campus of Purdue...Subscribe by Email
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