Sep 28, 2018 | Science & Technology
The introduction of genome editing signals a dramatic departure from the usual pathway through reproductive care. However, the use of genetic technologies in reproduction is frequently criticised for harbouring eugenic undertones. Helen O’Neill, Lecturer in...
Sep 26, 2018 | Business & Economics
What does it mean to be responsible? And how has neoliberalism changed our conception of personal responsibility? Maria Armoudian speaks to Susanna Trnka about the factors that shape our lives and our ways of being: ideas, events, and what she calls...
Sep 26, 2018 | Business & Economics
Can international finance systems be harnessed to protect human rights? While historically financiers have funded some of the worse of human rights abuses, finances also enabled great human leaps. David Kinley argues that it is time to alter the financial system for...
Sep 25, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Devang Mehta In the future, analysts agree that people will be producing—and eating—a lot more meat. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found that the consumption of meat has increased in nearly every single geographical region worldwide...
Sep 25, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Claudia Russell Was Nike’s advertising campaign featuring exiled football player Colin Kaepernick a statement of political principle, or a cynical marketing ploy? Claudia Russell investigates. Earlier this month, the sportswear brand Nike caused an uproar...
Sep 24, 2018 | Politics & Society
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. How has it changed the world as we know it? In 1948 the Declaration was signed to prevent the horrors of WWII from re-occurring. It set up human rights standards for all and is the world’s...
Oct 13, 2017 | Politics & Society
This presentation given by Meda Chesney-Lind critically reviews the current media constructions of criminalised girls and young women, and argues that the situation is really a case study of corporate media misogyny and racism in the service of expanding the punitive...