How big is tourisms carbon footprint?
By Arunima Malik & Ya-Yen Sun Arunima Malik & Ya-Yen Sun look into the carbon footprint of tourism and find out it is bigger than we thought. The carbon footprint of tourism is about four times larger than previously thought, according to a world-first study...
Could bats guide humans to clean drinking water in places where it’s scarce?
By Theresa Laverty Doctoral candidate Theresa Laverty looks at how bats could guide humans to clean drinking water in places where it is scarce. Desert life depends on reliable access to water. In Namibia’s stark Namib Desert, where I spent 18 months doing research...
Q+A: Why do human rights campaigns fail in China?
Why have so many human rights campaigns, such as Free Tibet and the Falun Gong, failed in China? Why have others, such as better environmental protection and HIV/Aids care, fared better? What have the costs been on political movements with the more successful...
Why is China the way it is politically? ▶
Stephen Noakes from the School of Science at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “why is China the way it is politically?” Noakes is currently engaged in a pair of book projects. The first is a cross-national comparative study of China’s...
How do we respond to survivors of institutional abuse in care? ▶
Stephen Winter from the School of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “how do we respond to survivors of institutional abuse in care?” Winter tends to work on questions of state wrongdoing and its redress. At present, he is...
What is the infinite game? 🔊
Living life as an infinite game, that is something Niki Harré explores in her new book The Infinite Game. She looks at our society (are people pawns or participants?) and ourselves (what kind of player would you like to be?) to offer a uniquely different vision of how...
How do we restore marine ecosystems? ▶
Professor Simon Thrush from the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “how do we restore marine ecosystems?” Thrush’s current research interests focus on the ecology of coastal ecosystems, how they respond to...
What is context? ▶
Associate Professor Mark Amsler from the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland talks about his big question, “what is context?” Amsler is currently working in the areas of medieval studies, history of linguistics, and cultural...
How are illness and disease created in particular bodies? ▶
Professor Judith Littleton from the School of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland talks about her big question, “how are illness and disease created in particular bodies?” Littleton’s research is based in the field of bioarchaeology. She has lead...Subscribe by Email
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