Migrant Crisis Series

We're failing to solve the world's 'wicked problems.' Here's a better approach

Oct 04, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views

We live in a world burdened by large-scale problems that refuse to go away: the refugee crisis; terrorism; rising sea levels; frequent floods, droughts and wildfires; not to mention persistent inequality and violation of...

Access to quality education in Africa: how to plug the gaps

Oct 04, 2016 08:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In many countries too many children fail to complete a full cycle of basic education. There are also too many children and youth who do not make the progress expected due to various exclusions, some of which are silent....

The Nobel Prizes’ controversial push for popularity

Oct 04, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Nobel Prize season, which kicks off today, involves more than just presenting prestigious prizes. Over the next three months, itll bring us a variety of events culminating in the massive, youth-oriented Peace Prize Concert...

R&D tax incentives need to be simple and underpin investor confidence

Oct 04, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy

Few examples of Australian tax policy are subject to as frequent change as the Research Development tax subsidy, again under review by the federal government. Substantive changes to the rules have occurred every five of...

Consumers don't understand smartphone contracts

Oct 04, 2016 07:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Consumers are confident they understand the contract they sign when buying a smartphone, but our research shows they dont comprehend these documents very much at all. In fact the more information they are provided with the...

Climate Change Series

Stop sending climate consultants to poor countries – invest in universities instead

Oct 04, 2016 07:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

As we edge closer to global consensus on climate change and the need to reduce emissions, the focus has moved from debating the science or the need for global action to the responsibility of individual countries to provide...

US Election Series

Religion and the US election: does faith matter anymore?

Oct 04, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

It is often remarked that Americans will elect almost anyone except an atheist. Only one of the 535 members of the current Congress professes to be religiously unaffiliated. Polls consistently show Americans want their...