How the technical expert emerged in 19th century politics – and what empire had to do with it

Mar 10, 2020 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views

In many of todays debates on the worlds great challenges, one question that keeps getting asked most prominently by the climate change activist Greta Thunberg is why dont politicians listen to the experts? Why, for...

I was in China doing research when I saw my Uighur friends disappear

Mar 10, 2020 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Recently leaked Chinese government documents reveal how local officials targeted Muslim minorities in China. Satellite images show that many of them have been held in detention camps across the vast Uighur homeland in...

Italy's 'darkest hour': how coronavirus became a very political problem

Mar 10, 2020 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Health

The Italian governments decision to expand its lockdown from two small areas of the north to encompass the entire region of Lombardy and 14 provinces in neighbouring regions (which has meant shutting down both Milan and...

Coronavirus: universities are shifting classes online - but it's not as easy as it sounds

Mar 10, 2020 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In response to the novel coronavirus, many South Korean universities have moved their teaching online. Students are still provided with the required number of class hours but without face-to-face contact with...

Americans still trust doctors and scientists during a public health crisis

Mar 06, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The coronavirus epidemic is a health crisis that threatens Americans quality of life. Who do Americans trust to lead them through it? The public opinion firm YouGov has reported that public trust of scientists fell from...

What wedding venue choices tell us about social status in Nigeria

Mar 06, 2020 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Event centres venues to host social events such as weddings, meetings, naming ceremonies and funerals are ubiquitous in southwestern Nigeria. Some are enclosed in a building, others are semi-enclosed or on open...

More money for private schools won't make Australia's education fairer, no matter how you split it

Mar 06, 2020 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In recent days the federal government announced a new funding formula for non-government schools. Called the Direct Measure of Income, the formula will base the level of government funding on school parents incomes rather...