We need to be cautious when assuming CCTV will prevent family violence
Jun 21, 2017 16:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Law
This years Victorian state budget included a A$1.9 billion package to tackle family violence. Part of this was a statewide Personal Safety Initiative, which expands a trial of installing technology such as CCTV, personal...
Psychogeography: a way to delve into the soul of a city
Jun 21, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Psychogeography, as the term suggests, is the intersection of psychology and geography. It focuses on our psychological experiences of the city, and reveals or illuminates forgotten, discarded, or marginalised aspects of...
Finsbury Park Mosque: from 'terrorist hostel' to symbol of modernity, openness and tolerance
Jun 19, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The shadow of Abu Hamza and Al Qaeda lies long and heavy across Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. The mosque has long been cast in the public imagination by the terrorist activities that were so brazenly carried out...
Academics fear the value of knowledge for it's own sake is diminishing
Jun 19, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A climate of anti-intellectualism, faltering levels of trust in experts and an era of post-truth provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today. Compound this with the reorganisation of higher...
Do happy faces or sad faces raise more money? It depends
Jun 19, 2017 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
To encourage giving, many charities that serve people in need use photos depicting either happy people or sad ones in their pitches. These pictures symbolize the people who will benefit from donations made in response to...
We do nothing for missing people who come home – here's what should change
Jun 19, 2017 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
One prominent finalist on the recent ITV talent show Britains Got Talent was the Missing People Choir, whose haunting voices and accompanying images helped raise consciousness about those who disappear. After the grand...
When cows attack: how dangerous are cattle and how can you stay safe around them?
Jun 19, 2017 15:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A well-respected retired academic was recently trampled to death by cattle while walking in Oxford. In 2012, my father was hospitalised after being attacked by cows while walking his dogs through a field next to his...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight