What does Trumps election mean for digital freedom of speech?
Jan 17, 2017 00:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As the shock of Donald Trumps election victory is giving way to analysis about how his presidency will affect Americans lives, our digital freedom of speech deserves special consideration. The ability to express ourselves...
New index of economic marginalisation helps explain Trump, Brexit and alt.right
Jan 14, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
If 2016 brought Brexit, Donald Trump and a backlash against cosmopolitan visions of globalisation and society, the great fear for 2017 is further shocks from right-wing populists like Geert Wilders in Holland and Marine Le...
Plough on or change to win? Theresa Mays progressive dilemma
Jan 14, 2017 03:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Modern British history tells us that when a government minister becomes prime minister between elections, rather than by winning one, they confront a strategic political and ideological balancing act. They must...
The fake news that changed the course of Roman history
Jan 13, 2017 15:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The papers and social media are today full of claims of fake news; back and forth the accusations fly that one side of the political divide in the US has been filling the world with lies in order to discredit the other. We...
Five things to consider when designing a policy to measure research impact
Jan 13, 2017 04:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This year will see the Australian government pilot new ways to measure the impact of university research. As recommended by the Watt Review, the Engagement and Impact Assessment will encourage universities to ensure...
For the sake of democracy the US media pack needs to rediscover its teeth
Jan 13, 2017 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the style of some thuggish boxing promoter at a weigh in, the US president-elect, Donald Trump, gave us a clear and unsavoury flavour of the style of White House press conferences to come. And its not tasting...
Rule by the lowest common denominator? It's baked into democracy's design
Jan 12, 2017 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Trump victory, and the general disaster for Democrats this year, was the victory of ignorance, critics moan. Writing in Foreign Policy, Georgetowns Jason Brennan called it the dance of the dunces and wrote that...