By Cary Cooper, Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
The church is an extremely hierarchical organisation, which appears to have prevented people from speaking out about John Smyth’s violent abuse of boys.
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By Hannah Hughes, Senior Lecturer International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University
US president-elect Donald Trump has indicated that he will again withdraw his country from the Paris agreement and perhaps the UN climate process altogether. The uncertainty this has created was palpable in the negotiation rooms and hallways of the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where I wrote this.
I have studied the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its global assessments of scientific knowledge for over 15 years and have followed…
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By Sreevas Sahasranamam, Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
Imagine getting a live art class from Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can now do this in your living room with a laptop and headset through startups like Ireland’s Engage XR and Sweden’s Hello History, combining the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse.
Tradition and technology have often been seen as distinct and even…
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By James Fenwick, Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Manchester
As Dylan himself wondered on his most recent album: How much longer can it last? How long can this go on?
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By James Harper, Assistant Teaching Professor of Engineering Design, University of Colorado Boulder
Everyone knows that climate change has consequences, such as a higher likelihood of severe floods, hurricanes and droughts. But here’s a lesser-known problem: Climate change makes toilets more likely to break, which leaves people more likely to “go” outside.
That’s what colleagues and I found when we studied households across six rural Cambodian provinces, focusing on their access to proper toilets and when people decide to abandon sanitary systems in favor of open defecation, or “going” outside.
We…
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By Rinanda Shaleha, Doctoral student in the College of Health and Human Development, Penn State
Screen time is more than just hours spent on devices. By studying diverse digital habits, researchers can help people adopt a balanced approach to technology.
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By Kerry Hegarty, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Miami University
Disturbing ideas about motherhood are pushed into our collective unconscious, a film scholar writes. Little wonder they’re at the heart of several chilling films.
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By Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
Borges imagined an endless library that contained every possible permutation of letters. The truth is out there, but it’s embedded among hoards of lies and gibberish.
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By Zdravka Tzankova, Associate Professor of the Practice in Climate & Environmental Studies, Vanderbilt University
Carol Ziegler, Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University
James Muchira, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University
Insulating attics, replacing windows and adding heat pumps can save money and reduce emissions − if residents can afford the upgrades. Carbon-offset purchases by local companies could help.
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By Yekaterina Bezrukova, Associate Professor Organization and Human Resources, University at Buffalo
Diversity training programs work best, our research shows, when they form part of a broader, ongoing company effort against intolerance.
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