By Philippa Specker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
Angela Nickerson, Professor & Director, Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
Belinda Liddell, Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology UNSW Sydney and Daphne Keats Chair in Cross-Cultural Psychology, University of Newcastle
For more than a decade, mandatory offshore detention has been a cornerstone of Australia’s strategy to deter people who arrive by boat to seek asylum. Then there’s onshore detention where people without a valid visa are held in centres and transit accommodation on mainland Australia.
Today, we show the human cost of these policies on the mental health of people seeking asylum who were once detained.
Our new study, the largest of its kind, shows high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression…
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By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Ta-Nehisi Coates said going to Palestine, shortly before the Hamas attacks, was ‘a huge shock’ – and he felt a responsibility to yell about what he saw there. In The Message, he does just that.
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By Kate Scott, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
We were promised a more progressive future as a result of young people becoming politically active. But then Trump took over the online ‘manosphere’.
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By Nina Ives, PhD Candidate in Climate Change, Auckland University of Technology
David Hall, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology
Extreme weather is already costing vulnerable island nations US$141 billion each year. How should rich nations contribute and who should pay the most?
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By Ellie Martus, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
Fengshi Wu, Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations, UNSW Sydney
The succession of authoritarian fossil fuel producers hosting international climate negotiations is a concern. We must pay attention to political influences on the talks and beware of greenwashing.
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By Liam Courtney-Davies, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Christine Siddoway, Professor of Geology, Colorado College
Rebecca Flowers, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth, endured for tens of millions of years.
Yet, miraculously, early life not only held on, but thrived. When the ice melted and the ground thawed, complex…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Lawmakers in the German Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) in Berlin, Germany on November 7, 2024. © 2024 Markus Schreiber/AP Photo A resolution adopted by the German Bundestag last week on curbing antisemitism and protecting Jewish life could negatively impact civil society and free expression in the country.Germany’s concern about antisemitism is justified and, given its history, understandable. It is a pressing issue emanating from both the far right and the left and needs to be taken seriously.But Germany has found itself in a muddle on…
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By Elvis Takahashi Mantello
In Greece, annual wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe due to the worsening climate crisis. However, when firefighters protested for better stronger labor protections, Greek police violently lashed out.
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By Diana Vela-Almeida, Assistant Professor in Political Ecologies of Sustainability, Utrecht University
A just transition goes beyond ‘greening’ energy systems. It must also focus on the unrecognised labour – mostly of women – that makes green energy industries possible.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Burkina Faso's president, Capt. Ibrahim Traore (center), in an armored vehicle in Ouagadougou, October 2, 2022. © 2022 Vincent Bado/Reuters Last week a government source told the media that Burkina Faso’s military junta plans to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in the 2018 penal code. The last known executions in Burkina Faso were in 1988. This is the latest blow to the West African country’s deteriorating human rights situation.The source said that the government was discussing restoration of the death penalty before making a proposal to…
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